Reno River Festival Clinic Descriptions and Prerequisites

Orientation - Introduction to whitewater kayaking. Learn kayak nomenclature, equipment requirements, safety procedures, and basic skills needed to start your kayaking career. Clinic will be held on and off the water. Participants will perform wet exits and basic paddle strokes.
Prerequisites— Smiles and good spirits.

Skill Builder - Introduction and development of essential kayak techniques. This clinic will focus on fundamental strokes, stabilization technique, river features, and moving water concepts. This is an on water clinic which will be taught at the pace of the participants.
Prerequisites—Orientation clinic or a basic understanding of stabilization techniques, basic skills, and safety. Wet exit experience required.

Rolling and Bracing - Practice and development of stabilization techniques which includes the fundamentals of bracing progressing into the Eskimo roll. Participants will practice hip snaps, head dinks, paddle placement, and underwater patience.
Prerequisites—A basic whitewater kayaking background, basic skills, and knowledge of kayaking safety procedures.

Kids Clinic - An experience that could change lives. Taught by the very best in the business, this eye opening experience is a great opportunity for youngsters to get into the water. No previous experience required. Clinic will involve river safety, team building, and risk management. Participants will paddle inflatable kayaks.