Make your kayaking more efficient, more fun and safer this season by enrolling in Empire Kayaks Clinics. We offer the best instruction on Long Island with our ACA Open Water coastal certified instructor Elizabeth O'Conner. We offer classes for all levels. Find a clinic that addresses your needs and call Empire Kayaks at (516) 889-8300 to register.

Empire Kayaks Clinics 2010

May

Sat May 8 Quick Start 9-12,

Sun May 23 Quick Start 9-12, Rescue 12:30-3:30

June

Sun. June 6 Quick Start 9-12

Sun June 20 KFAC 9-1pm

Sun. June 27 Quick Start 9-12, Rescue 12:30-3:30

July

Sun. July 18 Quick Start 9-12,

Sun. July 25 Rescue 9-12, Rolling 12:30-3:30

Aug

Sun. Aug 8 Quick start 9-12,

Sun. August 22 Rescue 9-12, Rolling 12:30-3:30,

Sun. Aug 29 Quick start 9-12

Sept

Sun. Sept 19 Quick Start 9-12, Rescue 12:30-3:30,

Oct

Sun. Oct 3 Quick Start 9-12

$75.00 / Clinic includes kayak, equipment and top notch instruction. (KFAC Clinic/$100)
ALL CLINICS ARE CASH ONLY!

ACA Quick Start Clinic is an introduction to paddling a kayak. Students are presented with basic information on equipment, carrying, launching, landing, dressing to paddle safely, potential hazards and simple rescues. Basic strokes covered; forward, reverse, stopping, turning and wet exit. A perfect course to enhance the enjoyment and safety of the entry level paddler. An ACA participation card is given to students.

Rescue Clinics could also be called recovery clinics. In this class students learn what to do in the event of a capsize. Different assisted and unassisted techniques along with a simple contact tow are taught so you can help yourself or someone else back into the kayak. This is a fun, wet class.

Bracing & Rolling. To roll you need a good brace. We will fine tune your braces and then work on developing a bombproof roll! Being able to roll builds on fundamental support skills that often make rolling non-essential, giving us great confidence. Topics covered: draw strokes, low-brace, high-brace, development of hip-snap, rolling the kayak. These are skills every kayaker wants.

KFAC Clinic This 4 hour course is a combination stroke and rescue course open to everyone but designed for participants of the Kayaks For A Cause paddle across Long Island Sound. (Fee for this 4 hour clinic is $100)