1-Day Steep Creekin' Clinic
Top 3 Reasons to Go
- Learn the basic skills for running steep creeks.
- Our friendly professional instructors are ACA certified and love passing on their passion for the sport. Our ratio of 1 instructor to 3 students assures lots of personal attention.
- We take it a step at a time and work on running rapids in control.
Spring runoff allows us to experience some of New England's best steep whitewater. This one-day clinic, for advanced closed canoe and kayak paddlers only, teaches the specific techniques of creeking including boofing, catching micro-eddies, and reading steep rapids on the fly. If you want to explore New England's best hidden whitewater, this clinic is for you.
This clinic is taught by top river runners who pass on their years of experience and in-depth knowledge of creeking technique. Our instructor to student ratio for this clinic is 1:3. We stress the use of good judgment in analyzing routes and minimizing risk.
WHAT TO EXPECT AND HOW TO PREPARE
Goal of the clinic:
To teach the skills needed to run class III+ to class V steep creeks to advanced kayakers and closed canoeists..
Who should take the clinic:
To take this course you should be an advanced paddler capable of running class IIII+ rapids with skill and confidence and rolling consistently on class III+ whitewater. Our minimum age for this clinic is 14
What will be covered:
After a short classroom session in which we discuss the basics of running steep narrow rivers, we will go to a local creek to practice route finding, boat- and shore-scouting, boofing, running drops at an angle, and water reading on the fly.
2008 DATES COMING SOON!
April 5 (Sat), 6 (Sun), 19 (Sat), 20 (Sun)
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PRICE
$155.00
