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Sat, Jun 20
|Pocket Beach
Outrigger Stroke and Huli Intro
Join us for a morning focused on the fundamentals of paddling and building confidence in the canoe
Time & Location
Jun 20, 2026, 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Pocket Beach, Squamish, BC V8B 0Z7, Canada
Guests
About the event
Join us for a morning focused on the fundamentals of paddling and building confidence in the canoe.
We'll start on shore at Pocket Beach with an introduction to the boats, basic boat care, paddling terminology, and stroke technique. From there we'll move into shallow water for hands-on instruction and stroke practice before finishing with huli drills.
Huli drills are an important part of outrigger paddling. We'll intentionally flip the canoe, learn how to work as a crew during a huli, practice getting back into the boat, and spend some time finding the balance point of the canoe in the water. The goal is to build comfort, confidence, and safety skills in a controlled environment.
Please be on shore and ready to go at Pocket Beach by 9:00 AM.
We'll also need a couple of volunteers to meet at the clubhouse around 8:00 AM to help get the boats together and…