Course Descriptions Overview
We have combined our years of paddling and teaching
experience with the ACA approved curriculum to design
learning experiences that are fun, informative and
challenging. Paddling is a great sport and we want to
help you get the most from it. Whether you are a solo
paddler who is looking to make your boat dance, a
family that is looking for a great outdoor adventure or
the couple that wants to paddle in harmony, we can
help you to move closer to your goal.
Throughout the region of the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence
and the Northern Forest of the eastern US, we are blessed to have an abundance of paddle-
able water of all shapes, sizes and flows. In fact, within an two hour drive from Buffalo you
can experience big water for sea kayaks (Lake Erie and Lake Ontario), small flatwater ponds
(too numerous to list), moving water creeks (Oak Orchard, Black Creek, Conewango, Clarion,
Pine), class 3 - 5 whitewater (Cattaraugus Creek), big moving rivers (upper and lower
Niagara, Allegheny), busy lakes with wind and waves (any Finger Lake), and gentle creeks
(Ellicott Creek and the Erie Canal). This is just a small sampling and many of these are
accessible by a variety of craft from recreational to sea kayaks and canoes. It is not
uncommon to see this variety on all of these bodies of water. Within 4 to 5 hours out there is
some of the best canoeing and kayaking to be found anywhere in the Adirondacks. A true
paddler's haven with opportunities for day explorations and multi-day wilderness trips. Our
goal is help to make these venues more accessible to people by helping them to build their
skills, confidence and knowledge.
Most of our sessions are designed for those who have some paddling experience and the
objective is to provide you with the opportunity to improve your skills and confidence level.
That may mean learning the keys to reading moving water, making your strokes more
elegant with the underwater recovery, challenging your balance and boat control with
freestyle maneuvers, being coached through a self rescue in a kayak, getting more
comfortable in wind and waves or just learning the proper mechanics for the most used
strokes in a canoe or kayak. Like many other sports and activities the higher our skill level
the more we can do. We once heard another instructor ask a group, “do you paddle the boat
or does it paddle you?” Boats seem to get blamed for a lot of the discomfort and lack of
control that people feel but in most cases it is us and not the boat. Sure, most boats are
better at one thing but not as good as another boat at something else, but all boats have
more capabilities that the average paddler can get out of the them.
All of our sessions can be done in public groups, private groups or as individual sessions and
all include safety and rescue components as part of the curriculum.
We have combined our years of paddling and teaching
experience with the ACA approved curriculum to design
learning experiences that are fun, informative and
challenging. Paddling is a great sport and we want to
help you get the most from it. Whether you are a solo
paddler who is looking to make your boat dance, a
family that is looking for a great outdoor adventure or
the couple that wants to paddle in harmony, we can
help you to move closer to your goal.
Throughout the region of the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence
and the Northern Forest of the eastern US, we are blessed to have an abundance of paddle-
able water of all shapes, sizes and flows. In fact, within an two hour drive from Buffalo you
can experience big water for sea kayaks (Lake Erie and Lake Ontario), small flatwater ponds
(too numerous to list), moving water creeks (Oak Orchard, Black Creek, Conewango, Clarion,
Pine), class 3 - 5 whitewater (Cattaraugus Creek), big moving rivers (upper and lower
Niagara, Allegheny), busy lakes with wind and waves (any Finger Lake), and gentle creeks
(Ellicott Creek and the Erie Canal). This is just a small sampling and many of these are
accessible by a variety of craft from recreational to sea kayaks and canoes. It is not
uncommon to see this variety on all of these bodies of water. Within 4 to 5 hours out there is
some of the best canoeing and kayaking to be found anywhere in the Adirondacks. A true
paddler's haven with opportunities for day explorations and multi-day wilderness trips. Our
goal is help to make these venues more accessible to people by helping them to build their
skills, confidence and knowledge.
Most of our sessions are designed for those who have some paddling experience and the
objective is to provide you with the opportunity to improve your skills and confidence level.
That may mean learning the keys to reading moving water, making your strokes more
elegant with the underwater recovery, challenging your balance and boat control with
freestyle maneuvers, being coached through a self rescue in a kayak, getting more
comfortable in wind and waves or just learning the proper mechanics for the most used
strokes in a canoe or kayak. Like many other sports and activities the higher our skill level
the more we can do. We once heard another instructor ask a group, “do you paddle the boat
or does it paddle you?” Boats seem to get blamed for a lot of the discomfort and lack of
control that people feel but in most cases it is us and not the boat. Sure, most boats are
better at one thing but not as good as another boat at something else, but all boats have
more capabilities that the average paddler can get out of the them.
All of our sessions can be done in public groups, private groups or as individual sessions and
all include safety and rescue components as part of the curriculum.
Whether you are new to paddling, considered a novice or deem yourself an experienced paddler - everyone seems to benefit by attending one of our canoe or kayak paddling sessions. |
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