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Club Tryouts

Sign up for our Spring Recruitment Classes!  Especially for interested paddlers age 11 to 16, but adults will also be welcome if spots are available.  June dates just added!

Please choose a primary and optional secondary choice.  We will take the first 8 sign ups for each set of classes and will notify you of your status.

  1. Spring Break – April 1 through April 4th (Monday – Thursday), from 8:30am to 10:30am (Sign Ups Completed)
  2. Two May Saturdays – May 4th and May 11th, from 8:30am to about 10:30am  (Class full!)
  3. Two June Saturdays – June 1st and 8th, from 8:30am to about 10:30am

** Adults are welcome, space permitted. **

Please read everything below as well as our Beginning Paddler FAQs before you commit to this and then complete the form below.  

  • Tryouts/classes are not free as we have insurance costs to cover.   Your entire class will be $20 — this is for all sessions!
  • We will provide all equipment (including personal floatation devices) for you to learn the sport.  If you join the club, you will need to buy your own personal floatation device, a membership in the American Canoe Association, and later, your own paddle.  (We encourage you to get your own boat eventually, too.)
  • You must sign a waiver prior to attending.  We will send you a link after you complete the form below.  Please be sure to check your spam folder for this follow up.
  • Our club is for ages 11 to Adult.  Minors do require parent/guardian approval.
  • All participants MUST be able to swim 100 yards without aid. Our boats are not stable and you will tip over at first.
  • Our club meets at the public dock found at 1212 Navigator Drive in the Ventura Harbor on the south side of the Portside housing development.   We do not have a physical building or sign! There is a free parking lot and two beach volleyball courts at the Portside dock –  if you are cleared to join us, please be on time and look for us on the dock.   Coaches will be there ahead of time to set up and have equipment ready. 

Tryout Sign Up Form

We offer additional tryout sessions about 2 to 3 other times a year.  Adult tryouts may be held separately from our youth tryouts and we maintain a waiting list.  We are limited on the number of beginners we can support.

    * The form will not work until ALL required items above are completed.