You are passionate about SUP (Stand up Paddleboard) and you would like to specialize yourself in its practice or directly orient yourself toward the teaching of this discipline, well, our paddler and instructor trainings will please you. This training provides the theory and skills for paddling inland waters with some wind and waves. You will learned skills such as : pivot turns, wave surfing, foot positions, edging and bracing.

This paddler training is for people who want to specialize themselves in SUP by taking a recognized training while broadening their knowledge and skills with level 1 river SUP techniques. You will learn river safety skills: River dynamics.  You will learn paddling notions: off-side foward stroke, s-turns, jet ferry, surfing and paddling without a fin. We will also look over notions regarding using the river to paddler’s avantage and the route finding.  All of these skills will be taught during an excursion on the Saint Lawrence River. Provides the theory and skills for paddling Class 2 rivers.

Hugo is a leader in SUP and white water paddling in Quebec and has been teaching in the industry since 1990. As such, he has been training future Paddle Canada instructors since 2011 with KSF, widely recognized as a the leading SUP school in Quebec. KSF has received numerous awards and is certified Security and Ecotourism with Aventure Écotourisme Québec.