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 – May 4, 2019 (K. O’Handley)
- Kayak Level 1 – June 8, 2019 (Woodward)
- Kayak Level 1 – June 22, 2019 (Holladay)
- Kayak Level 1 – July 20, 2019 (Holladay)
- Kayak Level 2 – June 22, 2019 (Ohlin)
- Kayak Level 2 – August 3, 2019 (K. O’Handley)
- Kayak Level 2 – September 7, 2019 (Brock/Lusardi)
- Kayak Level 3 – June 8, 2019 (M. O’Handley)
- Kayak Level 3 – July 20, 2019 (Moscoso)
- Kayak Level 3 – September 21, 2019 (Guetter)
- Kayak Level 4 – August 10, 2019 (Costello)
- Kayak Level 4 – September 14, 2019 (Holladay)