At our recent Canoe Symposium, in Ohio, several folks raised questions as to how the upcoming, Pine Barrens Workshop would be different from all the others.
Below is a link to a short video, put together by John Powell, showing paddling in the Pine Barrens and featuring some of the instructors who will be at the workshop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILZwqq5dF1g&feature=youtu.be
A full description of the workshop and registration materials are available at www.freestylecanoeing.com
- First off, the focus is on FUNCTIONAL use of the techniques, in real world situations. Exhibition or interpretive freestyle will be downplayed.
- At other symposiums, most students concentrate on one quadrant, participating in 3, three hour classes on a lake.. At the Pine Barrens Functional Freestyle Workshop, most students will work, the first morning, on specific forward and cross forward maneuvers that will later be used on a Pine Barrens stream. That afternoon, there will be coaching sessions, tailored to each, individual student's needs. The second day, most students will spend on a beautiful, Pine Barrens River, putting their new found skills to use. River groups will be small, with adequate instructors and assistants to help each student further develop their technique.
- Friday evening, there will be a "Chalk Talk" that all participants are highly encouraged to attend. We will use various visual aids and demonstrations to introduce this unique paddling discipline and to foster an understanding of why we do, what we do.
Below is a link to a short video, put together by John Powell, showing paddling in the Pine Barrens and featuring some of the instructors who will be at the workshop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILZwqq5dF1g&feature=youtu.be
A full description of the workshop and registration materials are available at www.freestylecanoeing.com