Moving Water Level 1 Skills

Aim
Moving Water Level 1 provides an introduction to whitewater paddling for those with little or no experience in whitewater. Emphasis is on tandem and solo canoeing skills, understanding whitewater principles, and safety.

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

Course Lengths
Level 1A   Twelve (12) hours
Level 1B   Twelve (12) hours
Level 1    Twenty-four (24) hours

Class ratio
Level 1A   1 instructor:10 participants
Level 1B   1 instructor:5 participants
Level 1    1 instructor:10 participants and 1 instructor:5 participants respectively

Overview of Moving Water Level 1 Skills

Level 1 (1A Tandem & 1B Solo skills in Class I-II Water)
Safety Skills

Tandem and Solo Skills

Knowledge
  • Swimming a rapid
  • Retrieving a swamped canoe
  • Canoe over canoe rescue
  • Self rescue
  • Line toss and rescue
  • Communications
  • Entering and exiting canoe
  • Landing
  • Eddy turn
  • Peel out
  • S turn
  • Front Ferry
  • Back Ferry
  • Side Slip
  • Front surf
  • Side surf (solo only)
  • Portaging
  • Lining, tracking and wading
  • Canoeing heritage
  • Canoe design and construction
  • Canoe outfitting
  • Moving water principles
  • River reading
  • Canoeing First Aid
  • Canoeing Resources

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