Big D's Foundation Skills Kayaking Curriculum

If you have solid foundation skills you can safely and skillfully progress to white water, the surf, or to open water with wind and waves. Our three classes teach everything you need to know to make this progression.

Step 1. FUNdamental Foundation Strokes - the basic foundation skills - $75
Step 2. Beyond FUNdamentals - More foundation skills - $99
Step 3. Beyond the Beyond - The last pieces - $99

The complete Foundation Skills Curriculum, paid in advance - $199

Steps 2 and 3 cover all of the kayaking portions of the NEW BCU 2 Star curriculum.

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Step 2. Beyond FUNdamentals - 4 to 6 hours (lunch provided) - $99
Refine your fundamentals, learn new skills, be safer. This is the second of three sessions building flat water skills necessary to progress in any kayaking endeavor.
Topics:
Review Four Fundamentals to All Paddling
- Posture
- Connections
- Power Transfer
- FEEL
Sharpen FUNdamental skills
Forward Stroke Clinic
Advanced Edging
Sweeps on an Edge
Outside Low Brace Turn
Inside Low Brace Turn Inside High Brace Turn
Wet exits
Assisted Rescues
Solo or Self-Rescues

Step 3. Beyond The Beyond - 4 to 6 hours (lunch provided) - $99
Take your skills to a new level. Everything gets more refined, plus even more new strokes and being even safer.
This is the third of three sessions building flat water skills necessary to progress in any kayaking endeavor.
Topics:
Review Four Fundamentals to All Paddling
- Posture
- Connections
- Power Transfer
- FEEL
Final Honing of FUNdamental Skills
Better turning - more sweeps on an edge
Bow Rudder
Hanging Draw
Stern Rudder
Sculling draw
Sculling for support
High Recovery
More assisted rescues
Towing
Eskimo Rescues