Whether you enjoy small day trips around local lakes and slow-moving rivers, overnight trips, or expeditions, seasoned instructor Andrew Westwood's thoughtful and clear breakdown of canoeing principles, skills, and techniques makes this DVD a must-have for solo and tandem paddlers interested in maximizing their enjoyment of the canoe.You'll Learn AboutThe equipment and how to choose itEssential skills like carrying, transporting, maintaining and launching your canoeAll the strokes and paddling techniquesManeuvering solo and tandem canoesCapsize recovery methods and safety considerationsAnd much more...
C**G
Interesting and full of good information
If your're looking for a begginer to mid-level educational video on Canoeing, that's the one! Good footage and humor too. But remember to also look for a nice ACA training course, as no video can replace a person-to-person experience.
M**K
Canoeing DVD
I ordered this DVD for our Grandson who is about to be married. He and his fiancee have just started canoeing. When my husband and I first canoed, we had never been in a canoe. As I was trying to navigate a water falls on a curve, I was very scared. I had my son in the canoe with me and my huaband and 2nd son had navigated the falls and were watching me try to stay afloat. I yelled to him, "I want a divorce." Therefore I wanted my Grandson to begin his new sport and marriage with knowledge and love. They now have viewed the DVD and are ready to lovingly take on the sport.
R**Y
Disappointing
This is the only canoe technique DVD I could find. I would rate it satisfactory, except for an immense problem: no table of contents or ability to skip to different scenes. So, if you wish to review the J-stroke, you must watch the entire video, or spend 20 minutes trying to find the scene with J-stroke! The content is satisfactory, but not good at demonstrating strokes. I find better instruction for free on YouTube. Some demonstrations are rushed and you must replay repeatedly to comprehend details. This DVD has several negatives: starts with commercials and advertisements you're unable to skip over, irrelevant skits meant to entertain (?), overly basic admonitions like apply sunscreen to bare skin, and annoying bad music. I did not buy a canoeing video to learn about sun screen! The music in the beginning is especially loud, so you turn down the volume but can't hear the narrators' voices later on.
E**M
Canoeing: With Andrew Westwood
I really enjoyed watching this D.V.D. I found it informative, entertaining and highly relaxing to watch. I would say that it is the ideal video for a novice canoeist like myself. I greatly look forward to practising all the techniques demonstrated on the D.V.D. during my stay in Canada next Summer. I wish there were more of these kinds of D.V.D's about.
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