{"id":1263,"date":"2024-09-13T12:10:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T09:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/aausportsvasaenglish\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2024-09-13T12:10:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T09:10:17","slug":"try-out-kayaking-the-17th-or-19th-of-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/aausportsvasaenglish\/2024\/09\/13\/try-out-kayaking-the-17th-or-19th-of-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Try out kayaking the 17th or 19th of September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a trial session for those who have never kayaked before. We paddle at a slow pace so that everyone can keep up, regardless of previous experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Requirements to participate: You must be able to swim<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Safety on the water is the highest priority, and on land, we will instruct how to perform self-rescue and buddy rescue in case of an accident. The leaders are equipped with safety equipment, in case someone capsizes or needs towing assistance.<\/p>\n<p>During the trial session, we will go through the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Overview\/adjustment of kayak and equipment<\/li>\n<li>Instruction on getting in and out of the kayak<\/li>\n<li>Overview of the basics of kayaking<\/li>\n<li>Instruction on safety and paddling techniques<\/li>\n<li>Tips and advice during paddling from the instructor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jenny Teir serves as an instructor alongside Anki Stenkull-Aura. Jenny is a teacher at Vasa \u00f6vningsskola and is studying to become a wilderness guide with a specialization in kayaking.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-994\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/aausportsvasaenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2022\/09\/kayak-2455234_1920-300x102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"524\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/aausportsvasaenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2022\/09\/kayak-2455234_1920-300x102.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/aausportsvasaenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2022\/09\/kayak-2455234_1920-1024x348.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/aausportsvasaenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2022\/09\/kayak-2455234_1920-768x261.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/aausportsvasaenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2022\/09\/kayak-2455234_1920-1536x522.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/aausportsvasaenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2022\/09\/kayak-2455234_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are a few places left &#8211; Register here below&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crm.abo.fi\/Events\/3965\/Apply?lang=en&amp;key=\">Tuesday the 17th of September at 18-19:30\u00a0 Group 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crm.abo.fi\/Events\/3967\/Apply?lang=en&amp;key=\">Thursday the 19th of September at 16:30-18 Group 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crm.abo.fi\/Events\/3966\/Apply?lang=en&amp;key=\">Thursday the 19th of September at 18 &#8211; 19:30Group 2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a trial session for those who have never kayaked before. We paddle at a slow pace so that everyone can keep up, regardless of previous experience. Requirements to participate: You must be able to swim Safety on the water is the highest priority, and on land, we will instruct how to perform self-rescue &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/aausportsvasaenglish\/2024\/09\/13\/try-out-kayaking-the-17th-or-19th-of-september\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Try out kayaking the 17th or 19th of September&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/aausportsvasaenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/aausportsvasaenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/aausportsvasaenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/aausportsvasaenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/423"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/aausportsvasaenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/aausportsvasaenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1264,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/aausportsvasaenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263\/revisions\/1264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/aausportsvasaenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/aausportsvasaenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/aausportsvasaenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}