Canoe Poling Level 1 Skills

Aim
Canoe Poling Level 1 provides an introduction to Canoe Poling. Emphasis is on solo canoe poling skills and safety.

Prerequisites
PC Flatwater Level 1, equivalent certification, or comparable skills and experience (with the permission of the Course Director).

Course Lengths
Sixteen (16) hours

Class ratio
1 instructor:5 participants

Overview of Canoe Poling Level 1 Skills

Level 1
Safety Skills

Solo Skills

Knowledge

  • Swimming a rapid
  • Retrieving a swamped canoe
  • Canoe over canoe rescue
  • Line toss and rescue
  • Communications
  • Balance
  • Walking forwards and backwards in canoe
  • Standing jump forward
  • Forward straight course
  • Stopping the canoe in motion
  • Right and left turns
  • Sideslipping
  • S-turns
  • Poling heritage
  • Types of canoes and poles
  • Care and maintenace of poles
  • How canoe characteristics affects poling
  • Trimming principles
  • Poling stances and grips
  • Poling accessories

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