River Reading & River Safety for Whitewater Canoeing : How to Swim in Whitewater Rapids

If you flip your kayak or canoe and have to exit the boat and swim toward shore, avoid foot entrapments and use an aggressive or defensive swimming position. Learn more in this free online instructional video lesson on whitewater kayaking and canoeing.

Expert: Bruce Lessels
Contact: www.kayaklesson.com
Bio: Bruce Lessels is president and co-founder of Zoar Outdoor, a full-service outdoor center in western Massachusetts offering camping, whitewater rafting, rock climbing, and fly fishing.
Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• whitewater
• canoeing
• kayaking
• river
• safety
• reading
• water
• canoe
• kayak
• free
• video

[Terrylizard]

Hi bud thanks for the vids- very very clear and definately a great help! Ive been trying to find a decent tutorial on how to get back into an open canoe after capsizing on flatwater could you point me in the right direction ?

[cipherion]

Natural born teacher. Clear and concise. Thanks for the tip. I went over in a rapid and started trying to stand then remembered your words. Thanks.

[h4wkin5]

kayaking rule

[GoldenAssassin]

It's alright mate. Everyone has their own "scares" when out on the water. I got stuck in a current last month and ended up taking a 30 foot waterfall that I otherwise would not have kayaked down.

Just don't let it scare you away from the sport.

[BorisandMaisie]

Thanks for that advice mate - had my first ever swim earlier today going over some grade 3 rapids. Tried to stand up but couldnt, i feel lucky nothing worse happened now!