Kayak Training

CCGH has decided to cancel our classes for this summer. Safety is one of the most important points that we stress in our training classes and given the on-going pandemic, we have decided to not risk the health of our students and instructors.

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

• Kayak Level 1 - June 6, 2020 (Moscoso) cancelled
• Kayak Level 1 - June 20, 2020 (Brock/Lusardi) cancelled
• Kayak Level 1 - August 8, 2020 (Holladay) cancelled
• Kayak Level 2 - June 27, 2020 (Woodward) cancelled
• Kayak Level 2 - August 1, 2020 (K. O'Handley) cancelled
• Kayak Level 2 - August 22, 2020 (Lusardi/Brock) cancelled
• Kayak Level 3 - July 11, 2020 (Moscoso) cancelled
• Kayak Level 3 - August 15, 2020 (M. O'Handley) cancelled
• Kayak Level 4 - September 19, 2020 (Woodward) cancelled