Level 3 – River Running

This class reviews basic skills and moves on to critical concepts such as reading the river, river hazards, and how to paddle in a group.  Then we head downstream for a small trip around the Seneca Loop. Dancing with the water, gliding on its currents, understanding its flow, you will experience the river as you never have before. Classes are instructed by friendly, professional ACA certified instructors.

The class is a great starting point if you’ve been paddling for a while, consider yourself an advanced beginner, but have never had formal instruction.

It is part of our beginner progressive learning package(PLP).

We encourage all our students also to consider indoor pool rolling classes during the winter or stroke technique clinics, either prior to or together with beginner river classes. Rolling is a complementary and necessary skill for fun and safe river running.

Who: Kayakers with some paddling experience and comfortable with wet exits and bow rescues.

What: 4 hour classes, including warm-up strokes, rolling practice and introduction to proper stroke technique, river dynamics and the basic moves of peel outs, eddy turns and ferries

Where and when: Sunday at Violettes Lock from 8:30 AM -12:30, May through October.  We meet at 8:15, to be ready to start class at 8:30.  We will let you know if river conditions require us to hold the class elsewhere on the river.

What to bring: All equipment is provided, or you can bring yours. See what to bring for details
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Cost: A single 4 hr class is $90. Intro to river kayaking package (4 – 4hr. classes) costs $320.

Prerequisites: T-rescue, and experience with the basic river maneuvers.

Go to our registration page to sign up and consult the calendar for dates.