SUP SAFER AWARD
If you are brand new or relatively new to paddleboarding, looking to raise your awareness of paddling your stand up paddleboard safely, and want to learn practical solutions if you get into difficulty, then the SUP Safer course is for you.
This course will support you to consider safe practices, explore and learn to appreciate the potential hazards you might encounter and be prepared to avoid or deal with them.
Open to paddlers of any age, this course is all about keeping safe on your SUP in sheltered water venues. It is completely based around training and raising awareness and there is no assessment involved.
If you are interested in a more general course about paddling safely in or on any craft, have a look at the 2 hour
Paddle Safer course.
Course Content
The course takes around 4 hours and will cover 4 modules:
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- SUP Equipment
- Craft overview, safety considerations and features
- Clothing and equipment worn
- Additional safety equipment
- Environment and Weather
- Sheltered water environment
- Other environments
- Weather considerations
- Tide and flow
- Water features
- Planning
- Knowledge, experience and ability
- What to expect and what to look out for
- Where and how to find help
- Safety on the Water
- Getting started safely
- Supporting others
- Rescue techniques
- Calling for help, sustaining yourself whilst waiting for assistance
There will be opportunities to develop and progress your rescue skills and meet like-minded people completing the same course.
SUP Safer Overview
Minimum Age
Open to all ages.
Duration
4 hours.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites.
Course Documents
View the associated documents for the course, please click here.
Registration
No registration needed.
