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Canoe Lakewater Advanced Solo

  • 06 Oct 2024
  • 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
  • VCKC Clubhouse

Registration

  • Club members who are paying course at VCKC for the first time. You will be invoiced and payment requested 14 days prior to the course.
  • For members who have previously taken this course at VCKC. Members paying for the course will have priority.

Canoe Lakewater - Advanced Solo

This course is $40. Please register online now to secure your spot. You will not pay until two weeks before the course date when you receive an email reminder and invoice.

Take your paddling to the next level. You’ll first learn advanced strokes and maneuvers then practice them on a solo circuit on a fixed course. You will be able to demonstrate mastery via precise maneuvering by perfecting stokes on the circuit.

Capsizes and rescues are part of the course.  All paddlers require a dry- or wet suit, these can be rented in town. Sports Rent Coastal or dive shops have rentals available. 

Topics include:

    Advanced stokes - box, pitch, Canadian, …

    Cross bow draws

    Running sideslips

    Weight turns

    Inside & outside circles and figure eights

    Sharp forward & reverse turns

    Bracing strokes

    Canoe history

Our certified instructors deliver the Recreational Canoeing Association of British Columbia’s (RCABC) Advanced Solo course in a full-day session normally held on the Gorge waterway near the VCKC clubhouse.

All canoeing gear can be provided, however you are encouraged to bring your own equipment if you have it.

PREREQUISITE –  Lakewater Advanced Tandem and Lakewater Basic Solo

Please register online now to secure your spot. You can delay paying until one week before the course date; a payment reminder email will be sent at that time.

Course-specific details will be sent by the instructor one week before the course. Your instructors will be David Dorosz .  David.dorosz@shaw.ca ,      250-508-2030 and James McBeath,  canoe@vckc.ca 

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact the VCKC Canoe Director - canoe@vckc.ca 

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