Spring Training

Dawn (left) dressed for immersion while Jon (right) laughed in fate's face. They flank "The usual list of suspects", with lead instructor Mick Lautt center right leading the charge! Apprenticing Instructor Trainer Jamie Hilland center left.
H'yup!

For most of us it was the first spring paddle, ice still covered most lakes and rivers in Manitoba. The pond we trained in and on only ice free for a few days, when Wilderness Supply's / WAVPaddling's first course of the season got underway May 7th.

It was of course an instructor's program featuring the usual fun and games.

Six candidates rose to the cold water challenge, five were left swimming after the water cleared. Various stages of completion remain, final tasks for certification.

For most, completing a course outline and assisting on a certified Paddle Canada "Introduction to Kayaking" program, will get them out introducing more to the sport.

As always the program featured the unusual rituals and a complicated secret initiation ceremony.

Instructor Trainers Mick and Phil
Damn water IS cold, I froze my stash!

Mick Lautt, lead Instructor Trainer.

Welcome all our new instructor candidates to the
Paddle Canada Program!