Kayak Pool Session

Do you want to come on our whitewater paddling trips? Have you always wanted to kayak down waterfalls? Or do you want to represent UNSWOC at the Snowy River Extreme Race this year and need to strengthen that roll technique? If the answer is yes to any of these come to our pool sessions and practice or learn to roll!

So what is a pool session? Well, essentially whitewater kayaking can be inherently dangerous especially if you flip over and can’t roll up again. These sessions are there to teach you the basic skills required to stay safe on a river. We will mainly focus on rolling but we can also teach you various other kayaking skills if you are interested. Once you have a firm grasp of these skills, you’ll be invited on various whitewater trips and have access to the whitewater kayaks.

When and where:

• We will meet at the Gear Cupboard (near the BBQs at Sam Cracknell Pavilion) at 6:30pm.
• From there we will carry the gear over to the UNSW pool for a 7:00pm start in the water.
• We will be out of the water by 9:00pm and we will be done with packup by 9:30pm latest.

Cost:

• You will have to pay your pool entry to the club in cash. The club subsidises your entry so it only costs $5.

What to bring:

• Swimmers
• Towel
• bag for your wet stuff
• Goggles *optional
• Earplugs *optional
• Noseplug *optional