USDBF Level 1 Community Coaching Certification
Unlock Your Full Potential with Boundary Waters Paddlesports
This self-directed online course fits easily into your busy schedule. On your time, with the support and guidance you need. Inside, you’ll get:
Short, effective videos
(just 15 -25 mins each!)
Level 1 Coaching Guide
Boat Balancing Spreadsheet
Seating Chart
RPE Handout and more!
Build confidence through competence…
If you’re ready to stop waiting for the “perfect time” to take a Dragon Boat Coaching Certification Course that you need.
Click the link below and let's do this!
Course Registration Fee: $200 USD Includes: Continuous Access Portal, Coaching Community Access, USDBF Coaching Certificate & USDBF Coaching Wallet Card
https://go.boundarywaterspaddlesports.com/registration-form
You got this, Coach!
PADDLE PERFORMANCE MOBILITY
21-Day Neck Mobility Program
This is the first in the head-to-toe mobility series of Programs that features a complete 21-Day Neck Mobility Program with 49+ follow-along exercise videos to help you minimize neck pain, optimize movement, and prevent future injuries. Increase your paddling comfort to improve your performance on and off the water in just 15 minutes a day. Great to add to warm up and cool downs.
$149.00 USD for Evergreen Access
Includes Getting Started Checklist, Informative Digital Guide, and 21-Day and Maintenance Calendars
First in the Paddle Performance Mobility Series
21-Day Shoulder Mobility Program
This is the second in the head-to-toe mobility series of Programs that features a complete 21-Day Shoulder Mobility Program with 48+ follow-along exercise videos to help you minimize shoulder pain, optimize movement, and prevent future injuries. Increase your paddling comfort to improve your performance on and off the water in just 15 minutes a day. Great to add to warm up and cool downs.
$149.00 USD for Evergreen Access
Includes Getting Started Checklist, Informative Digital Guide, and 21-Day and Maintenance Calendars
Second in the Paddle Performance Mobility Series
Seated Mobility Program
This is a stand-alone Seated Mobility program designed to optimize movement and prevent future injuries when you travel, at the office, and some can even be performed in the boat or paddle craft. Increase your paddling comfort to improve your performance on and off the water in just 15 minutes a day.
$149.00 USD for Evergreen Access
Includes Getting Started Checklist, Informative Digital Guide, and 21-Day and Maintenance Calendars
Stand Alone 21-Day Seated Mobility Program
Additional Online Programs
Robert's Rules of Order 101
Robert’s Rules of Order for meetings is the general standard for how nonprofit boards, committees, and other established groups govern discussions and decision-making. Most nonprofits and groups use Robert’s Rules to ensure order and create a productive environment.
$25 USD for Evergreen Access
28-Day Macro Challenge
The Women’s 28-Day Macro Challenge will help you reach your goals in a balanced and optimized way, as you learn valuable information that will serve you in years to come.
$149 USD
Includes Digital Macro Success, Meal & Prep, and How-To Guides, along with Worksheets
Private Lessons & Team Training
Annely Thorstad, Sport Performance Specialist
Individual Training
Personalized 2 hr. session that include both on and off water instruction. $80 / session per person.
Team Training
$50 / per person for 90 minute Zoom training session.
$65 / per person for 3 hr training session. (Includes both on and off water).
* Prices shown include any supplemental digital materials and do not include canoe rentals or IRS mileage rate for travel.
Club Crew Championships
SILVER MEDAL: 2024 Can Am Club Crew Championships
SILVER MEDAL: 2024 Can Am Club Crew Championships
SILVER MEDAL: 2024 Can Am Club Crew Championships
Dragon Boat Charleston's "Salty Sisters" Collab. Team
D2 Women's Standard Boat
Welland, Ontario, Canada
2024 IDBF Club Crew World Championships
SILVER MEDAL: 2024 Can Am Club Crew Championships
SILVER MEDAL: 2024 Can Am Club Crew Championships
Charleston Paddle Club's "Firebreathers"
Collab. Team
Senior B Mixed Standard Boat
Ravenna, Italy
Past Events
September 17th to 20th, 2023
September 17th to 20th, 2023
September 17th to 20th, 2023
ALBERTA!
We are coming your way soon to the Leduc Boat Club!!
Coach Annely Thorstad and Vesna Radonich are heading on a road trip your way. We will be at the travelling from Leduc through to Barrie from 17th - 20th September
To book a workshop or coaching session PM us today!!
September 22nd to 27th, 2023
September 17th to 20th, 2023
September 17th to 20th, 2023
ONTARIO!
We are coming your way soon!!
Coach Annely Thorstad and International Racing Coach, Vesna Radonich, are heading on a road trip your way. We will be at the travelling from Leduc through to Barrie, Pickering, Peterborough, and Ottowa from 22 - 26 September
To book a workshop or coaching session PM us today!!
American Canoe Association ACW + APW Instructor Courses 2023
Earn the ACW + APW credentials together for $450.00 USD per Person
WEDNESDAY, MAY 24TH TO SATURDAY, MAY 27TH
ACA Adaptive Paddling Portion of the Workshop (APW)
One of two professional paddlesports Instructor Endorsements within the ACA Universal Paddling Program, Adaptive Paddling Workshops (APWs) provide the information necessary to seamlessly integrate individuals with physical disabilities into outdoor recreation programs in the context of paddlesports.
APWs focus on five key topics: (1) Language, Etiquette and Interaction, (2) The Legal Context, (3) Cultivating Seamless Integration, (4) Adaptive Outfitting Concepts & Goals, and (5) Mechanics of Adaptive Outfitting for Paddlesports. APWs involve hands-on learning in a classroom and in calm, protected waters.
ACA trained individuals can now be found in nearly every adaptive paddlesports program throughout the country. This ACA credentialing program is truly the gold standard accreditation for adaptive paddlesport instruction.
For paddlesport participants with physical disabilities, the ACA APW offers a perfect opportunity to learn from experts about how to modify kayaking, paddle-boarding, dragon boat, or canoe equipment to paddle comfortably, safely and with a high level of performance.
ACA Advanced Communications Portion of the Workshop (ACW)
The second of the two professional paddlesports instructor endorsements within the ACA Universal Paddling Program, the new ACA Advanced Communications Endorsement was designed for instructors, outfitters, recreation program managers, trip leaders, and all others who want to seamlessly integrate people with speech & language impairments, hearing impairments or deafness, visual impairments or blindness into paddlesports programs. Advanced Communications Workshops provide a basic understanding of disabilities that affect communication and provides a toolbox of knowledge, techniques and strategies to enable successful integration. Current ACA Instructors will earn the Advanced Communications Endorsement upon successful completion.
LOOKING TO START A PARA PADDLER TEAM OR WORK WITH PARA PADDLERS?
We are hosting a dual certification course that will be led by Joe Moore of Adaptive Expeditions as a 4-day ACA course at our facility on the Black River here in Georgetown
May 24th to 27th.
The course will combine the new Adaptive Communications Workshop and Adaptive Paddler Workshop as some of the curriculum content would be repetitive if taught separately, and also the differentiation between the instructor / coaching skill sets relevant for physical vs sensory disabilities become dramatically highlighted when the skills are taught back-to-back as well.
The course participants don't have to be ACA Certified Instructors to take the course and obtain certification, but they should have some coaching or instruction training as the training applies advanced multi-sensory learning and teaching theories and techniques.
The cost is $450 per person, and there are only 5 spots left available for this course at this time.
This course will cover kayak, SUP, outrigger canoe and dragon boat.