2013
Date: 7/03/13
River: O'Sullivans
rapid
Participants: DOIG
kayak with Zak, Phil and Jess
Duration of
activity: 3 hours
Incidents/injuries:
None
River
was very low. We were in slalom boats and practiced strokes and
eddying. Felt uncomfortable in them and was nervous doing fairy glide
at bottom at of O'Sullivans rapid. I need to get my confidence up and
stop thinking 'plastic coffin'.
Date: 8/03/13
River: O'Sullivans
Section and pool session
Participants: DOIG
Kayak with Zak, Phil and Jess
Duration of
activity: 6 hours
Incidents/injuries:
Alice swam after a deck implosion
Rolling
session in morning in our creek boats and learnt C to C roll. Did
more basic techniques above O'Sullivans then went down entire
section. Alice rolled and swam on first rapid after her deck imploded
and I rolled on O'Sullivans rapid but rolled back up.
Date: 9/03/13
River: Pool then
Doctors creek section
Participants: DOIG
kayak with Zak, Phil and Jess
Duration of
activity: 6 hours
Incidents/injuries:
None
Another
pool session with creek boats. We then went to doctors where we
practiced rescues in our creek boats. We did H rescue, T rescue, hand
of god, barrel rolling, releasing a cows tail underwater, assisted fairy, stern deck carry and rescue of unconscious swimmer. We then
practiced getting into and out of our boats in awkward spots and did
an abseil with a make shift harness.
Date: 10/03/13
River: Earthquake
section, Buller River
Participants: DOIG
kayak with Zak, Phil and Jess
Duration of
activity: 4 hours
Incidents/injuries:
None
We
went in our creek boats today. We practiced our river running which
was eddying, fairying, river running and scouting and also practiced
some rescues and rolls.
Date: 7/05/13
River: Grey high
pool then the harbour
Clients: John Paul
Students with Jake and Jono
Duration of
activity: 4 hours
Incidents/injuries:
Today
we taught them about the equipment used in kayaking and then got them
some water confidence in the pool. One boy had very little confidence
so I spent most of the session with him and felt that he had improved
quite a bit by the end We then went out to the harbour where we
taught them the strokes and edging then played a game. I took one
group and Jake and Jono took the other.
Date: 8/05/13
River: Grey high
pool then Kiwi corner
Clients: John Paul
Students with Jake and Jono
Duration of
activity: 4 hours
Incidents/injuries:
Started
rolling in the pool session as well as some rescue stuff. I went over
the demo roll. Then we went to kiwi corner and did more work on
strokes and edging and introduced eddying. My group was a mix of
abilities as two of the kids hadn't been at the days before session
so didn't know the strokes. Found it hard to keep them together and
one kid ended up tipping in an eddy when I was chasing after another
luckily Phil was there and rescued him.
Date: 9/05/13
River: Pool
session then Taylorville
Clients: John Paul
Students with Jake and Jono
Duration of
activity: 4 hours
Incidents/injuries:
We
assessed the kids with their rescues today and then ended the session
with a game. We then went to Taylorville and practiced strokes and
taught them about throw bagging as it was in their assessment.
Date: 10/05/13
River: Arahura,
Red shed section
Clients: John Paul
Students with Jake and Jono
Duration of
activity: 4 hours
Incidents/injuries:
Today
we went to the river and divided the group into 3 based on ability
level. I took the best group as Jake and Jono are better paddlers
than me. We had two first year students who had missed out on kayak
week with us as well. Practiced eddying and fairing and assessed
them for their test. I had a kid wet exit on the first 'big' rapid as
I was not close enough to him. Jono and Jake had swimmers as well
down one of the rapids which a lot of people tipped over on.
2012
Date: 28/02/2012
Trip location: Grey River, Taylorville
Group members: Zenzi Breitbreger Julia
Melville, Jono Irvine, Watson Green, Logan Froriep, Cory Burrows, Rob
Bruce, Rhys Hillock, Hugo Boss, Ari Kingan
River Flow:
River Grade: flat water
Duration of activity: 3 ½ hours
Weather conditions: fine
Incidents/injuries: None
Learning points: Paddling- forward
stroke, sweep stroke
How to tie on kayaks and load trailer
Narrative: The day for me started at
12:30 as I had a hospital appointment, everyone else started at 8:30
where they learnt how to load a trailer and tie on the kayaks, wet
exits and T rescue. After lunch we started paddling and how to do it
correctly. At first it was challenging trying to keep your boat in a
straight line but with a little practice we started to get the hang
of it and could mostly go straight. We then moved on to the sweep
stroke. Keith and Phil layed us down with the many parts for a proper
technique and we were sent off to try it ourselves with varying
success. Finally we put the different strokes together and by the end
of the session we had improved greatly. We then got out and loaded up
the trailer. A few of my groups mates taught me how to tie the
kayak's on which involved a lot of knots. Overall it was a nice
introdution to kayaking and got me excited about going out on the
river.
Narrative: It was a 20 minute walk in
before we got to the river. From there we split into groups of mixed
ability with a tutor and our group also had Rata. The river was quite
cold so I wasn't keen on swimming. We practice all of our skills and
at one point did the Gisborne wave from eddy to eddy. Just before
lunch Hugo wet exited and was on the other side of the river in a
tiny eddy without a paddle. Our rescue did not go that well as we had
just learnt signals and were not to sharp with them yet. There was
one big rapid on the river that we scouted I wasn't feeling to
confident so took another shoot down. Just after on the next rapid I
got tipped over and wet exited. Surprising enough I was quite happy
after this as I had held on for quite a long time. The only other
exciting moment happened on the last rapid before the take out. We
were truck and trailering down the river and couldn't see ahead of us
that well. All of a sudden I saw Hugo and Rob turn towards me and
start fairy gliding furiously towards river left. It took me a second
to see the big rock I was heading towards and another to quickly
follow suit. From there it was a quick paddle to the takeout.
Date: 29/02/2012
Trip location: School pool and Grey
river around Taylorville
Group members: Zenzi Breitbreger Julia
Melville, Jono Irvine, Watson Green, Logan Froriep, CoryBurrows, Rob
Bruce, Rhys Hillock, Hugo Boss, Ari Kingan
River flow: Medium
River grade: flat water
Duration of activity: 6 hours
Weather conditions: Rain
Incidents/injuries: None
Learning points: Rolling, eddying,
fairy gliding, stern stroke,
Narrative: We did some rolling in the
morning then went for our first real river trip on the grey. It was
pretty mellow and only had one rapid which was grade 1.
Date: 30/02/12
Trip location: Arnold
Group members: Zenzi Breitbreger Julia
Melville, Jono Irvine, Watson Green, Logan Froriep, CoryBurrows, Rob
Bruce, Rhys Hillock, Hugo Boss, Ari Kingan
River grade: 2
River flow: Medium
Duration of activity:
Weather conditions: Fine
Incidents/injuries: None
Narrative: We were in groups of ability
and each group had a tutor. We practiced eddying, fairy gliding and
other kayak skills. We scouted pyramid rapid for a line then went
down it with no incidents.
Date: 01/03/12
Trip location: Arahua from red shed
Group members: Zenzi Breitbreger Julia
Melville, Jono Irvine, Watson Green, Logan Froriep, CoryBurrows, Rob
Bruce, Rhys Hillock, Hugo Boss, Ari Kingan
River grade: 2
River flow: medium
Duration of activity:
Weather conditions: Fine
Incidents/injuries: I wet exited twice
Narrative: This was our first trip on a
different river from the arnold. I was in the top group with Logan,
Watson, Ari and Rhys. It was going well until I wet exited twice.
Once while doing eddying and the other time on the only major rapid
on this section of river. It knocked my confidence a bit and I was a
bit timid about trying things for the rest of the trip.
Date: 06/03/2012
Trip location: Hokitika pool flat water
Group members: Zenzi Breitbreger Julia
Melville, Jono Irvine, Watson Green, Logan Froriep, CoryBurrows, Rob
Bruce, Rhys Hillock, Hugo Boss, Ari Kingan
River flow:
River grade: flat water
Duration of activity:
Weather conditions: Overcast
Incidents/injuries: None
Narrative: We did rolling and deep
water rescues in the morning then went to a very unhealthy looking
pond in the afternoon. Once there we split into two groups and one
half went to do slalom gates while my group practiced our stokes.
Date: 07/03/2012
Trip location: The Arnold
Group members: Zenzi Breitbreger Julia
Melville, Jono Irvine, Watson Green, Logan Froriep, CoryBurrows, Rob
Bruce, Rhys Hillock, Hugo Boss, Ari Kingan
River flow: medium
River grade: 2
Duration of activity: day session
Weather conditions: fine
Incidents/injuries: none
Narrative: Practiced more kayak skills
Date: 08/03/2012
Trip location: The Arnold
Group members: Zenzi Breitbreger Julia
Melville, Jono Irvine, Watson Green, Logan Froriep, CoryBurrows, Rob
Bruce, Rhys Hillock, Hugo Boss, Ari Kingan
River flow: Medium
River grade: 2
Duration of activity: day session
Weather conditions: overcast
Incidents/injuries: wet exits
Learning points: rescue
Narrative: More kayaking and some
rescue stuff like throw bagging. I got pulled off my feet the first
time I did it but was fine the second time.
Date: 09/03/2012
Trip location: The Taipo
Group members: Zenzi Breitbreger Julia
Melville, Jono Irvine, Watson Green, Logan Froriep, CoryBurrows, Rob
Bruce, Rhys Hillock, Hugo Boss, Ari Kingan
River flow: Medium
River grade: 2
Duration of activity: Day session
Weather conditions: Fine
Incidents/injuries: Wet exits galore
Narrative: It was a 20 minute walk in
before we got to the river. From there we split into groups of mixed
ability with a tutor and our group also had Rata. The river was quite
cold so I wasn't keen on swimming. We practice all of our skills and
at one point did the Gisborne wave from eddy to eddy. Just before
lunch Hugo wet exited and was on the other side of the river in a
tiny eddy without a paddle. Our rescue did not go that well as we had
just learnt signals and were not to sharp with them yet. There was
one big rapid on the river that we scouted I wasn't feeling to
confident so took another shoot down. Just after on the next rapid I
got tipped over and wet exited. Surprising enough I was quite happy
after this as I had held on for quite a long time. The only other
exciting moment happened on the last rapid before the take out. We
were truck and trailering down the river and couldn't see ahead of us
that well. All of a sudden I saw Hugo and Rob turn towards me and
start fairy gliding furiously towards river left. It took me a second
to see the big rock I was heading towards and another to quickly
follow suit. From there it was a quick paddle to the takeout.2013
Date: 7/03/13
Trip location: Buller- O Sullivans
rapid
Group members: Bex, Alice, Cady, Jake,
Dylan, Jono, Logan, Ari, Watson, Taylor
River flow: Very low
River grade: 1-3
Duration of activity:
Weather: fine
Incidents/injuries: Watson wet exited
when he failed hand roll.
Got in plastic slalom boats and paddled
around getting use to them and practicing our strokes. Did this above
O'Sullivans rapid where gates where set up. We had Jess and I was
with Caty, Alice and Bex. Then we moved down to the top of O'sullies
rapid and played around making some moves there. Then went to bottom.
Was really nervous to do the 'S' turn at the top of the run as the
waves were quite big. Psyched myself out but Jess managed to convince
me to try it. I got over ok but didn't get onto my edge quick enough
at the other eddy so almost went over but managed to somehow keep
upright. Got back across all good though. The boats were really
uncomfortable and hard to get into.
Date: 8/03/13
Trip location: Buller- O Sullivans
Group members: Bex, Alice, Cady, Jake,
Dylan, Jono, Logan, Ari, Watson, Taylor
River flow: Very low
River grade: 3
Duration of activity:
Weather: fine
Incidents/injuries: Alice wet exited
Rolling session in the morning at the
pool in our creek boats. We learnt the C to C roll which I quite
liked and managed to get ok. Went back to same place as the day
before practicing more basic techniques this time with phily j. Then
went down the O'sullies section on the slalom boats. Was kinda
nervous and ended up tipping and rolling on the first rapid. Was
really stoked to have rolled back up and managed to keep a calm head
underwater. Boosted my confidence quite a bit. I was feeling good for
the rest of the run. Alice swam when her deck imploded. Learnt from
that to try eddy out higher to look after your crew better. Rest of
section went well apart from at Whale Creek Alice tipped again but
rolled then tipped and rolled and Bex tipped and got t rescued by Zak
who ran up onto her boat in his initial attempt. Somehow I made it
down it unscathed which I was quite happy about.
Date: 9/03/13
Trip location: Buller- Doctors Creek
Group members: Bex, Alice, Cady, Jake,
Dylan, Jono, Logan, Ari, Watson, Taylor
River flow: Low
River grade: 2
Duration of activity: Day session
Weather: Fine
Incidents/injuries: None
We did rolling again in the pool and I
felt pretty good with my right roll and ok with my left. At the end
we tied ropes to the ends of our boats and got dragged along the pool
rolling to simulate rolling in a rapid and coming up on an edge. We
then went to Doctors creek to practice our rescues. We did H rescue,
T rescue, Hand of god, barrel rolling and releasing a cows tail
underwater. I was nervous doing the cows tail release and rolling
back up so did it in the eddy. After that we practiced getting an unconscious swimmer while still in our boats. We then did live bait
rescues and carrying a swimmer in a rapid on the back of our boats
which I found slightly difficult. We then practiced getting out of our
boats in awkward spots and making a harness and abseiling with it.
Date: 10/03/13
Trip location: Buller- Earthquake
Group members: Bex, Alice, Cady, Jake,
Dylan, Jono, Logan, Ari, Watson, Taylor
River flow: Low
River grade: 3
Duration of activity: Day session
Weather: Fine
Incidents/injuries: None
Today we took down the slalom gates
over O'Sullivans rapid then went to the Earthquake section. We split
into three groups of mixed ability. I was with Logan, Jono and Bex
with Zak as our instructor. At the start we did 5 rolls and gave each
other feedback on them then had a bit of a flat water paddle before
we got to the rapids. We practiced scouting rapids from our boats and
eddying hoping down them to check them out and pick good lines. We
did some deep water rescues in the flat which was pretty cold. I had
to pick a line for Logan and Jono to go down on the Earthquake rapid
as I had eddied out further down. We did fairy gliding to get to an
eddy at the bottom of the last grade 3 rapid. We also did rolls
coming out of eddys which I was nervous about but managed to do ok.
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