Learn the art of Eskimo rolling!  Whether you’ve been paddling for years or just a few months,  mastering a reliable roll is an essential step in every paddler’s development.   Knowing how to roll will improve your confidence, comfort, and safety on the water.

Our 2-hour roll clinics will give paddlers a solid grasp of the fundamental skills necessary for the learning the Eskimo Roll.  In Eskimo Rolling I students will learn how to safely exit a capsized kayak, then develop an effective hip-snap for righting an overturned boat.  Participants then learn to perform an Eskimo Bow Rescue (both as a rescuer and rescuee). The course finishes up with the proper body mechanics for safe and reliable high braces.

With these skills in place, participants are ready the next course in our Eskimo Rolling sequence: Eskimo Rolling II: Over and Up!

Instructor-Student Ratio:  1:6

Prerequisites: None, although comfort in an "inverted underwater position" is a must!

Learn the art of Eskimo rolling!  Whether you’ve been paddling for years or just a few months,  mastering a reliable roll is an essential step in every paddler’s development.   Knowing how to roll will improve your confidence, comfort, and safety on the water.

In Eskimo Rolling II participants pick up where our Rolling I course left off. The emphasis in ER II is on developing the proper body positioning and paddle placement necessary to master the Eskimo Roll. The course begins with exercises to warm-up and fine tune your hip snap, then moves right into teaching the roll itself. Our instructors will guide participants through the process, helping them develop the correct technique and muscle memory necessary for learning a reliable Eskimo Roll. Instructors will aim to match the correct rolling technique (C-to-C, Sweep, or modified) to match the individual paddlers strengths and weaknesses.

Taught using our highly successful step-by-step approach, our instructors will guide participants through the process, helping them develop the correct technique and muscle memory necessary for learning a reliable Eskimo Roll.

Instructor-Student Ratio:  1:3

Prerequisites: Eskimo Rolling I

Equivalents: ACA Quickstart Your Kayak

Interested in finding out more about kayaking? This basic course is a quick introduction to the sport, equipment, and the basic strokes needed to manuever a recreational kayak safely and efficiently in calm water.  With the assistance of an instructor, each student will perform a "wet exit" as part of this class.  Click here for a course outline.

Prerequisites: None