Stroke and Maneuver Tune Up

This class is for you if you learned how to paddle in scouts or at camp, took a class with Canoe Alaska 20 years ago, or with us last year and you want to refine your skills, improve your paddling efficiency or weed out some bad habits you’ve developed over the years.  The course will be two three-hour sessions. The first session is on a lake where it is impossible to fake your strokes while performing maneuvers. The second session will be on moving water where we will use the current to help us perform our maneuvers.  We will focus on maneuvers such as ferries, eddy turns, peal outs.

Course Details

Length: Two 3-hour sessions
Venue: Flat Water and Class 1 moving water
Prerequisites: Previous paddling instruction or instructor permission
Class size: Minimum 5 participants – Maximum 10 participants
Cost: $85

River Canoeing Tune-Up

This full day course is for people who have taken a River Canoeing course in the past or have equivalent skills.  We will be reviewing moving water dynamics and river running principles as well as practicing river maneuvers and skills on either the Upper Chena or Chatanika River.  While not a white-water course, we will be working in swifter water.

Course Details

Venue: Upper Chena or Chatanika
Length: Day
Prerequisites: Previous paddling instruction or instructor permission
Class Size: Minimum 5 Participants - Maximum 10
Cost: 100.00