Morag Stevenson
Many KCKC members took advantage of the Johnson Bentley pool being available, and got in some pre-season practice including strokes, assisted rescues and self-rescue as you can see in the photo below.
James Manke – Rolling Clinic
Morag
August 27th, 2023: Refine your kayak roll with International kayak instructor, James Manke as he rolls through Kelowna. Have a Roll that needs some work? Or you’re looking to learn for the first time? Then this is the perfect course for you. This 4 hour course will focus on theory and land based instruction followed by in water training. Both Euro and Greenland paddle methods will be taught.
$150 per student; 6 Students MAX
If you are interested, you can find full details on his website:
Learn to Roll a Sea Kayak
Greenland Paddle Making Workshop
Andrew Stevens
Spent a wonderful day with Linda, Kyla, and the amazing Paul Landry at the KCKC greenland paddle making workshop! Paul graciously offered to share with us his in-depth knowledge of this ancient woodworking art of paddle making that kayakers have been using for centuries. We enjoyed a slight modern edge on our greenland cousins with a nice warm workshop (complete with oven-fresh chocolate chip cookies), modern power tools, and nice squared off planks of Yellow Cedar for our paddles! Final day of shaping and staining the paddles tomorrow, so we’ll post some of the finished product pictures when we’re all done. Looking forward to getting out and playing in the water with these beautiful new sticks!
