Beginning Whitewater Kayaking

Beginning Whitewater Kayaking is an Outdoors Program/Recreational Athletics class taught by Michael Alderson. There are two sections for this course.

Course Description: OPRA-0123
This course is for students who want to learn how to whitewater kayak. No Previous experience is required, though participants must be able to swim and be comfortable in the water. Topics covered will include: a variety of strokes, basic self-rescue and safety knowledge, eddy turns, ferrying, 'river reading' and rolling the boat. This course is the same as OPRA 0124. The class will meet Wednesdays in the pool 1:30 to 2:45 pm from January 27 to March 5. After spring break the class will also go outside on Fridays 12:30 to 6:00 pm from March 26 until May 7. 5-College students will be graded pass/fail.

Course Description: OPRA-0124
This course is for students who want to learn how to whitewater kayak. No Previous experience is required, though participants must be able to swim and be comfortable in the water. Topics covered will include: a variety of strokes, basic self-rescue and safety knowledge, eddy turns, ferrying, 'river reading' and rolling the boat. This course is the same as OPRA 0123. The class will meet Wednesdays in the pool 2:45 to 4:00 pm from January 27 to March 5. After spring break the class will also go outside on Fridays 12:30 to 6:00 pm from March 26 until May 7. 5-College students will be graded pass/fail.