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Come hang out with me this Wednesday evening at Walnut Creek Park to do some yakin’! No experience necessary – we’ll be chilling by the lake with the whitewater kayaks, doing some exploration and general-hangout activities. Instruction optional if you’d like to learn any whitewater skills or work on your roll. Feel free to bring frolf discs, running shoes, and/or …

Come hang out with me at Walnut Creek Park and learn to whitewater kayak! In this intro-level trip we will cover the basics of wet-exits, T-rescues, and navigating a whitewater kayak. This is the perfect trip if you are interested in developing the skills you’ll need to safely paddle whitewater rivers in the coming seasons. For those who have already …

So Sunday is Creekathon, so sounds like a great time to learn some stuff about kayaking before an awesome picnic lunch! This is just purely a teaching trip, and we will be going over important basic skills of kayaking such as strokes, wet exits, t-rescues, and perhaps some rolling in the lake at Walnut Creek Park. My car can only …

I’m holding another Intro to Whitewater Kayaking roll/general skill session at the Waynesboro YMCA from 4-6pm this Sunday! If you’ve never gotten a chance to try out a whitewater kayak before and have always wanted to learn the techniques used to roll a kayak in a pool or on a river, this is your chance! This clinic is targeted for …

Here by popular demand! We will be having an Intro to Whitewater Kayaking roll/general skill session at the Waynesboro YMCA from 4-6pm this Sunday! If you’ve never gotten a chance to try out a whitewater kayak before and have always wanted to learn the techniques used to roll a kayak in a pool or on a river, this is your …

If you didn’t get on the last Intro to Whitewater Kayaking lake clinic and think you have what to takes to brave the sub-arctic temperatures of the Walnut Creek Lake in early November, then this is the trip for you! While it’s not actually winter yet, the weather has been acting particularly wintery lately thus making for a cold day …

If you are going to the Creekathon and want to take a spin on the lake on one of the club’s fantastic new rec boats, sign up for this adventure! I’m posting this as a 2-hour, pre-Creekathon adventure, and also as a way to sign-up if you want to take a boat out during the Creekathon. More details below… About …

*Rescheduled* Training session number 3 for the ACA Collegiate National Championships! The following link gives more details on the race on March 29th-30th: http://www.americancanoe.org/event/college_nationals This is the last beginner trip/clinic for those of you who are interested/haven’t been able to get on the last two trips, before we start moving on to more intermediate trips. Also, for those of you …

**THIS TRIP HAS BEEN CANCELLED** Training session number 3 for the ACA Collegiate National Championships! The following link gives more details on the race on March 29th-30th: http://www.americancanoe.org/event/college_nationals This is the last beginner trip/clinic for those of you who are interested/haven’t been able to get on the last two trips, before we start moving on to more intermediate trips. Also, …

Are you an undergraduate student who is interested in getting more involved in whitewater kayaking, developing your paddling skills, and representing UVA at this year’s American Canoe Association Collegiate National Championship? http://www.americancanoe.org/event/college_nationals The race is in Dillsboro, NC on March 29th and 30th (you can check out more details at the above link), and we will be holding a few …

*Update 11/29* It appears that between townies and club people the critical mass has barely been reached to keep this pool session… So I’ve extended the signup deadline to accommodate any additional stragglers (pay attention to your email if that’s you). And since attendance is going to be relatively low, we can prob take on a couple more people that …

Whether you are an experienced kayaker or just a beginner kayaker just looking for some pool time and perhaps a new paddling buddy, check out these roll sessions. These sessions are unstructured, providing plenty of time to practice various skills at your own pace. **There is no formal instruction.** However, there should be a few people on hand who are …

This class is designed to teach you the very basics of white water kayaking, to prepare you for future river trips. We’ll spend ~2.5 hours on the lake at Walnut Creek Park (~10 miles south of town) learning such skills as the wet exit, how to paddle a white water kayak, T-rescues, and the Eskimo roll. Since I will need …

This class is designed to teach you the very basics of white water kayaking, to prepare you for future river trips. We’ll spend ~2.5 hours on the lake at Walnut Creek Park (~10 miles south of town) learning such skills as the wet exit, how to paddle a white water kayak, T-rescues, and the Eskimo roll (but this is NOT …