White Water Kayaking Orientation/Practice

Paddling location:

Memorial Union inside the "Boat House"

Requirements:

Nothing! if you need to do a swim test, we can do that at the orientation. A swim test is just a 100M swim and 5mins of treading water

Brief Description:

We'll meet up at the boat house (Hoofer Outing Club Boat House in google maps) and bring you through the basics of WWK. I want to reiterate that you don't even need to have seen a whitewater kayak to suceed at this trip. We're going to bring you through the equipment needed for whitewater, getting fitted to a boat, and then the basics of paddling a whitewater kayak. Regarding paddling, you will learn what a "Wet Exit" is and how to perform one, different strokes and their application, utilization of edges (this will make a lot more sense once we get on moving water), bow rescues, and bracing. 

In addition to the standard orientation we will be practice more manuavers that can be used on white water.