W1's select kayak paddle splits

Great splits for white water kayaking from select paddles . Get them from fire it up . Great quick service and a paddle that will get you back boating when it all goes pear shaped , so cool having the same carbon paddle as a spare ! Great as my travel paddle too !! Well done select

 Fluidskills 3 star White water kayak course with cleavedon canoe club

Another Great day on the river with Clients , 2 days of 4 star assessment one day on the River Dart and one day at Cardiff white water center. Great weekend and amazing water.

New Course Dates

Course Dates Bookings can be made by pay pal or booking form
	December 2012 8th - 9th   December 12 BCU 4 Star            Whitewater Kayak leader Training  £160 River Dart South west 10th -13th December 12 UKCC Level 2 coach in Paddle sport training  £250 - South West, River Dart January 2013 14th January 13 BCU Foundation safety and rescue award £70 - Skern lodge N/Devon Contact us for more details 15th - 18th January 13 UKCC /BCU Level 1 coach boat based award £250 - Skern lodge north Devon Contact us for more details 10th -11th January 13 BCU 4 Star white water leader kayak assessment £165 - River Dart , South west 28th - 29th January 13 BCU 3 Star open canoe white water £160 - River Dart , South west February 2013 7th - 8th  February 13 BCU 4 Star         White water Kayak leader Training £160 - River Dart , South west 9th - 10th Feb 13 BCU WWSR £160 - River Dart , South west 11th Feb 13 BCU FSRT -Foundation safety and rescue  £70 - River Dart , South West 16th - 17th Feb 13 BCU 3 Star open canoe white water £160 - River Dart , South west 19th Feb 13 BCU 4 Star provider generic day River Dart , South West Booking and price via Canoe England karen.king@canoe-england.org.uk 20th Feb 13 BCU 4 Star provider White water specific day River Dart , South West Booking and price via Canoe England karen.king@canoe-england.org.uk 21st - 22nd  Feb 13 BCU WWSR Provider course River Dart , South West Booking and price via Canoe England karen.king@canoe-england.org.uk March  2013 2nd - 3rd March 13 BCU 4 star white water open canoe leader training  River Dart , South West 16th-17th and 23rd - 24th March 13 UKCC Level 2 Coach training course River Dart , South West April 2013 May 2013 4th - 5th and 11th -12th May UKCC Level 1 coach Boat based award. South West , Exeter June 2013 15th - 22nd June 13 French Alpine progressive Advanced course French Alps Options 22nd -29th June 13 Paddle the Ecrins classics  French Alps  (arrivals 22th June 2013) Options

Canoeing - Ray Goodwin

We Love this Book ! 

Canoeing

BY: Ray Goodwin

ISBN: 978-1-906095-26-0

EDITION: first

FORMAT: paperback, 216 pages, 200x230 (landscape), colour photos

AVAILABILITY: in print

PRICE:  £16.99

A thoroughly modern book on the traditional open canoe.
This book covers all aspects of the open canoe, from design to wilderness travel. What really sets it apart is its focus on canoeing techniques.
Ray Goodwin is the UK’s best known and (many would go so far as to say) foremost canoe coach. By introducing some of the latest canoeing performance skills, based on what he has discovered through decades of coaching and guiding, he sets out to inspire a new generation of paddlers. Through clear language and the use of photographs acquired over many years of paddling around the world, he shares some real insights of the reality of canoeing; sometimes gritty, but always enthralling.

Rolling Crib Cards

Here are some Crib cards we came up with to help with coaching rolling

French Alps Army group 2012

Army Expedition 2012

This summer I had the chance to work with the Army for 2 weeks , we had a great time plying on some of the best rapids in the southern French Alps, my thanks goes out to Rob Benton for running the first day of the army camp for them and to Kate for letting me play and train on the slalom course every day after the days work.here are some pictures from the army expedition from this summer.

Darren Joy From Fluidskills in control

Rolling and playing silly games in the river

Hitting the Rabuox wave French Alp River Durance - Fluidskills

Darren Joy pointing the line

Teaching the Army Knots

Alpine Gallery now up

After some great courses in Europe this summer check out the gallery page and let us know if you would like a place for next year?

http://fluidskills.macmate.me/gallery/

New courses and trips from Fluidskills.com UK and Europe Paddlesport Coaching for dates of our courses visit here - http://www.fluidskills.com/dates.html

BCU 4 and 5  star white water kayak leader training and assessments the training will be over two days focussing on personal skills ,leadership styles and structures on the right Grade of white water. The course will also cover aspects of white water rescue and safety as part of a group. A full detailed action plan during the course will assist in your personal development after your training course. for more details http://www.fluidskills.com/Kayak4star.html BCU Advanced and Basic white water safety courses For more AWWSR and WWSR courses look here and also at the 5 star package courses we offer - http://www.fluidskills.com/dates.html for the very best in training and coaching get in touch today Using the Tactical side of paddling The clients leave with more structure and confidence. UKCC BCU Level 1 and 2 courses Darren joy at Fluidskills is proud to be offering the new BCU coaching awards as well as the old favorites. The world of paddle sports is changing how coaching qualifications work and Fluidskills are now offering the new level one coach,level 2 Coach training and assessment awards. The new awards are both kayak and canoe to allow cross-transferable skills of coaching at the right levels. We have Dates here for courses that you may need -http://www.fluidskills.com/dates.html We have now run over 100 of these courses all over the UK and Europe for Clubs and outdoor centers for the staff training. Contact me today to get a quote for your school or college course or your own group.We also run courses that you can book onto as an individual. We have all the equipment of the open canoes and kayaks as well as the safety equipment that you will need to be on or have a course run at your location. For more about our courses that we can run look here for more - http://www.fluidskills.com/courses.html Open Canoe Star test Awards  The new 3 star and 4/5 star white water leadership Open canoe awards. 3 star open canoe is a prerequisite for the new Level 2 UKCC coach assessment and we offer this course using the River Dart and other South west rivers. we supply the open canoes and equipment required for the award. it is a Fun weekend of flat water stroke work and open water techniques and a white water day of grade 2 white water. with extras of tradition skills like poling and lining and tracking. here are some pictures of clients of 3 and 4 star courses that we have run. for dates of courses - http://www.fluidskills.com/dates.html we also run training for centers and clubs - contact me today - www.fluidskills.com

First aid at canoe show

You are in safe hands at this years south west canoe show.First aid on site will be handled by Fluid Skills. pic.twitter.com/3n6Qb1EX

BCU CPD UNITS

FluidSkills.com kayak school are suppliers of UK and French Alp based kayaking coaching, courses, training and guided tours, whatever you ability. If you want to experience kayaking for the first time or are looking for that extreme white water trip, contact us today.

BCU CPD Units

These modules fulfil the CPD (continual personal development) requirement for Trainee level 2 coaches, but are useful to any coach or paddler who wants to widen their knowledge of Paddlesport. We offer the following modules at your club or centre as well as direct from us: Dates we offer these can be found here. Fitness for Paddlesports Not just for our Olympic athletes! Ever felt tired at the end of a paddle, ever felt you could do with a little more energy .This module could help you to last that bit longer on the river, and still have enough left to style that last rapid. Coaching the Mind Psycho mumbo jumbo? Definitely not! Ever had to psych yourself at the top of a rapid, ever had to talk one of your students into pushing their comfort zone a little, this module is designed to give us all the mental edge to improve our coaching and paddling. Performance Planning for Paddlesport Coaches This module is great for planning those progressive sessions, working on establishing students wants and needs and designing a plan to help them achieve their goals. Mentoring Skills for Paddlesport Coaches This one is a great introduction to this highly rewarding aspect of coaching. It Is particularly useful to anyone looking to mentor new coaches, whether you a current Level 3 or above who has been asked to mentor a new TL2, or if you are a Trainee Level 2 one of your roles will be to mentor new Level 1s , this module will start to give you those skills. Outdoor Education and Paddlesport Lots of us use paddling to help deliver other educational objectives, this module looks at how we can do that more effectively, it also looks at how we can use paddlesport to help our students have a better understanding of the environment. Coaching Young Paddlers This one looks at how we as coaches can adapt our sessions to cater for the needs of our young, developing paddlers. It looks at how we develop physically, mentally and socially and how that effects our paddling, it also looks at all the BCU initiatives to help you to become a better young paddlers coach.