Tandem Canoeing
Tandem Introduction Moving Water 2 Day Course
We begin the day with the basics: carving with MITH, pivots and sideslips. Progress to fun manoeuvres in current (eddy turns), and basic safety for rivers.
Optional Paddle Canada certification.
Location: Palmer Rapids.
Date: Please inquire.
Tandem Intermediate Moving Water, 2 Day Course
Start with a review of the basics: pivots, sideslips, carving with MITH, and figure 8s. Then progress to carving eddy turns and ferries using the current to make moves easier.
Optional Paddle Canada certification available.
Location: Palmer Rapids
Date: To be announced, please inquire.
Tandem Advanced Moving Water, 2 Day Course
Day 1. We review tandem whitewater basics: sideslips and boat control through carving. In the afternoon we move on to more challenging skills and techniques: back ferry, surfing, righting pry, and using the current to make moves easier.
Day 2. River day trip including sessions on scouting, river reading, techniques for keeping a dry boat in waves, boat scouting and when to back ferry vs when not to.
Optional Paddle Canada certification available.
Location: Ottawa River, location to be confirmed
Date: August 20 & 21
Solo Canoeing
Solo Introduction Moving Water, 2 Day Course
Learn to control your white water solo boat by carving usinfg 2x4. From there we continue to progress from simple manoeuvres in current to fun challenging skills and techniques: ferries, surfing and using the current to make moves easier. Learning is fun and I strive to make sure you get the most of both out of your day!
Location: Palmer Rapids, Ont.
Date: Please inquire.
Solo Intermediate Moving Water 1 Day Course
Review the carving principles neccesary for boat control. Progress to skills that make paddling easier such as “SHARC”. Learn to roll your canoe... optional of course.
Location & date: Please inquire.
Solo Advanced Moving Water 1 Day Course
Review of the skills and techniques to control your solo open canoe. Explore the magic of “SHARC” to utilize the force of the current. Enjoy precise feedback to elevate your paddling skills to a new level.
Optional Paddle Canada certification available.
Prerequisite: Intermediate solo mw canoe course or equivalent skills.
Dates: Suggest a date that works for you and I’ll set up a course.
Introduction to Open Canoe Creeking skills, 1 Day Course
Join me to learn the skills and techniques so you can safely try creeking this fall. This one day course focuses on specific creeking skills that you will not learn in any “regular” canoe course. Although the skills are advanced, we practice them on friendly class 2 whitewater.
Skills covered will include boofing techniques, dig & drag, scrubbing and group dynamics on creeks
Location: Valleyfield QC.
Date: Postponed due to Covid-19
Instructor Course, Introduction Moving Water Solo or Tandem.
This course prepares you to be able confidently instruct Introduction level skills courses. Encompassing theory sessions, practice teaching and group dynamics in an outdoor setting. You will be required to create and submit lesson plans, teach several topics and display intermediate tandem canoeing skills.
Prerequisite: Paddle Canada intermediate tandem or solo mw certification or equivalent
Location: Paddler co-op, Palmer Rapids Ont.
Date: 4 days. Postponed due to Covid-19 protocol.
Instructor Course, Intermediate or Advanced Moving Water Solo or Tandem, 2 Days.
This course prepares you to be able confidently instruct introduction, intermediate or advanced level skills courses. Encompassing theory sessions, practice teaching and group dynamics in an outdoor setting. You will be required to create and submit lesson plans, teach several topics and display advanced moving water canoeing skills.
Prerequisite: Paddle Canada advanced tandem or solo mw certification or equivalent.
Location: Paddler co-op, Palmer Rapids Ont.
Date: Postponed due to Covid-19 protocol.
Paddle Canada Maintenance Clinic:
Moving Water Open Canoe Solo and Tandem Intro to Advanced Instructors:
This course fulfills the recertification requirements for Paddle Canada instructors. Contents include a review of the latest updates to the instructor manual, examples of new skills drills for students, overview of policy changes, professional development activities and practice teaching sessions.
Tandem Instructors: Saturday April 18th plus evening session on Saturday
Solo Instructors: Saturday evening session April 18th and Sunday April 19th
Location: Paddler co-op, Palmer Rapids Ont.
Postponed due to Covid-19 protocol.
Instructor Courses
Outdoor Educators Moving Water Incident Prevention and Canoeing Skills Improvement Course
2 Days
A skills improvement course with emphasis on reducing a school group’s exposure to actual risk.
Sessions to include:
-Moving water incident prevention strategies and resource placement. How to be in the right place place at the right time. Mitigating risk vs responding to risk.
-Scenario based incident response practice.
-Canoeing technique coaching sessions to raise leader’s and assistant’s skill level.
-Critical assessment of difficulty and degree of exposure to risk. Practice scouting moving water locations for student courses. Gain experience assessing classification of rapids to stay within the maximum of class 2 for school courses.
Location: Paddler co-op, Palmer Rapids Ont.
Date: June 2021 TBC.
This 4 day course is aimed at intermediate to advanced paddlers. Paul Mason and Andrew Westwood will share their secrets of how to go magically fast, make seemingly impossible moves using water features and perform 360 spins. There will be the usual attempts at trying to utilize technology to highlight the evening topics, quasi physics lessons that Andrew will use to shore up his latest paddling theory and Paul’s latest group activity/invention.
Location: Paddler co-op, Palmer Rapids Ont.
Postponed until 2021
Special Course
Kid’s Tandem Moving Water Canoe Course 1 Day
Canoeing with your kids is one of the best adventures you can enjoy. Teaching your own kids how to paddle can be the most unenjoyable experience, for both of you. Tutelage under a non-family instructor will result in the child owning the success their canoeing manouvers.
In this course we’ll paddle, practice safety and rescue techniques through canoe games, and enjoy fun swims in current . Of course snack breaks are mandatory:)
Adult participants can expect to have as much fun as the kids, while also playing a supporting role in dealing with sun, wind, rain and snack breaks. Expect to learn basic canoeing skills in this abbreviated canoe course.
Location: Ottawa River, Beachburg Ont.
Date: Saturday, July 11
For ages 9-14 yrs.
The Paul and Andrew Show (Palmer Rapids and Middle Madawaska)
