This high level of personalized attention and feedback frequently produces rapid improvement in your paddling skills. This course is designed for those who have purchased a recreational kayak and want to acquire some simple strokes and safety skills. This is a three hour instructional workshop which will focus on the basics of entering and exiting a boat, forward, reverse and turning strokes as well as some simple rescue techniques. You'll be equipped with a new set of skills and ready to escape the land-based world following this program. Participants bring their own boat, paddle and PFD for this course.
Rental boats are available.
If kayak surfing is really what you want to do, then this course was designed with you in mind. We'll introduce you to wave riding and all the excitement that comes with it. Time will be spent on surf etiquette as well as how to play safely in the surf zone. Our surfing location will be Deep Hole in Matunuck or Narragansett Beach. We'll use whitewater boats for this clinic.