> Advice for white water kayaking

A. Technique

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On white water the current allows to flow down and the counter-currents allow to stop, to go back, to embark…

B. Security

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You must feel at ease in the water and be a good swimmer. Nobody is sheltered from capsizing. Swimming in white water does not act as itself.

For your safety, it is essential to keep to some fundamental rules. You must:

  • float in horizontal position, feet on the surface of the water acting as a bumper against the obstacles, head upstream ;
  • get if possible the material back, paddle and boat, move to the rear of the boat and laterally towards the edge ;
  • Caution: DO NOT STAND UP TOO EARLY, wait to be stopped in the counter-current to take support with the feet.