PaddleLife is excited to announce that Kenny Rice is heading to Kelowna this summer to visit Kelowna Paddle Centre and you! 

Join Kenny for a whole weekend of Surfski learning and fun! Please get the 2nd- 4th July 2019 into your diaries and don't miss out!

Kenny Rice needs little introduction to anyone who has followed the world and results of international Surfski racing over the past 4 years. Kenny is from Cape Town, South Africa and renowned for his downwind and surf skills as well as a tenatious will to win. These have all helped Kenny to win back to back Gorge Downwind festivals against all of the best in the business, as well as many podium finishes at the Perth Doctor, Cape Point Challenge and many other national and World Championship titles across Surfski and marathon kayak. Kenny leads a group of 'young gun' paddlers who are taking charge at many of the worlds most prestigious races. Kenny's tough as nails attitude in the race boat is contrasted by a kind, and happy go lucky persona on land and during his teaching. You'll be sure to be laughing with him in minutes and you are guaranteed to learn from the wealth of knowledge that Kenny will pass along to you! Kenny is excited to visit Kelowna for his first trip to the area and looks forward to giving away some of his secrets and stories about how he achieves his best! We would like to thank the team at Kelowna Paddle Centre for the inviting us along and for all the support to get Kenny to Kelowna to see you all!

Lessons Available:

Semi-private/ Group Lesson:

Join Kenny for a 2hr workshop for up to 4 people for one price! Each session is planned and tailored to the groups specific interests and needs!

Purchase the Group session tickets and let us know which one you would like to book before they sell out!

Available slots:

Tuesday 2nd July:

9am-11am BOOKED

12pm-2pm

3pm-5pm BOOKED

Wednesday 3rd July:

9am-11am

12pm-2pm

3pm-5pm 

Thursday 4th July:

9am-11am

12pm-2pm

3pm-5pm 

Tuesday, 2nd July: Jet Juniors Class with KENNY RICE!!!!

Time: 6pm-7pm 

Kenny is excited to meet and coach a juniors ONLY class. Kenny knows what it takes to move from being a 8yr old Jet Junior to now winning major international surfski races, including back to back Gorge titles!

Just some of the subjects to be covered in the talk:

• Welcome and introduction to Kenny Rice and his background/story
• Optimum equpment setup
• Boat control skills
• Stroke technique
• Remounting practice and safety
• Racing skills
• Optimizing your equipment set-up

Wednesday, 3rd July: Downwind master class - KENNY RICE!!!!

Time: 7pm-8pm 

Join Kenny for a fun and informative talk about all there is to know about downwind paddling and what you need to do to better yours! 

This lesson is suitable for all levels of paddlers and each paddler is sure to come away with a interesting new perspective of how the best paddlers do what they do!

Just some of the subjects to be covered in the talk:

• Building downwind confidence
• what to look for in the water
• Breaking the myths about "easy" downwinds
• How to catch and ride runs
• What to do when you find yourself out of your depth
• Remounting in a surf/downwind situation
• downwind practice drills

A big thank you to the Kelowna Paddle Cente and all the local paddlers for inviting us to visit!

We hope to see you there!! Please feel free to pop us an email if you have any questions!! (info@yourpaddlelife.com)

Please note: 

Please bring your surfski and paddle (If you do not have these, please contact us, and we will see what we can do!)

If you have any questions regarding anything to do with the above workshop or just anything to do with surfski paddling - contact us directly at: info@yourpaddlelife.com