Canoe Poling Level 2 Skills

Aim
Canoe Poling Level 2 represents the highest canoeing skill level within the Canoe Poling discipline and provides the candidate with the opportunity to improve his/her whitewater skills under more challenging water (ability to ascend or descend rivers up to Class 2+).

Prerequisites
Paddle Canada Canoe Poling 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 2 Skills

Level 2
Safety Skills

Solo Skills

Knowledge
  • Review of previous safety items
  • Swimming a rapid
  • Retrieving a swamped canoe
  • Canoe over canoe rescue
  • Self rescue
  • Line toss and rescue
  • Communications
  • Review of previous skill items
  • Eddy turn (conventional and reverse)
  • Peel out
  • S Turn
  • Front ferry
  • Back ferry
  • Side slip
  • Stopping and holding in a current
  • Upstream travel
  • Downstream travel
  • Review of previous theory items
  • Principles of moving water
  • Trimming principles
  • River reading
  • River difficulty
  • Rescue organization
  • Differences between traditional and sport poling

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