Class Levels & Prerequisites
Level 2 prerequisites
On flat water, should be able to perform a self rescue (wet exit; move boat and gear to shore), paddle forward and backward (stopping), draw, turn with sweep, reverse sweep, spin (onside & offside), and use (high and low) brace to stabilize tilting boat.
Level 3 prerequisites
On class 1 moving water, the above Level 2 skills and J-lean, paddle 15 yards in a reasonably straight line, ferries, eddy turns, peel outs, moving sideways, and rudder.
Level 4 prerequisites
On class 2 moving water, the above Level 3 skills plus:
- Spins (onside and offside): boat pivots in place
- Reverse: boat moves in a reasonably straight line
- Stopping: boat stops within a reasonable distance
- Turns: boat turns in broad arc made while underway
- Veering, Carving, and paddling the “inside circle”
- Abeam: boat moves sideways without headway
- Sideslips: boat moves sideways with headway
- Bow Draw and Duffek
- C-turns (Peel out and eddy into same eddy)
- S-turns (Peel out one side and eddy into opposite side)
- Good to have, but not required, Surfing and a Roll
Available Kayak Classes
Levels
Kayak Level 1 – June 9, 2018 (Moscoso)Kayak Level 1 – July 14, 2018 (Holladay)Kayak Level 1 – August 11, 2018 (Lusardi)Kayak Level 2 – June 23, 2018 (Brock)Kayak Level 2 – July 14, 2018 (Ohlin)Kayak Level 2 – August 4, 2018 (K. O’Handley)Kayak Level 3 – June 9, 2018 (M. O’Handley)Kayak Level 3 – August 11, 2018 (Wooward)- Kayak Level 4 – September 15, 2018 (Woodward)