Gorge half day workshops 2025
Sharpen your OC1 canoe surfing skills with me during the Gorge Downwind Champs!
While it’s true that surfing skills take years to build, attending a workshop is a shortcut to get you where you want to be.
In this four hour small group clinic I will help you:
- Understand the five most important downwind concepts for OC1 surfing.
- Identify the three most important skills you need to master.
- Identify the most common surfing mistakes and how to overcome them.
- Identify specific areas for you to improve.
We will do a run together and I will watch you surf and give you specific feedback to get faster.
The clinic will run as follows:
Start and end at the race HQ in Stevenson.
1) Surf theory and skills review(90 mins)
2) Downwind run as a group (75 mins)
3) Transport back to race HQ (30 mins)
4) Debrief with specific tips back at Stevenson at the end (30 mins).
*You must be registered for the event
to use the event shuttle or you need your own transportation*
*You must have your own OC1
*Limited to 6 padders per session
Ability level and group selection
- You must have some downwind experience to join any group.
- Group level is based on 2024 finish times.
- Please register for the group that best matches your ability. Ask me in your registration form if you are not sure.
- I cannot accommodate you in these group workshops if this your first downwind experience.
- Use the application (below) to check with me if you are not sure which group you belong in.
Cost: $250 per paddler – group size limited to six paddlers
Race link here: Gorge Downwind Champs
Sign up for the group that best matches your surf skill based on past results.
>>If you are not sure which group is for you, tell me in your registration form<<
Workshop Schedule
Monday 7/14 – 11:00am-3:00pm -6 spots available
bottom tier paddlers: finish time 2:25-2:50 based on 2024 times
Tuesday 7/15 – 11:00am-3:00pm -6 spots available
middle tier paddlers: finish time 2:10-2:25 based on 2024 times
Wednesday 7/16 – 11:00am-3:00pm -6 spots available
middle tier paddlers: time around 2:10-2:25 based on 2024 times
Cost per person: $250
Five-six paddlers only per group. Small group = more specific feedback and coaching for you!
- **No refunds available unless you find a replacement for yourself.**
- You must have your own OC1.
- You may not use the event shuttle if you are not registered for the event.
- If you are not registered for the event, you need your own transportation.
Here are the clinic details:
I will be running clinics Monday July 13, Tuesday July 14, Wednesday July 15 and Thursday July 16, 2020. (If the race is held Thursday, then the clinic will run Friday)
The cost will be $100 per person, with a minimum of four and a maximum of five people. I keep the groups small, so you get more out of the experience. I will run a clinic with as few as four people, but not less than four.
We will use the festival shuttles to do the downwind run together.
If you don’t want to use the shuttle you need your own transportation
I cannot provide canoes
You must have experience and be able to confidently right your canoe in the event of a huli.
This is not a clinic for beginners or first time downwind paddlers
Clinic will take place in the early afternoon, however, the time will need to be flexible so we can get the most out of the wind.
Private booking – on request you can book a clinic with me for your own group of paddlers.
If you are interested in attending a clinic, or making a private booking at the Gorge Downwind Festival, please click here to send me an email with your preferred date requesting a spot in the clinic.