About
Upcoming Classes
August 1 - Solo Whitewater Canoeing Skills, Radium, Colorado - Rocky Mountain Canoe Club
Expert Instruction
Jeff Oxenford is an ACA Level 4 Whitewater Canoe Instructor Trainer Educator. He has almost 40 years experience teaching canoeing at summer camps, for professional outfitters, through canoe clubs, and privately. He has work with paddlers at all levels from beginners to advanced paddlers.
The Canoe Instruction YouTube channel is available as a resource for canoe instructors and provides descriptions of teaching progressions and canoe strokes.
Learning to Canoe Resources
Canoe Stroke Library
Detailed descriptions of canoe strokes are available on Youtube:
Sweeps (Forward, Back, Cross): Solo and Tandem
Sculling (Draw, Pry, Cross-Draw)
Braces (Low and High Brace, Righting Pry)
Getting Started Tandem
Getting Started Solo
The following videos discuss a learning for solo canoeing:
1) Keys to Going Straight (Part 1) - Short, Vertical Stroke
2) Keys to Going Straight (Part 2) - Clock Concept
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