Sentimental September

It’s been an incredible spring and summer on the water!  We began in the wee hours of early spring with some fun on the coast with our Surf Kayaking and SUP Clinics, for both beginners and experienced paddlers. We made a splash at Santa Cruz Paddlefest – where our own instructors and students competed and earned podium finishes at the event! Instructor Laura Zulliger keeps a watchful eye on a new surf kayaker Devon Barker-Hicks, Owner of Barker River Trips and Instructor for Cali Collective, competing in the High Performance Division at Santa Cruz Paddlefest Santa Cruz Paddlefest Queen of the Wave, Fiona Wylde, instructs during our SUP Race Clinic sponsored by Werner Paddles At the start of the river season, we held our second River Rescue Course with Sierra Rescue, leading straight into multi-day Whitewater Kayaking Clinics on the Rogue River in Oregon, South Fork American River in Coloma and the Salmon River in Idaho. Day trips abounded with mountain biking and boating, river SUPing, kayak races and even a whitewater pool floaty trip! Donna nails her line during the Women’s Kayaking Clinic on the South Fork   Lori Turbes, Owner of Sundance Kayak School and Instructor for our 4-day kayaking clinic on the Rogue, works with Talia on her roll   Students with instructor Samie Campbell catching eddies during the South Fork Clinic SUP star, Sarah Fennel, dropping in to a nice Class 3 Part 2 of our biking and boating event in June Summer shenanigans continues with an Anything Floats river trip We began our Community Outreach Program with volunteer events for Images of Hope El Dorado, a non-profit organization which strives to promote cancer awareness, activities, events and ongoing support for our local community. We had amazing days on Lake Clementine and rafting on the American. In the future, we hope to grow this program to reach demographics of women who may not have access to watersports, whether it be due to physical or financial limitations. More about Images of Hope El Dorado on their website. Looking forward to fall and winter, we have more adventures planned, including an overnight bioluminescence sea kayaking excursion and some awesome paddling festivals on the river and on the coast. Finally, we’ll finish out the year with an epic trip to the rivers of Chile, for a 10-day all-inclusive whitewater kayaking trip!  Waking up the body with a morning yoga session by the water To everyone who has been on this journey with us- we’re stoked you’re here! And for those of you who haven’t yet experienced how awesome it is to connect with this amazing collection of women- we’ll have many more events in the future to join! There is updated information and photos on our website cwwcollective.com, Facebook page and Instagram @cwwcollective. Feeling good during the Holistic Paddling Clinic on the Rogue River, Oregon For more information about our organization and events, including volunteer opportunities for the Collective Outreach Program, email us at cwwcollective@gmail.com. All words and images copyright California Women’s Watersport Collective 2016. All rights reserved.