Free-ride V2
"Know your boat embrace its character"
Freeride is a style of paddling that involves maximising on as many river features as possible to flex and push our skills on. This is a sound way to practice the necessary skill sets that may be required to deal with the diverse demands of advanced white water environments where mistakes are no longer an option.
Throughout this two day course our coaches will refine and enhance your river running skills through the art of Freeride whilst getting to know your river boat like never before; the overall aim of the course is to throw your boat around with precision, confidence and style to make impressive and gob smacking river rides.
An integral part of this course is dynamic risk assessing of river features and identifying windows of opportunity, whilst not forgetting the opportunity to be coached some of the coolest moves around.
What can a Free-ride course provide me?
The main focus of this course is performance. It’s ideal for people working towards their BCU 5 star, or those wanting to sharpen up their river running skills for up and coming trips and expeditions.
The learning outcomes of this program are totally geared towards performance and achieving fluent, controlled, confident runs. If you have an interest in the following development areas then this course would have great benefits for you.
- Overcoming a plateau in your performance.
- Tactical knowledge of selecting and achieving lines.
- Efficiency in your application of technique and manoeuvres.
- Debriefs and feedback session using video analysis.
- A greater understanding of mental rehearsal and how to best apply it.
- Confidence in your paddling abilities.
- Benchmarking your level of performance.
The performance aspect of this course is aimed at higher level than would be expected for BCU 5 Star Training.
What level of ability do I need to be?
In order to get the best out of this course you should feel confident on grade 3(4-) water. You must have a reliable white water roll (80%+ effective). You should also be reasonably fit. If you have little confidence or your roll is not confident then check out our Equilibrium or Advanced Rolling Courses.
If you would like any further information or to check your suitability for this course, please call our office on: +44 (0)845 0948276 or use our Contact/Booking Service and one of our team will get back to you.
