Tandem 360 surf
This spring’s 4 Rivers in 4 Days whitewater canoeing trip delivered some excellent spots to play.
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Calem Watson describes his epic Northern Canadian adventure in person at the Lakers Clubhouse in Vernon BC April 17, 2024!
March 3, 2024 Lower Shuswap River surfing
We like to play on our guided river expeditions and those who want to join are encouraged! (Canoe twerking is completely optional.) This was a group canoe surfing on the Kootenay River in 2021. (Our record # of boats surfing at the same time was 5!)
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After much planning, organizing, prepping and finally packing, it is so satisfying to see the guides smiling and excited heading out on the beginning of a grand adventure!
Turnagain River, here they come!
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Here's the newest addition to our community of instructors, George Shelton (in the bow) giving a surf lesson on a sweet wave on the Similkameen River this past weekend. This was part of our first ever April 4 Rivers in 4 days trips. What a weekend for it with temperatures hovering around 30 degrees!
S-turns on a chilly Novermber Instructor Course.
One topic that often comes up is about ANGLE - the angle at which the canoe crosses the eddyline.
"A reason not to focus on angle of your boat in relation to the eddyline is that angle isn't the whole story. Sometimes a paddler will cross the eddyline at completely different angles, but still end up in the same spot in the main current? Why is this? It's because the paddler can still modify their forward stroke to manage the radius of their arcing path in order to end up at their target destination in the current - to a point. Having students focus on the trajectory of their arc (starting position, boat direction and destination) combined with the elements of stroke cadence, shaft angle, paddling position and tilt work the best to create accuracy - not just focusing the angle at which the boat fleetingly crosses the eddyline."
High volume on the Middle Shuswap
