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A Canoe & kayak coach with a student kayaker
If you're looking for features and articles on canoe & kayak coaching you'll find them here.  From the BCU Star Awards to Level 5 assesments and everything inbetween...

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Palm Equipment Gear for Cannoeing & Kayaking Kit

Gear For Paddlers - The Palm Equipment Story

UK canoeing & kayaking kit manufacturers Palm Equipment have three decades of innovation and development under their spray-skirts. From one paddler's vision to a world-leading paddle-sports company. This is the Palm story...

Open Canoe Trips

10 Great Open Canoe Trip Destinations

There are few things more relaxing than cruising along a gently flowing river in a canoe, or across the glass like, mirror flat surface of a lake of loch, listening to nothing but the ripples from your bow. Here’s the guide to some of the best canoe

Running a BIG Waterfall  in a Kyaak

White Water Kayaking Skills - How to Run Big Drops

As your paddling skills increase and the type of rivers that you tackle becomes more demanding it’s inevitable that sooner or later you’re going to come across a big drop or waterfall. Sometimes the wisest decision is to walk round, but sometimes,

Canoe First Aid Course at Wye Canoes

Why All Canoeists & Kayakers Should Learn First Aid

Canoeing & kayaking are adventure sports and as paddlers we spend lots of time in dynamic outdoor environments, often in remote locations so basic knowledge of first aid is a must-have skill for all...

How To Paddle a Sit-On-Top Kayak

How to Paddle Your Sit-On-Top Kayak Forwards - Master Paddling Your Kayak in a Straight Line

How to master the forwards paddling stroke on your Sit-On-Top kayak, so you can paddle your Sit-On-Top in a straight Line

Whitewater kayak Coach Simon Westgarth, of Gene17, delivering kayak coaching

Progressive Whitewater Kayak Coaching - An Interview with Top Whitewater Kayak Coach Simon Westgarth

Insightful and frank interview with leading whitewater kayaking coach and course provider Simon Westgarth