Personal Paddling Courses

Personal performance awards are aimed at paddling improvement according to your preferred discipline and environment.


Please pop me an email to talk through options I can run-

  • Canoe Award
  • Multi Day Touring
  • Sea Kayak Award
  • Sup Sheltered Water
  • White Water Kayak Award

The Canoe Award


2023 onward I will also be offering a 5 day complete Canoe Award. These 5 days will be £350pp including camping (if wanted), this will look at helping you to become a more informed independent canoeist.


During the course we will visit different venues, looking at open water and whitewater, pending the weather conditions on the day we will make an appropriate decision. This course will look at-


  • Basic shelters while out and about
  • Decision making
  • Group management and comfort
  • Lining and tracking
  • Personal paddling with ease and confidence
  • Poling
  • Safety and Rescue canoe elements from Paddlesport and White Water Safety and Rescue
  • Sailing
  • Self rescues, on open water and white water
  • Trip planning


By the end of this course I want you to be able to go and plan your own trip without needing to hire guides etc.


These courses are limited to 4 people for the duration, small numbers will help to ensure you are getting what you need and want.


Day one typically looks at canoeing fundamentals on sheltered water, paddling skills and strokes

Day two would typically be open water skills

Day three would then be on white water skills

Days four and five will be upto to the group and conditions.

The White Water Kayak Award

The aim of this course to help you to become a more independent paddler within WWK.


There will be options for two or the three days, these are be based around the Brecon area.

2 days will be £185
3 days will be £250


During the course we will visit different venues, looking at what whitewater sections are running, pending the weather conditions on the day we will make an appropriate decision.

This course will look at-


  • Decision making
  • Eddie hopping
  • Paddling in a group
  • Paddling with ease and confidence
  • Reading White water
  • Rescues
  • Rolling
  • Surfing


These courses are limited to 4 people on each day, with preference given to those wanting to attend the three days


Day one typically looks at kayaking fundamentals

Day two would typically be an intro to whitewater skills

Day three would then build on our whitewater paddling skills with a longer journey or two rivers pending the group and conditions

Sup Sheltered Water

The aim of this course to help you to become a more independent paddler within SUP.


This two day course will be based around the Brecon area.

2 days will be £185


At least one day will be based on Usk Reservoir, pending the weather conditions on the day we will make an appropriate decision.

This course will look at-


  • Decision making
  • Improving your ability to plan for different conditions
  • Paddling in a group
  • Paddling with ease and confidence
  • Self rescues
  • Solo paddling
  • Trip planning


These courses are limited to 4 people.


Day one typically looks at SUP fundamentals along with elements of Paddlesport Safety and Rescue within an open water environment

Day two would then be a journey

Multi Day touring

The aim of this course to help you to become a more independent paddler on multi day trips.


This will be a three day course based around the Brecon area.

3 days will be £250


At least one day will be based on Usk Reservoir, pending the weather conditions on the day we will make an appropriate decision.

This course will look at-


  • Decision making
  • Improving your ability to plan and recognise different conditions
  • Paddling in a group
  • Paddling with ease and confidence
  • Rescues
  • Solo paddling
  • Trip planning


These courses are limited to 4 people.


Day one typically looks at paddling fundamentals

Day two would typically be open water skills

Day three would then be on journey skills

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