Path of the Paddle : Doubles Whitewater

Collaborators : Brind, William | Low, Colin | Mason, Bill | Office national du film du Canada

Canoes and canoeing.White-water canoeing.Sports and Leisure - Water Sports -- Canoeing and Rafting.

Running rapids will always be a calculated risk. But risk diminishes with skill and knowledge. In this film, two canoeists paddling double demonstrate how to read the rapids, plan a course and follow it in complete control of the boat, using the basic paddling strokes. The strokes can be used in endless combination to reduce the risk of whitewater canoeing and increase the sheer joy and exuberance of a whitewater run.

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