Joint Adventures Adventure activities in The Lake District
We aim to make learning to paddle white water exciting and fun. The course descriptions below give an indication of experience needed to allow you to progress on a particular course. Please contact us for more details.
Beginner to improver
This is a 2 day kayak and canoe skills course for those who have little or no experience of boating, and wish to develop skills specific to canoeing or kayaking. Our aim is to help you develop skills to enable you to undertake short journeys on flat water, and be in good control of your boat. We will also teach you how to be safer on the water so that you may begin to plan your own adventures. You will also be offered the chance to do British Canoe Union Star tests.
Moving on to white water (possible BCU 3 star Training)
This 2 day course is for those who have good control of their kayak or canoe on flat water, and wish to develop skills to paddle white water up to grade 2. The first part of the course will review flat water skills. The rest of the course will involve skill development to include breaking in and out of white water, surfing small waves, and river reading skills.
White water skills Improver
This 2 day course is designed to get people white water kayaking and canoeing up to and including sections of grade 3 rivers, with good control and boat handling skills. It is suitable for people who have some moving water experience but want to be able to reliably catch more eddies as they descend the rapids. This course is supported by our kayak rolling clinics.
Advanced white water skills
This 2 day course is designed to move people on to the next level of white water paddling. It will focus on you learning how to paddle grade 3 white water with finesse and develop skills needed to paddle grade 4 white water.
Check out our Kayak Rolling and Self Rescue Skills Courses
Kayak, canoe, skills, white water, beginner, improver, advanced, rivers, lakes, Eskimo, rolling, Lake District Hill walking courses
2 Newfield, Coniston, Cumbria, LA21 8EE, UK Tel. (44) 015394 41526. Mobile 07967380734
Email: info.@.jointadventures.co.uk