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Kayak courses
Freestyle
Learn the dark arts of playing with waves and stoppers: ripping blunts, cartwheels, spins... Or even just catching the dream wave!
My philosophy is all about learning to use the natural power of the water, achieving your goals by having an intimate understanding of the water and a clear feeling of the movement you want to perform, being in the right place at the right time!
Here I can give clear explanations and demonstrations of the moves and provide you with a structured, step by step path to learning the moves yourself. Using video review to help you understand the feedback and to help you understand how you can help yourself; giving you a solid foundation to progress further.
Venues
Flat-water: Baggersee, Haiming...
Waves and Stoppers: Silz, Zillertal, Lofer...
Or a venue of your choice...
White-water progression
Here you can learn everything you need - to make the next step in river running... Finding the green line, crucial boof, using the water effectively or getting through a nasty stopper safely!!
There is something for everybody from seasoned veterans to those still looking to find their water wings! With river paddling, planning is as important as action. Looking at potentially tricky/dangerous sections of rivers, planning the best line based on your knowledge of your capabilities and of your understanding of the water; then, linking the two together and making the crucial decision - do you get in your boat, or walk around?? Doing this well comes from confidence, experience and knowing yourself inside and out. Being able to make these ‘judgement calls’ well, will make river paddling much safer than any amount of throwbags and karabiners could!
In this course we look at exactly that, discussing and deciding on the bank what line to paddle and how, then paddling the line, then analysing the result, assessing your feelings, assessing the video review, identifying problems and finally finding the appropriate solutions...
All this of course whilst paddling an awesome River/creek, in a beautiful place and having a wicked time!
Venues
Innsbruck- Sill
Stubaital-Ruetz
Kramsach-Brandenbergerache
Imsterschlucht
River Guiding
Whether you need a guide for 1 day or 1 week, for WW I or WW Impossible, here you can make the most of 22 years of experience on rivers all over the world in helping you paddle your dream river or just having a fun safe day out.
Guiding is not being led down a river! Rather it’s an ongoing learning process that helps make the most of the time you have in the boat!
Be sure there are some rivers in Tirol that you have never heard of!!
Venues
Absolutely anywhere in the world!
White-water Safety and Rescue
With sound judgement and adequate experience you can put yourself or another person in the right place at the right time. Prevention is better than cure! Remember when the laws of both ‘Murphy’ and probability apply, you need to be prepared for the worst case (If not for yourself, than for your friends and others around you) ‘What can go wrong, will go wrong’ –sooner or later!
Beginner/First steps
However you would prefer to take them, the first steps are the most crucial. What you learn or experience at the beginning echoes throughout your development.
Learn the basics well and develop a solid foundation, and experience the alluring thrill of being on open water in beautiful surroundings. This is a super way to spend a summer afternoon with friends, escaping the heat, and sharing a fun and new learning experience!
Courses can be designed to suit whatever your individual or group needs require.
Standard Session
3hrs paddling on open water everything included
Equipment, kayak, paddle etc...
250Euro Max.8 People
Eskimo Roll
Tired of swimming, boat emptying and counting fish?
The Eskimo roll is an essential key in progressing further in kayaking. Being able roll gives you confidence to push yourself further and try that next new move.
Learning to roll can be made much easier with a little help and a warm comfortable environment!
Winter
Winter courses: Amras Swimming pool Innsbruck
Winter is not the time for kayaking in the Alps, but the perfect opportunity to start, or prepare for the summer.
Throughout the winter I will be running courses in the swimming pool in Amras, Innsbruck. Whether you want to have a taster, learn to roll, brush up on your skills or just do something fun in the warmth in winter.... come along and have a go!!!
These courses are basically to be seen as a training and preparation for going on the river but also a fun way of letting off steam.
Although we want to keep it fairly open, there are 2 structured courses.
Course 1
Start date: 18.11.09
Course 2
Start date: 10.02.10
10 places available on each course. Approx 20 places available in the pool. Please contact prior to coming!!!
Equipment is provided but we appreciate it when you bring along your own underpants. It’s not scary, but accidents do happen!!!
Price:
Course (6 sessions) 70 Euro
Single session 14Euro
Our slot is 16.30-18.30 Wednesdays every second week, starting in November.
04.11.09
Open session- everybody with interest welcome
18.11.09
Start course 1: Equipment, forward paddling and turning the boat, capsize drill
02.12.09
Course 1: Moving the boat sideways/ T-Rescue
16.12.09
Course 1: X–Rescue/Self Rescue
30.12.09
Course 1: Advanced forward paddling/technique coaching
13.01.10
Course 1: Eskimo Roll
27.01.10
Course 1: A chance to go over something again/Canoe polo competition
10.02.10
Start course 2: Equipment, forward paddling and turning the boat, capsize drill
24.02.10
Course 2: Moving the boat sideways/ T-Rescue
10.03.10
Course 2: X–Rescue/Self Rescue
24.03.10
Course 2: Advanced forward paddling/technique coaching
07.04.10
Course 2: Eskimo Roll
21.04.10
Course 1: A chance to go over something again/Canoe polo competition
05.05.10
Eskimo Roll
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