Author: Ron Chin

Unfortunately, due to a lack of Club resources, the FCRCC Around Bowen OC6 and Small Boats race scheduled for June 22, 2024 has been cancelled.

The Jericho Paddling Club will be hosting two outrigger technique clinics with experienced teacher, coach, and world champion athlete Leanne Stanley from Kelowna, BC on Saturday, June 15, 2024 (OC1) and Sunday, June 16, 2024 (OC6) at the Jericho Sailing Centre, 1300 Discovery St, Vancouver, BC.

OC1 Clinic (Saturday, June 15, 2024): In this 2ish hour technical clinic, paddlers will build on Leanne’s Three L’s: Lock, Load & Launch. Leanne will take a deeper dive into stroke mechanics to reveal the intricacies that can be difference makers for many paddlers. Along with providing personal feedback for each paddlers, Leanne will go over stroke philosophy, different strokes for different situations, training/racing strategies, and more! This clinic is geared towards paddlers that feel they have a solid paddling foundation and want to find a way to squeak out some more speed.
Target group of paddlers is intermediate and advanced OC1 paddlers.
Clinic capacity is 12 and attendees need to provide their own boats.

OC6 Clinic (Sunday, June 16, 2024): This 2ish hour technical clinic, paddlers will build on Leanne’s Three L’s: Lock, Load & Launch. The session can be tailored to the needs of the paddlers/crews/clubs and usually focuses on crew blend. Leanne will go over stroke philosophy, body positioning, and stroke mechanics. Teams will come away with a repertoire of drills and strategies to help them self-assess their technique as individuals and as a crew.
Target group of paddlers is intermediate and advanced OC6 paddlers.
Clinic capacity is 12 and boats will be provided.

Clinic cost: $50 per paddler (each day is a separate clinic with a separate fee).

For further information, contact Charissa Tehrani at jpc126finance@gmail.com.

The Edmonton Dragon Boat Racing Club – Outrigger will be hosting an outrigger technique clinic with internationally renowned outrigger coach, Vesna Radonich of Gisborne, Aotearoa New Zealand, on Friday, June 14, 2024 at 5:00pm at Edmonton Dragonboat Racing Club, 10296 87 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5H 1N6, Canada.

The WakaFit OC1 / OC2 Functional workshop is 2 hours for paddlers to understand the functional movements of paddling, learn the skills, tools to enable the right muscles to be used in paddling to generate the most effective power output specific to single craft or OC2. Vesna will teach tips and techniques that will enable you to paddle smarter, straighter with more confidence and power in your stroke, along with rigging tips.

The workshop is open to all paddlers, all levels wanting to learn to be faster and smarter on and off the water. This will also ensure that our paddlers are paddling the smartest and effective way to minimize injury, increase power and enjoyment of paddling.

Clinic cost: $20 per paddler (Clinic capacity: 20 paddlers).

For further information, contact Kim Borres at kmborres@gmail.com