Kent Ford's Canoe Kayak Video Instruction
Originally posted 2006 Lets all redouble our efforts to sell the availability of great fun on the super safety of class II-III!My wife has to continuously point out to her family that I am not a waterfall crazed kayaker. Her mom just returned from a trip to Alaska, carting a full page newspaper article about …
I really enjoy teaching paddling, and good thing, as demand for my classes is higher than ever. I do teach beginner and intermediate programs on occaision. However, my skills are probably best suited for providing intermediate and advanced training. As a past US teach coach and Olympic announcer I have a better than average understanding of …
10 DRILLS THAT CAN IMPROVE YOUR MOUNTAIN BIKING excerpted from Ned Overend’s Performance Mountain Biking Many of the following skills you can develop naturally through experience, however, conscious study and practice will speed your improvement. You’ll have more fun with improved control and confidence. FOR BALANCETechnical riding requires a wide range of body movement. You …
Do you know anyone seeking a worthy ACA Instructor Development and Certification workshop? A technique tune-up? Or do you need an update? You might tell your friends about my upcoming programs. Now booking new locations, contact me directly.Kayak Instructor Training- Durango Colorado Four Corners Riversports May 2023 Packraft Instructor Training Workshop TBA 2023 Canoe: Salida CO …
This month I paddled many different craft… reminding me that it isn’t about the boat… (not about the bike…) It is about messing about in boats. >Sea Kayak >SUP >Downriver Kayak >Tandem Canoe on Flatwater with my wife >Marathon Canoe >Whitewater Dory (65 miles of the San JUan River in 24 hours) >Slalom Kayak in …
Update from the Canoe Kayak Slalom event I am working as an announcer for the whitewater slalom canoe kayak event here in Beijing. In Olympic parlance this is “sport presentation” for BOCOG, which is Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. Sport presentation is responsible for public address announcing, music for spectators, scoreboards, videoboard, ceremonies, …
It was my sit-up-in-the-middle of the night idea… doing a better job of networking the environmentally concerned part of our community. When I launched it, I had no idea if ten people would show up. That was back in 2002, here in my hometown of Durango. Now we have an average of 100 attendees per …
(post from 2007) The health of whitewater sport is a topic central to the annual Whitewater Symposium. This year it was the best ever. Easy logistics meant that the leaders of whitewater sport had lots of time to focus on ways to improve the health of whitewater sport. The optimistic attitude was pervasive. The recent slip …
Here you can watch me teaching the spectators at the Athens Olympics. This takes place just prior to the forerunners, and is part of pre-event training of the spectators. I found it to be quite a challenge to run the Olympic course (not to mention the gates) while trying to explain what was going on. …