Stand Up Paddle-boarding Instructor and Guide Courses
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Foundation Instructor Award
This is the first step to working as a Stand Up Paddle instructor. This two day course will introduce the novice instructor to teaching and communication skills, lesson planning, feedback and analysis skills and group and individual client management. Candidates should be able to confidently perform the following manoeuvres. Forward Paddling Simple Sweep Turning Step-Back Turns Cross Deck strokes If you are not sure if you are at standard then please contact us to discuss. The course is both dry and wet in content and is a practical and theoretical course. In order to register for the courses you will need to be a member of Water Skills Academy, which can be done on their website: www.waterskillsacademy.com via this link https://wsa.tahdah.me/account/registernew The membership is £60 The course fee of £220. It is a pre-requisite before your future assessment that you have attended the SUP safety and rescue award, which we always run the day prior to this course at the same venue. You must bring your own board, paddle and leash and any equipment you use for teaching and rescues if you have it. If you do not have your own, let us know in advance and we can arrange a hire set for you. 
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2020 Courses:
All courses include the SUP Safety and Rescue as Day 1 of the course: April 24-26th - Llanberis May 23-24th - Llanberis June 26-28th - Llanberis July 24-26th - Llanberis August 28-30th - Llanberis September 25-27th - Llanberis October 23-25th - Llanberis 2021 Courses: All courses include the SUP Safety and Rescue as Day 1 of the course: April 23-25th - Llanberis May 21-23rd - Llanberis June 25-27th - Llanberis July 23-25th - Llanberis August 27-29th - Llanberis September 24-26th - Llanberis October 22-24th - Llanberis |
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Adventure Guide Award
The Adventure Guide is a leadership award that will equip you to coach, lead or guide in open and moving water environments. You will gain knowledge suitable for the remit of the award, safety and leadership strategies. Prior to attending this course you must have attended the WSA Foundation course and the WSA SUP Safety and Rescue course. The WSA Adventure Guide Training Course will be run on a number of different water venues to maximise the Adventure remit of the award. There will be a consideration of the kit and equipment relevant to the leader and the group in their charge as well the capabiltiies of groups and what can be achieved whilst maintaining the safety framework and for all the paddlers. The course fee includes WSA documentation and award handbook. You will need to register and pay at WSA's website: https://www.waterskillsacademy.com/membership-accreditation/ 
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2020 Courses:
April 25-26th - Llanberis May 30-31st - Llanberis June 27-28th - Llanberis July 25-26th - Llanberis August 22-23rd - Llanberis September 26-27th - Llanberis October 17-18th - Llanberis December 14-15th - Llanberis 2021 Courses: April 26-27th - Llanberis May 29-30th - Llanberis June 28-29th - Llanberis July 26-27th - Llanberis August 25-26th - Llanberis September 27-28th - Llanberis October 16-17th - Llanberis 
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It is recommended for all WaterSkills Academy courses that a copy of the book, Stand Up Paddle - A Paddlers Guide, is purchased for the course. This can be purchased from www.kanuculture.com
