Learn how to stand up paddleboard this summer! Our introduction to stand up paddleboarding course teaches you the basic skills and knowledge to safely paddle in calm sheltered waters. Skills covered include mounting, kneeling, standing on a board, forward and turning strokes, safety awareness, carrying and loading boards, and more!
Paddlers will be awarded with the Paddle Canada Basic SUP Certification, which prepares you for our other stand up paddleboarding skills courses, such as our advanced flatwater SUP skills course.
This course is typically offered during the evenings, but custom dates and times can be arranged. Send us a message indicating when you’re interested in taking the course and we’ll get back to discuss availability.
Contact us to book a lesson.
More Details
Prerequisites: None.
Age/Physical Requirements: Participants must be at least 12 years old and should be in reasonable physical condition.
Course Fee: $75.00
Course Includes:
- Stand up paddleboard, paddle, leash, PFD, and whistle.
- 2.5 hours of SUP instruction from certified and experienced Paddle Canada instructors.
Course typically runs from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Please arrive about 15 minutes early, so that you are unloaded, changed, and ready to begin at the start time. Arriving late will cut into your instructional time, and that of others on the course.
This course will run with a maximum of 6 students per instructor. When registering for this course, please indicate which date you are interested in attending. We will contact you with additional details to complete your registration.
Gear and Clothing
We provide the technical paddling gear that you will need appropriate to the course as part of your course costs:
- Brand name paddleboards.
- Adjustable paddle, leash, PFD, and signal whistle.
- You are welcome to bring and learn on your own paddling gear if you have it.
You will need to bring your own personal gear and clothing for the session:
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- Cold water immersion clothing is a must. As a minimum we recommend a shorty style neoprene wetsuit or one-piece neoprene paddle top combined with neoprene shorts or leggings.
- For warmer season/conditions: quick-dry or warm-when-wet outdoor athletic gear. Think paddle tops, rashguards, breathable hiking layers, merino wool, boardshorts, athletic swimwear.
- Insulating layers, weatherproof shell layers.
- Towel and warm, dry change of clothes (just in case!)
- Secure protective footwear such as water shoes, paddle shoes, neoprene paddle/surf booties or sport sandals.
- Headwear: sun hat, toque (warm hat), sunglasses with straps.
- Any personal first aid, medications, sunscreen etc.
- Waterproof and floatable camera.
- High energy snacks, drinking water.