SUP Skills 5 – River Paddling & Safety

Session 5 in a series of 5 evening paddleboarding sessions based close to Inverness

5 – River Paddling & Safety (Thursday 184th July 2024)

These sessions are aimed at paddlers with their own board & equipment. Paddlers should have their own board, paddle, buoyancy aid, helmet, paddling clothes and a dry bag for spares/supplies to be taken out on the water. The evening coaching sessions will cover aspects such as kit required, planning, safety, weather, reading the water, group management, paddling skills/techniques and rescues.

If you dont have a helmet, Explore Highland can provider one for you. Please email info@explorehighland.com to request one prior to the session.

Meeting location for this session will be Dochgarroch Locks, Inverness at 6pm. Please arrive early to ensure you have time to unload and inflate your paddleboard and get paddle ready for the start time. The group will venture out from the Dochgarroch and practise some moving water skills below the Dochfour Weir, prior to paddling the River Ness down to Ness Islands.

A shuttle will be arranged for all drivers to ensure there cars are left at the finish point.

The following sessions can be booked separately via the booking diary

1 – Paddle Skills, Rescues & Top Tips (Thursday 9th May 2024)

2 – Loch Paddling & Safety (Thursday 23rd May 2024)

3 – Coastal Paddling & Safety (Thursday 6th June 2024)

4 – Night Paddling & Safety (Thursday 20th June 2024)