Volume 5 - Forward Paddling: Keep up with your paddling friends with the
minimum of effort. Learn good blade placement, efficient application
of power and how to keep a straight course without wasting precious
energy. What causes blade flutter and why do kayaks weather-cock? What
part do your feet, legs and torso play in your forward stroke, and how
can you modify your stroke to take advantage of a following sea? Learn
the answers and much more from someone who has fine-tuned the forward
stroke through thousands of miles of expedition paddling. This episode
also includes special bonus section on Greenland paddling with Greenland
expert Greg Stamer.
Volume 6 - Rolling and Bracing: If you have a reliable roll and brace, your confidence level in a kayak will rise to new levels. Nigel Foster looks at some non-intimidating ways to learn a roll, examines the essential components of different braces and a variety of practical everyday rolling techniques.
I just took Kelly's Intro to Kayaking class at the Chavez Center in Santa Fe and really enjoyed it. He was able to work with all levels (I'd never been in a kayak with the skirt on before) and even helped me overcome my fears after the initial freakout of being strapped to my boat underwater. Great teacher, I'm looking forward to the roll class!
I was excited to take the pool class, even though a few friends ridiculed taking a kayak class ("What's so hard about kayaking?!"). The whitewater clinic presented challenges I was not expecting (physically, mentally or emotionally), and it heightened my awareness of the river, the sport, challenges and myself. It has taken me a week to process this experience, and I welcome the time it will take to continue to process both the instruction and personal learned experience. This course was positively intense!
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