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Do you want to sharpen up your paddling? |
No-one improves by being bombarded with facts from a million different directions or by using flatwater strokes in a dynamic, three dimensional white water environment. You need a flexible, dynamic and focused course to produce a flexible, dynamic and focused kayaker. Which is what we’ll give you
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>>D4DR H2O Entry Level Paddle Sport Intensive Development Programme |
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"D4DR" the Adventure Gene, whether you have it or not, our intensive development programme is for those wishing to learn to paddle.
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>>D4DR WW Intensive WW Professional Instructor Programme |
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"D4DR" the Adventure Gene, whether you have it or not, our instructor training programme is for those paddler's wish to guide, lead, co-ordinate white water adventures
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>>D4DR Class V River Guide & Paddler Programme |
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"D4DR" the Adventure Gene, whether you have it or not, our D4DR Class V river guide training programme is for those paddler's wish to guide, lead, co-ordinate Class IV/V white water adventures
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>>Alpine River Leader Training Course |
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Guiding, coaching or teaching, in one week on the crystal Soča you’ll be setting the pace on class IV whitewater. We’ve put this course together for BCU and ICU level 3 coaches who want to step their game up a notch. To ease out that step up to level 4, we’ll cover everything from your paddling skills and coaching methods to modern, dynamic guiding techniques and real-world group management.
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>>Fundamental Core Skills |
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Get to grips with the fundamentals. Give us two days and we’ll show you how! Whether you want to push your grade or you’re surviving your way down grade III+, we’ll take you back to the source and work on the core skills you need to take on whitewater world-wide
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>>Progressive & Dynamic |
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Let us help you step it up a level! If you’ve got the core skills, we’ll show you how to apply new-school dynamic paddling techniques to grade III whitewater. It’s not just about top-to-bottom survival: we’ll teach you a bag of tricks that’ll help you style your way down as an active member of the group, rather than having to rely on someone else to show you the way
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>>Steep Creekin' & FreeRide |
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Boof it, flare it or melt it? We’ll show you how to tackle pushier water, bigger drops and more challenging rivers. We’re all about specific skills, so we’ll cover the whole range from break-outs to boofs. There’s no ‘drop in at the top and hope for the best’, but there is a new, dynamic freeride style, waiting for you to take it to the water
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>>BCU UKCC Level 1 Training & Assessment |
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What’s our coaching philosophy? It’s a modern, progressive style that underlines the elemental skills needed for coaching paddlesport in a fun, enjoyable and best added value way.
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>>BCU UKCC Level 2 Training |
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What’s our coaching philosophy? It’s a modern, progressive style that underlines the fundamentals of paddlesport with a core focus on the best of modern technique and the principals of added value learning.
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>>BCU UKCC Level 3 WW Kayak Training |
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What’s our coaching philosophy? It’s a modern, progressive style that sees a whole river, not an isolated rapid. It’s also what’s helped us become one of Europe’s top kayak instruction company. We show you the nuts and bolts of our uniquely dynamic approach on our comprehensive level 3 training in WW Kayak.
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>>BCU Level 3 Inland Kayak Assessment |
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What does ‘non-interventionist’ mean? It means you don’t need to get stressed about your assessment. We’ll just paddle with you for a couple of days and that’s all we need to see. There’s no role play, no jumping through hoops and no simulating pretend situations: we’ll just enjoy a couple of days on the river with you caoching real learners, share a bit of knowledge and finish it with a full, comprehensive debrief.
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>>BCU Modeater Water Endorsement Training & Assessment |
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The new white water coaching award for coaches that have come through the UKCC route. The MWE is an award to shape a developed coach with previous river experience into a white water coach for a Class II(III) environment. All details can be found on Canoe England's MWE webpage
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>>BCU 3 Star WW Kayak Training & Assessment |
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Get to grips with the fundamentals. Give us two days and we’ll show you how! Whether you want to push your grade or you’re surviving your way down grade II+, we’ll take you back to the source and work on the core skills you need to take on whitewater world-wide
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>>BCU 4 Star WW Kayak Training |
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What’s 4* training about? It’s all about giving you the tools and techniques you need to tackle the river. We use a fresh approach, whether it’s dynamic boat control and group control or it’s opening your eyes to the river as a dynamic, three dimensional environment. The goal’s not just to survive the river, it’s to paddle it safely and with style.
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>>BCU 4 Star WW Kayak Assessment |
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Why book an assessment when you can just come paddling? We cut down on the stress by paddling a couple of the South West’s classics without making it feel like an exam. Our non-interventionist approach is simple: come boating for a couple of days and if you’re good enough at running grade II-III with other confident paddlers (and all the other stuff’s sorted) we’ll give you your 4*. What could be simpler?
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>>BCU 5 Star WW Kayak Training |
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What’s 5* training about? It’s all about giving you the tools and techniques you need to tackle the river. We use a new school approach, whether it’s dynamic boat control and group control or it’s opening your eyes to the river as a dynamic, three dimensional environment. The goal’s not just to survive the river, it’s to paddle it safely and with style.
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>>BCU 5 Star WW Kayak Assessment |
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Why book an assessment when you can just come paddling? We cut down on the stress by paddling a couple of the South West’s classics without making it feel like an exam. Our non-interventionist approach is simple: come boating for a couple of days and if you’re good enough at running grade III-IV with your peers (and all the other stuff’s sorted) we’ll give you your 5*. What could be simpler?
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>>BCU Basic WW Safety & Rescue |
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Our WW Safety & Rescue Course, focuses on all the fundamental elements for safe river running, group management and key rescue techniques for a Class II/III environment. This course is about comprehending the WW environment, safe river practise and simply solutions for river rescues. A practical course using basic gear, where the Basic WWS&R is a pre-req for 4 Star WW Kayak Assessment.
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>>BCU Advanced WW Safety & Rescue |
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Our Advanced WW Safety & Rescue course is on steep ground, we look at generating a positive group dynamic, communication and rapid management. Plus we examine numerous common rescue techniques used in advanced environments, and as we have masses of experience at this level, we'll show you a host of front line tips for safer paddling.
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