Over one weekend in February, I completed my British Canoeing 4-star White Water training in a kayak. A moving water course, 4 star is all about leadership strategies, group control and incident management. It also develops personal boat handling skills to allow efficient progress using river features such as waves and stoppers (recirculating water).

I thoroughly enjoyed the course and I am looking forward to putting some new techniques and theories into practise with real paddlers!