White Water Safety and Rescue Course
Become a safer paddler and learn how to deal with situations and problems on the river.
In this course we look at all the technical and tactical skills and tools you need to fix a variety of problems in the white water environment. Helping swimmers to side of the river using throw lines, reach rescues or from our kayak. Rescuing pieces of equipment that are heading downstream or that have become pinned and stuck. How to safely set up and use chest harnesses. This course breaks down all the information into clear, concise and progressive lessons and puts safety at the heart of dealing with white water rescues.
Course Modules
Foundations
- Course Introduction
- River protocols
Equipment
- Personal kit
- Individual safety kit
- Group safety kit
- Air bags
- Loading kit
Swimming
- Exiting a kayak
- Aggressive vs defensive
- Self rescue
Shout rescue
- Shout rescue
Reach rescues
- Rescue tapes
- Throwing a tape
- Paddle reach
Throwlines
- Choosing a throwline
- Carrying a throw bag
- Throwing a thowline
- Recieving a throwline
- Static and dynamic stances
- Assisted stance
- Drop bag
- Helping a swimmer cross
Boat based rescues
- Introduction
- Dealing with boats
- Dealing with paddles
- Helping a swimmer
Wading
- Wading introduction
- V or Triangle wade
- Line wade
Chest harness
- Fitting a chest harness
- Harness release
- Live bait rescues
Pinned boats
- Introduction
- Vector pull
- 3:1 Pull
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Anja, Norway
Great videos that really shows all the aspects of different strokes and skills. would recommend it for both novice kayakers as well as experienced paddlers. Lots of useful tips for me as a coach too.
Kevin, UK
This course is brilliant - very well put together with high definition footage and easy to understand descriptions of techniques. I have used much of the course material on the water and in theory and it is faultless. I just keep going over and over and it never gets old. Great job guys - I thoroughly recommend to beginner, intermediate and enthusiasts alike - great stuff
Lee, USA
Videos are brilliantly shot, simple to follow. Love the use of multiple angles, really helps to understand the full picture of a movement. Great resource, amazing!
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