Paddle Canada Instructor Professional Development Clinics
June 3rd, 2019
Overview The instructor professional development clinic allows active instructors to maintain certification. Professional development clinics are specific to the stream they are addressing. The principal focus of professional development clinics is the enrichment of instructor skills and to ensure instructors are using the current best practices. If a clinic …
Paddle Canada Instructor Trainer Process
May 2nd, 2019
In 2017 the Paddle Canada Instructor Trainer Process was updated. Still today many IT’s are not familiar with where and how to access changes to this program. This article will help you get up to date with the process of IT Development. Please read through the development manual for …
SUP Skills Breakdown by Emre Bosut SWELL EDUCATION
April 19th, 2019
Before all trips introduce yourself. Ask for names, paddling experience, where people are from and if there are any severe allergies or medical conditions. Establish paddle and hand signals in order to communicate to group non-verbally. Signals include: positive directions, group up (paddle straight in air), stop where you …
Weather forecasting for trip planning
March 6th, 2016
Understanding the weather forecast. Now that we’ve built a basic understanding of how weather works and the patterns the wind follows let’s look at how we can use this knowledge to better understand weather forecasts. A useful forecasting website is the Canadian Government Weather Marine Forecasting site http://weather.gc.ca/marine/ For …
Understanding the weather
March 6th, 2016
A paddlers introduction to understanding weather It can seem like weather, especially coastal weather can be quite unpredictable at times. How many times have you looked at a weather report that has called for rain and been surprised by a beautiful sunny day? In fact the weather can be …