2010 Kern River Gold Medal Camps are now FULL
call for info on 1- day, 2-day, and k'ville river festival weekend options
2010 Kern River Gold Medal Camps are now FULL call for info on 1- day, 2-day, and k'ville river festival weekend options |
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Hone Your Whitewater
Paddling Skills COACHES: |
"I wish
I could convey to others who have not done these camps just how fun and beneficial they are." |
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What past Gold Medal clients say.... "I appreciated the layering of skill practice, starting with basic technique and building up from there, breaking everything down to the core skills.I was really surprised at how many of those core skills I hadn't been taught before. Your explanations helped my comprehension and gave me clear goals to take away." ************* "The technical sessions were definitely worthwhile. After almost 10 years of paddling, I hadn't realized ************* "I was very impressed with the coaches' ability to dissect our performances within seconds. The repetition drills and running lines were great because you get immediate feedback and then could adjust to see improvement. The video was the best - it really shows me what ************* " I really liked improving the strokes I knew, while learning new ones at the same time. Working and drilling on the river sessions was really good too. It expanded my thinking about what a ferry is and how to use it in different situations." |
Join us for our 14th season of discovering California's remarkable Kern River Valley. This unique 4-day program offers progressive whitewater instruction to paddlers of all skill levels, ages 15 and up. It’s your opportunity to work with Olympic-level instructors in one of the finest whitewater venues in America. Through the paddling medium, the coaches use their whitewater
slalom backgrounds, techniques and philosophies to introduce a repertoire of
fundamental and precision skills designed to help boaters better their
performance in any and all forms of paddling. Each four-day camp includes two on-water sessions
each day. Video analysis and daily off-water presentations are also included in
the program. The teaching sites provide a full range of options, from calm
moving water ideal for isolating technique, to invigorating whitewater rapids
with standing waves and deep eddies. The combination allows for a
world-class whitewater learning experience, whether you have been paddling one year or many. Along with their technical insights, the coaches
offer a fun-filled approach to learning, They outline many concepts used in
top-level competition, while keeping them in familiar, river running contexts.
Group sizes are small enough so they can pay a lot of attention to each
individual’s progress. Participants should have some previous (novice level) paddling experience and be comfortable on easy (class II) moving water. A solid river roll, while encouraged, is NOT a requirement for these camps. If you have specific
questions about the camp, please write to: info@goldmedalconnections.com |
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Location: Lodging: Kayak Rentals & Paddling Gear: Registration:
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************ "The general whitewater instruction was superb. ********** |
