Event series: Kayak Beginners Course Level 2 Tirol

Kayak Beginners Course Level 2 Tirol

In kayak Beginners Course level 2, the basics are applied and practiced on a river at the second level of difficulty. After a theoretical repetition of the techniques you learned in Beginners Course Level 1, we step on the gas! Rope ferries until you are gliding easily over the current; eddies until your boat goes in as if on rails. The Beginners Course Level 2 offers you a preview of our Advanced 1 course and is the ideal preparation for it.

The aim of the course is to consolidate the basics and gain experience on the river. Even if you have not attended Beginners Course Level 1 with us - but already have a few days of river experience - this is the right course for you.

Review of the basics: use of equipment, flow theory and correct eddying technique.
Repeating and practicing the individual paddle strokes
Deepen breaking in and out skills
Expand dynamic movement using weight positioning and upper body rotation.
Use the current: Edge correctly and build up pressure on the paddle blade!

Moving the kayak using weight, upper body rotation and the right edge
Correct paddle technique
Bow stroke, draw stroke and power stroke
Ferry gliding across different currents
Eddying technique using forward stroke and draw stroke

Inn in Innsbruck
Sill in Innsbruck
Ziller
Lower course of the Brandenberger Ache

To be able to take part in Beginners Course Level 2, you must

Be able to swim confidently
Be in overall good health.
Have basic kayaking experience, i.e. attended the basic course.
be at least 14 years old.

Consolidate and deepen the basics (see Beginners Course).

Day 1 at sea and on the river:

Meeting point and equipment distribution at 10:00 am at the kayak school
Short technique training on the lake
Loading the kayaks and heading to the river
River trip
End of course and arrival at the kayak school around 17:30

Day 2 on the river:

Meeting point at the kayak school and trip to the river (departure time to be arranged the day before)
River trip lasting several hours on a more challenging route
End of course and arrival at the kayak school around 17:30