Instructors Top Tips

Paddlesport Department

Open Canoeing

Coaching

The Need for Speed (control)!
Master your control of boat speed relative to the water speed and you will master many other techniques. Try these approaches for yourself.

Slower in bigger water can mean a drier run and more time to think/plan ahead and make reverse moves.
Same speed allows change of position using prys and draws.
Faster for when you want to cross those eddy lines, make progress and climb over waves.

Equipment

Pad out your kneeling thwart to give better boat to hip/body contact and increased boat control.

Safety

Consider carrying a bum bag with pruning saw, pulleys, krabs, prussiks and rescue line.

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