With COVID-19, our efforts to recruit paddlers and build the club have had to be put on hold for the time being. While we learn more about this virus and how it is transmitted, we are hoping that we can safely consider providing beginners and novice paddlers access to training and equipment before the end …
The re-building of the club continues — here’s our update for this Spring of some of the work done and the next steps and plans for the Ventura Canoe & Kayak Club. Boat Trailer As noted in the Fall update, the club was gifted with a small boat trailer. With the assistance of Chris Figureida …
It’s been awhile since there was an update to share but we’ve not been idle since Nationals. So here’s an update on several different topics — Nationals – Ed Goldthwaite and Drew Story raced in the Masters races, and a couple of the Senior team boat races, too. Washington Canoe Club loaned us a C2 …
A short update from Drew here. It has been awhile since the status of the club organization has been shared, but here’s what’s been going on and what’s coming up for anyone who might be curious. By the way, we’ve had a few inquiries lately, too, so that’s good! Boats have been donated to the …
The re-birth of the club got a good boost this year with donations of boats from Dana Outrigger Canoe Club and Bob “Gomes” Hahn. DOCC purchased a trailer from Hawaii Canoe and Kayak that had several old boats on it and they donated three of them to VOCC; two Van Dusen “Hawks” and a Van …
For newcomers, a bent blade, or angled canoe paddle, is one that has a forward angle of between ten to fifteen degrees where the shaft meets the paddle. Something like this: Novice paddlers will often put the paddle into the water backwards, with the angle pointing towards them, instead of away from them. (Please don’t make …
The Sprint Canoe and Kayak National Championships will be held in Clermont, Florida, hosted by the South Florida Canoe and Kayak Club. This will be the first time the Nationals have been held in Florida, much less at this venue. Details about the Nationals may be found at the 2017 Sprint Nationals site. The Ventura …
The Ventura Olympic Canoe Club was represented at the US Canoe and Kayak Sprint Nationals for the first time in close to two decades this past August. Two Senior Master canoe paddlers raced for VOCC and together brought home five gold and three silver medals, earning 5th Place for the club in the Masters division …
We’ve been using a GoPro Silver camera mounted on the front and back of canoes to provide some training videos this past year. One of the most effective things you can do for any athlete is to show them exactly how they look and what they are doing right and wrong. The mental view never …