Four or five years ago I thought about doing a rough water sea kayaking instruction event. I pitched the idea to a few sponsors, but without much success. On a whim, right after Geneva Kayak Center reopened in it’s new location, I chatted with Ryan Rushton about organizing a rough water Great Lakes Sea Kayaking …
Tag Archive: Sea Kayaking Instruction
May
13
Directional Strokes II
Directional Strokes II the awesome but unexpected sequel to Directional Strokes part I. This class will feature lots of explosions, car chases, and gun play. Come on out and see what mayhem Go Kayak Now is up to! We will be headed out to Long Lake @ 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM for more turning …
Jan
05
Kalamazoo Kayak Pool Sessions January-March
The Kalamazoo Sessions have been off to a grand start. Attendance has been awesome with 12-15 people for each session. Many thanks to Ken Nesbitt and the Great Lakes Adventure Club for the enthusiastic support of Lee’s and Go Kayak Now! A pool is often a difficult place to work on strokes. Forward strokes in …
May
28
20th Annual WMCKA Symposium Guest Speaker Jeff Allen
Jeff Allen co-owner of Sea Kayaking Cornwall visited this year to instruct and speak. Jeff came a day early to give an instructor update for the WMCKA instructional staff. The topic this year was incident management. Jeff has written a series of articles for Ocean Paddler magazine. Jeff is also writing a book on the …
Apr
20
Sea Kayak T-Rescue Video Analysis
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Apr
14
Kayaker Rescued in Puget Sound Debrief
In the past few weeks we’ve been discussing rescues and various techniques for self-rescue. We’ve had some good discussion both here and on the two bigger community message boards Qajaqusa.org and Paddling.net about what will and won’t work for rescuing a sea kayak and why. During this discussion I put forth the theory that a …
Mar
10
Sea Kayak Rescues Ladder style t-rescue
Sea Kayaking Rescues really have a lot of variation on the theme of getting a victim back in their kayak. The basic premise is that with the aid of a paddling partner, the victim can have an empty sea kayak and scramble back inside. There have been several new videos of variations on the t-rescue …
Nov
17
Sea Kayaking Lake Michigan in the Gales of November
Sea Kayaking Lake Michigan in the Gales of November My proposed trip of paddling from Port Sheldon to Saugatuck was evaluated and quickly adjusted on Saturday. The forecast was calling for winds up to 30 knots. Waves were expected to be between 6-10 feet, building to 12 feet. I had a rather large invite list …
Jul
12
3 Star
Compulsory, like latin or greek to a traditional classic education, I went back to get my 3 star. I speak as if I did it with the thought I dropped something on the pavement and went back for it. Not sure. I feel ready to take my next step towards my Coach 2. I It …
