What our clients say...
"Just finished two day SUP sheltered water award with Sean. Cannot recommend highly enough. Time to practice, great coaching methods, patient, directed, fun, and great techniques explained a million ways until you’re happy, confident and competent! So pleased!!! If you’ve been seeking coaching that isn’t shouty, competitive, intimidating or patronising and is about getting better to have fun on your board - you’ve just found it! How refreshing! Thanks a million." "Many thanks for all your efforts during the two day paddle boarding course it was, for me, outstanding. I could not believe how much it was possible to improve in two days!" "Fantastic, great fun . The teaching style was very thorough but in a relaxed environment. Instructions were clear and made sense. The kit was great. Personalised feedback and instructions were given on a very regular basis. Praise was given too when we did things well. Any questions we asked were answered clearly. I would definitely use Wild River again and highly recommend to others." "Learnt loads and was able to track personal improvements. Great fun! Enjoyed it. Liked learning new skills." "The amount of support we all got was very good, everyone is very helpful. The help and coaching was excellent. I was helped when it was needed and pushed to my limits."

What our clients say...

"Just finished two day SUP sheltered water award with Sean. Cannot recommend highly enough. Time to practice, great coaching methods, patient, directed, fun, and great techniques explained a million ways until you’re happy, confident and competent! So pleased!!! If you’ve been seeking coaching that isn’t shouty, competitive, intimidating or patronising and is about getting better to have fun on your board - you’ve just found it! How refreshing! Thanks a million."

"Many thanks for all your efforts during the two day paddle boarding course it was, for me, outstanding. I could not believe how much it was possible to improve in two days!"

"Fantastic, great fun . The teaching style was very thorough but in a relaxed environment. Instructions were clear and made sense. The kit was great. Personalised feedback and instructions were given on a very regular basis. Praise was given too when we did things well. Any questions we asked were answered clearly. I would definitely use Wild River again and highly recommend to others."

"Learnt loads and was able to track personal improvements. Great fun! Enjoyed it. Liked learning new skills."

"The amount of support we all got was very good, everyone is very helpful. The help and coaching was excellent. I was helped when it was needed and pushed to my limits."

British Canoeing Awarding Body

SUP Sheltered Water Award

This award is designed to develop your understanding of how to plan and paddle a Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP) in sheltered water, using the appropriate abilities and decision making skills to travel safely on your pre-determined route.

SUP Award

Your SUP Sheltered Water Award will give you the ability to organise and carry out an enjoyable and safe trip on the water up to 200 metres from shore, up to force 3 in winds. You will be confident in considering how far you can safely travel from the shore, whilst identifying safe exit points, expanding your knowledge of rescue techniques and looking at the external and environmental factors which may affect our journey. You will create proficient skills to anticipate and adapt to problems we may encounter to enable us to have a safe and enjoyable day out stand up paddleboarding.

Course Content

Location and weather conditions
Equipment and clothing
Safety and rescue
Body, paddle and foot positioning
Forward paddling and manoeuvring
Working as a group

Stand Up Paddleboarding Lakes

Each day we spend SUP paddling we further expand our skills and knowledge. In SUP steady, gradual development is encouraged creating a more enjoyable experience on the water. With no two experiences ever the same, we never stop learning.

Venues

During your course you will spend time on some of the idyllic Cumbria lakes. Likely open water venues include Derwentwater, Ullswater, Windermere.

The NEW Personal Performance Awards are designed for paddlers wanting to gain recognition of their learning and development, in the craft and environment they choose.

These awards allow paddlers to improve their skills, working towards the award of their choice, developing their decision making and fundamental skills.

From January 2019, the Personal Performance Awards will no longer be directly linked to the Coaching or Leadership awards.

The changes do not affect current Star Award holders. Any Star Awards taken with British Canoeing will remain recognised.