Product Description

Whitewater Kayaking with Ken Whiting is a special, double feature DVD consisting of the award winning video Liquid Skills (2002 Paddler Magazine’s Best instructional), and the video SOAR – Skills On All Rivers. Together, these videos cover an awesome set of skills that is guaranteed to improve your paddling, whether you’re just beginning to kayak, a competent paddler looking for that edge, or a highly experienced paddler looking to kick bad habits!

Liquid Skills:
An award-winning instructional video shot on the magical rivers of Chile
-Beginner and intermediate whitewater kayaking technique.
-Learn all the fundamental strokes, skills, playboating moves, and the roll.
-The perfect foundation for beginners and experienced paddlers alike.
SOAR:
A cutting edge instructional video shot in Africa and New Zealand.
-Intermediate and advanced whitewater kayaking technique.
-Learn the essential strokes, river running techniques, creekboating techniques, big water paddling techniques, and river safety issues.
-Provides the skills and confidence to tackle more challenging whitewater.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #46208 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-03-17
• Formats: Full Screen, NTSC
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 120 minutes

Eugene Buchanan, Editor, Paddler Magazine
An amazing resource for any whitewater kayaker. Like a great surf wave, you’ll play it again, and again!

From the Actor
"With so many videos on the market, I decided to combine my beginner/intermediate and intermediate/advanced instructional videos to provide paddlers with a single resource that they can always look to for guidance as they continue to improve" - Ken Whiting

About the Actor
Ken Whiting: Since dedicating himself to his whitewater profession/obsession 14 years ago, Ken has become one of the most recognized and respected whitewater athletes in the world and has been a principle leader of the freestyle kayaking movement. As an athlete, Ken has won competitions across the globe, including the World Freestyle Kayaking Championships in 1997, the Japan Open in 1998, and he is a 5-time Canadian champion. Off the water, Ken has written and produced a series of best selling and award winning instructional books and videos, including The Playboater's Handbook (I and II), Play Daze, SOAR and Liquid Skills, and he has been a contributing editor for virtually every kayaking magazine around the world. Ken is the president of the Canadian Freestyle Kayaking Association, and the freestyle representative within Whitewater Canada. He is also a partner and instructor for Canada's largest kayak school (Liquid Skills), as well as for the adventure travel company Kayak Futaleufu, with whom he leads trips to Chile's Futaleufu Valley.

Customer Reviews

Outstanding instructional video, nothing more, nothing less
This video is outstanding in that it meets its intent as an instructional video. The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is because even though it is an instructional video, I expected there to be some motivational type excerpts, of which there was very little. Ken's approach to teaching is good though, and the layout of the video is such that you can go back and watch segments as you work on different maneuvers without having to search the video for them, God bless the DVD. I highly reccommend this video for anyone looking to get started into kayaking, or for someone like myself who has been paddling for a few years and needs to be reminded of the basics every now and then.

watch again and again
Rich images, smart editing, clear dialogue, and a fun attitude really combine well in this video. My husband agreed with me that this is way beyond informative. We will watch it when our rivers are still, covered in ice, and we are yearning to get on some liquid water. We will watch it in spring, to review great ideas. We are sharing it with friends who are learning. It's a really good video.

OK, but not great
This video is ok, but after watching EJ's River Running Basics I have to say that I can see where this video is lacking. For the same price EJ's video is three times as long and goes into much greater depth. This video is still good and there's useful things in it, I know I'll revisit it. But if you're just getting started I'd recommend EJ's video.