More late blog entires…
Way back on the 21st of June, Columbia River Kayaking held a surf class at Cannon Beach, OR. We had a great time playing in the waves, capsizing and rescuing ourselves and each other and getting our sinuses well filled with salt water. I’ll leave out most of the words this time and just put some pictures up for you to enjoy.
Today was the first Columbia River Kayaking Immersion class of the 2008 season. We got a full roster of 6 students and I spent the day working with Ginni learning how to teach this class. We had a great group of people from around the Northwest, all beginners or nearly so. It is so exciting as an instructor to watch people improve over the course of the day!
Immersion is a day long introduction to the basics of sea kayaking, including basic navigation, trip planning, wet exits and deepwater rescue basics. if you are thinking of getting into sea kayaking, or getting back into sea kayaking after years of absence, you can’t go wrong taking a thorough introductory class like this one.
Here’s a few pictures to enjoy, many thanks to Pentax, for making this awesome waterproof camera.
Getting ready to kayak. It’s important to have a good fit to the kayak!
There are dry ways to get in a kayak from a dock, and then there are wet ways…
Rafted up.
Paddlers practicing handling each others’ boats.
Rescued! Here’s Ginni, demonstrating rescue techniques with me as the water dummy.
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