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Winter Classes: 2010

Beginning Paddle Classes: $150
Price includes all equipment, all you need is swim suit or shorts and a T shirt.

This a 6 hour class taught over a 3 session period, 2 hours per session, designed for the beginner or the novice with little experience.

Skills Learned: Safe entry and exit from a kayak, flipping and wet exit, all strokes, forward, reverse, sweeps, draws, skull, and rudder strokes. Learning balance and how to shift your weight is the most critical skill for stability and performing effortless turns.
In addition students are introduced to beginning fundamentals of the roll. Students will also learn about different types of kayaks, paddles, and coldwater immersion clothing


Sea Kayak Safety Class: $85
This is a one day class that meets for 3 hours. Two hours of water practice and one hour of classroom presentations.

Skill Learned: Students will capsize a sea kayak, exit the boat and learn several solo and assisted techniques to re-enter the swamped kayak.
You will also learn the T-rescue, boat over boat rescue, several techniques for towing both a swimmer and a kayak. The last hour we have a classroom presentation on safety concerns in Prince William Sound. You will learn safe areas for day, weekend and week long paddles. In addition we will discuss, weather patterns, dealing with wind, tide and large vessel traffic.

Beginner Paddle Pool Class:

 

Location

 YMCA Anchorage
(Sunday)		 Wasilla
(Saturday)

Time

 4:40 PM - 6:30 PM 10 AM - 11:30 AM

 

    
  Dates  Dates
Session 3 1/9,16,23,30 1/6,13,20,27
     
Session 4 2/14,21,27 2/6,13,20
     
Session 5 3/7,14,21 3/6,13, 20
     
Session 6 4/4,11,18 4/3,10,17
 

Sea Kayak Rescue Class:
 

Location

 YMCA Anchorage
(Sunday)		  

Time

 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM  

 

    
  Dates  
Session 4 2/28/10  
     
Session 5 3/28/10  
     
Session 6 4/25/10  
     
Session 7 Call for both
Pool & Lake Classes
(907) 746-6600		  


 
 		  
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