LEARN TO PACKRAFT
WANT TO TRY PACKRAFTING?
Want to give it a go, but don’t want to commit to buying the gear? Enrol in one of our PR 101 courses. This is our entry level packrafting course. WE supply packrafts, paddles, PFDs for free. WE will bring a few different models so you can see what the differences are and what will suit you.
You can rent or buy. At a later stage you can look at an intermediate course. Many of our courses comprise groups of friends and we offer discounts for groups.
There is NO OBLIGATION to purchase anything from us. .
COURSES
We have one and two day weekend courses on a local river where you can learn good habits and safe paddling. These are formal structured instruction courses run by qualified instructors. Two stages, introduction to moving water, with the next stage having more advanced techniques and oriented toward paddling with others.
The two day course involves a day's instruction,a camp overnight, and a day on a river trip with instruction. This covers an assessment of where you're at,a refresher on rescues, paddling techniques and general river sense. The following day puts this into practice and places it in context with group paddling and mutual support. This course is generally set at Grade 2 with a view to Grade 3.
PR 101 - Start here
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Equipment needed to be safe on moving water
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Packing and carrying your boat
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Efficient launching and landing
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Reading current and avoiding hazards
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Using an eddy as your “brakes”
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Forward and back ferry technique
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Efficient paddle skills for packrafts
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Wet exits and wet re-entry, solo and assisted
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Throw-line rescues
PR 201 - Take it up a step
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self-rescue in rapids
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more demanding manoeuvring in whitewater
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scouting
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more on the use of throw bags
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swimming with your gear
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efficient paddling in whitewater
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reading and using the river, not fighting it
Adventure Racing Clinics
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Double self-rescues. Get back in quickly, safely, with less effort and lost time. -
Efficient paddling -
Tandem paddling in rapids with obstacles. Teamwork is the key, it’s not instinctive. We’ll teach you.
Instructor Trips - Needs Based Instruction on Real Trips
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Learning the more advanced dynamic paddle strokes applied specifically to packrafting.
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How to rig a boat for safety in whitewater
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Capsize and re-entry in flat water
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Rescue swim with your paddle.
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Paddling safely with others.
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Decision-making for real.
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Have fun.
Groups - Save $100
If you can persuade three of your friends to join you, we will run an instruction course or Instructor Trip just for you. You can decide what skills or which river you want to run. Between you there’s a saving of $100.