Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on the second and fourth Wednesday night of the month. Next session is on March 23rd from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. You may bring your own personal gear, but make sure it is clean, remove any …
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Kayak Roll Practice
CANCELED Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on the second and fourth Wednesday night of the month. Next session is on March 9th from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. You may bring your own personal gear, but make sure it is clean, remove …
Beginner – Intermediate Kayaking
It appears that the rain gods will be granting local paddler’s wishes this weekend… So lets go kayaking Sunday! THE WATER WILL BE VERY COLD! Therefore, this is NOT a first timers trip, and I’ll be limiting attendance to those who have taken the intro to flat water class with Dave Clark or have similar experience AND have paddled a …
Kayak Roll Practice
Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on the second and fourth Wednesday night of the month. Next session is on February 23rd from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. You may bring your own personal gear, but make sure it is clean, remove any …
Kayak Roll Practice
Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on the second and fourth Wednesday night of the month. Next session is on February 9th from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. You may bring your own personal gear, but make sure it is clean, remove any …
Beginner – Intermediate – Advanced Kayaking
I am trying to get out and kayak this Saturday and make a trip that can accommodate paddlers of all levels. Beginners are those that have been in a white water kayak on flat water or those that have only been down a river a handful of times. Intermediates are those who have been down class 2-3 rivers a handful …
Kayak Roll Practice
Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on the second and fourth Tuesday night of the month. Next session is on November 9th from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. You may bring your own personal gear, but make sure it is clean, remove any …
Beginner – Intermediate – Advanced Kayaking
I am trying to get out and kayak this Sunday and make a trip that can accommodate paddlers of all levels. Beginners are those that have been in a white water kayak on flat water or those that have only been down a river a handful of times. Intermediates are those who have been down class 2-3 rivers a handful …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on a Lake
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 Thursday, 10/21, 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 …
Intermediate – Advanced Whitewater Kayaking
This trip is being coordinated with the “Beginner-Intermediate Whitewater Kayak” trip on the section of the James above this one. You must sign up for both if you want to paddle both sections. If you only want to paddle the lower section, we will need to arrange a car to leave Echols to arrive at Reedy Creek at 3:00pm, when …
Beginner – Intermediate Whitewater Kayaking
The section of the James River above Richmond offers lots of class 1 and 2 rapids and is a great place to learn and/or practice river skills. This trip is for beginner – intermediate paddlers looking to improve their river skills: Beginners are those that have been in a white water kayak on flat water or those that have only …
Acorn Bread and Whisperlites (Gathering and Stove Workshop)
Back by popular demand: acorn cooking and backpacking stove workshop! Our club survivalist, Roland, will meet the group at Echols. He will talk about acorns while the groups gather acorns on west campus and on the way to my house near Runk. There we will turn the acorns into something delicious. This is where part 2 comes in – stove …
Beginner – Intermediate Kayaking
Hopefully this past weeks rain will hold the river level up for a trip to a wonderful section of the James River: Balcony Falls. This section of the James is a great place to learn, rapid running, ferrying, eddy hopping, river reading, or work on improving your skills. We’ll stop at several places on the river to go over those …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on a Lake
**Please note the description change below. I cut and pasted the original description from one of my previous adventures without bothering to edit it. This adventure is not for ‘this Sunday’, but rather for the following Saturday. Sorry for the confusion.** This class is designed to teach you the very basics of white water kayaking, to prepare you for future …
Kayak Roll Practice at Walnut Lake
We’ll spend 2 hours Saturday (9/25) afternoon on the lake at Walnut Creek Park (~10 miles south of town) learning the basic skills of T-rescues, and the Eskimo roll. I’ll need 1 or 2 driver for this. Please be prompt to Echols so that we can get started on time. This is for people who have had some kayaking instruction …
Learn to Be a Trip Leader Workshop #3
Hoping to lead some AWESOME trips this year? Come to our trip leader workshop and learn the ropes!!! We’ll cover a variety of important points about leading trips, including: – How to plan your trips – Tips for making sure adventures run smoothly – What expenses the club will reimburse you for – Benefits of being a trip leader, including …
Learn to Be a Trip Leader Workshop #2
Hoping to lead some AWESOME trips this year? Come to our trip leader workshop and learn the ropes!!! We’ll cover a variety of important points about leading trips, including: – How to plan your trips – Tips for making sure adventures run smoothly – What expenses the club will reimburse you for – Benefits of being a trip leader, including …
Learn to Be a Trip Leader Workshop #1
Hoping to lead some AWESOME trips this year? Come to our trip leader workshop and learn the ropes!!! We’ll cover a variety of important points about leading trips, including: – How to plan your trips – Tips for making sure adventures run smoothly – What expenses the club will reimburse you for – Benefits of being a trip leader, including …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on a Lake
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 hours this Sunday 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 …
Cheat River Festival!
Whitewater, music, gear, and great folks – could it get any better? Let’s go to the 16th Annual Cheat River Festival! Cheat Fest has been described as “the biggest little river festival in the country”. For more details out the following sites: http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/Article/view/articleid/30719/display/full/ http://cheat.org/festival Activities: The emphasis of this trip will be to enjoy whitewater.There is plenty of class III-V …
Brms Discount Night #2
Hello fellow gearheads, Our discount night at Blue Ridge Mountain Sports is coming up fast! Mon April 12th from 8:15-9:15pm you’ll be part of an exclusive 20% sale to Outdoors at UVa members only. **Don’t forget: If you plan on buying gear that you’ll need to get fitted for (e.g. shoes, packs, etc.) you must go in this week prior …
Kayak Roll Practice
Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on the second and fourth Tuesday night of the month. Next session is on March 23rd from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. You may bring your own personal gear, but make sure it is clean, remove any …
Kayak Roll Practice
Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on the second and fourth Tuesday night of the month. Next session is on March 9th from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. You may bring your own personal gear, but make sure it is clean, remove any …
Kayak Roll Practice
Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on the second and fourth Tuesday night of the month. Next session is on February 23th from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. You may bring your own personal gear, but make sure it is clean, remove any …
Kayak Roll Practice
Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on the second and fourth Tuesday night of the month. Next session is on February 9th from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. You may bring your own personal gear, but make sure it is clean, remove any …
Kayak Roll Practice
Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on the first and third Tuesday night of the month. Next session is on December 1st from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. You may bring your own personal gear, but make sure it is clean, remove any …
Kayak Roll Practice
Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on the first and third Tuesday night of the month. Next session is on November 17th from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. You may bring your own personal gear, but make sure it is clean, remove any …
Kayak Roll Practice
Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on the first and third Tuesday night of the month. Next session is on November 3rd from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. You may bring your own personal gear, but make sure it is clean, remove any …
Kayak Roll Practice
Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on the first and third Tuesday night of the month. Next session is on October 20th from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. You may bring your own personal gear, but make sure it is clean, remove any …
Kayak Roll Practice
Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on the first and third Tuesday night of the month, starting on October 6th from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. You may bring your own personal gear, but make sure it is clean, remove any float bags …
Intermediate-Advanced Kayaking: Paddle the Lower Yough!
Let’s paddle the Youghiogheny River! This is also the weekend of the Over the Falls Festival – the only weekend of year that boaters race over the falls! We’ll make sure to watch in awe. http://fallsrace.com/ **IMPORTANT**: The Lower Yough has about seven class III rapids. It’s tons of fun – as long as you spend most of your time …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on a Lake
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 hours on Saturday (8/15) 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 …
Kayak Roll Practice (Cancelled)
Due to the conflick with the creekathon and lack of interest I have cancelled the Kayak Roll Practice to Sweet Briar. Last session for this semester at Sweet Briar College for kayak roll practice. Wednesday nights from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. I do not plan on taking any …
Pre-Creekathon Learn to Kayak!!
Ever wanted to learn to whitewater kayak? Well here’s your chance! This class is designed to teach you the very basics of white water kayaking, to prepare you for future river adventures. We’ll spend 3 hours on Wednesday on the lake at Walnut Creek Park before the Creekathon learning such skills as the wet exit, basic paddle strokes, T-rescues, and …
Beginner/Intermediate Kayaking at Balcony Falls
Let’s go paddle Balcony Falls on Sunday! This run is a mostly class II with one class II+/III rapid that is easily walkable if you don’t feel comfortable running it. Balcony is about an hour and a half away and is an awesome, beautiful run; I’m so excited to get back down there! We’ll meet at Bonnycastle Circle at 8am, …
Kayak Roll Practice at Sweet Briar
Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on Wednesday nights from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. You may bring your own personal gear, but make sure it is clean, remove any float bags from the boat and wash it out. OR you may use …
Kayak Roll Practice at Sweet Briar
Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on Wednesday nights from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. You may bring your own personal gear, but make sure it is clean, remove any float bags from the boat and wash it out. OR you may use …
Beginner/Intermediate Kayaking at Balcony Falls
Let’s go paddle Balcony Falls on Friday! This run is a mostly class II with one class II+/III rapid that is easily walkable if you don’t feel comfortable running it. Balcony is about an hour and a half away and is an awesome, beautiful run; I’m so excited to get back down there! We’ll meet at Echols Dorm at 10, …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on a Lake
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 hours on Monday (3/30) 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 …
1st Annual Recreational Alleghany Highlands Triathlon
Do you like to run, road bike, and paddle? Perfect! Join me at the Alleghany Highlands Triathalon! This is my first-ever triathalon; I am not an expert trainer, and I am more excited about doing my three favorite sports than winning first place. The main purpose of this trip (for me) is to carpool and camp together, and to HAVE …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on a Lake
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 hours on Saturday (3/21) 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 …
Kayak Roll Practice
Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on Wednesday nights from 7:30 to 9:00PM. This will be the last one this year. They will be offering more practice sessions during the spring. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. They have a great instructor that will help you fine …
Kayak Roll Practice
Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on Wednesday nights from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. You may bring your own personal gear, but make sure it is clean, remove any float bags from the boat and wash it out. OR you may use …
Kayak Roll Practice
Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on Wednesday nights from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. You may bring your own personal gear, but make sure it is clean, remove any float bags from the boat and wash it out. OR you may use …
Swift Water Rescue Course and Kayaking
Swift Water Rescue is a course designed to teach kayakers and other whitewater sports participants the safety skills needed to avoid dangerous situations and to successfully deal with them should they occur. Quintin Brubaker, a club alum and raft guide on the Gauley River, WV, is an ACA certified SWR instructor and will be teaching a modified version of the …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on a Lake
This class is designed to teach you the very basics of white water kayaking to prepare you for future river trips. We will spend a couple of hours this Sunday (9/14) 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 …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on a Lake
This class is designed to teach you the very basics of white water kayaking to prepare you for future river trips. We will spend a couple of hours next Wednesday (9/10) 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 …
Kayak Roll Class at Walnut Creekathon
Come out for the Walnut Creekathon and learn to roll a white water kayak. No prior experience necessary. We’ll do some wet exits, a bit of T-rescueing, and try some Eskimo rolling before downing burgers, dogs, and/or veggies. If you sign up for this please sign up for the creekathon as well so that Lila will have an accurate tally …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on a Lake
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 hours on Thursday (4/17) afternoon 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. …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on a Lake
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 hours Saturday (4/19) afternoon 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. I’ll …