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Club offers canoe, kayak clinics for paddlers

Lynn and Stan Mrzygod lead Spokane Canoe & Kayak Club paddlers out of the Calispell Creek slough area off the Pend Oreille River. (Rich Landers)

PADDLING –  The annual Flatwater Canoeing Clinic conducted by the Spokane Canoe & Kayak Club is set for May 31 at Medical Lake.

The clinic for solo and tandem canoeists covers strokes, equipment, safety and rescue, hypothermia, transporting canoes, launching and canoe trim and paddler position.

Cost: $55 per person, plus club membership ($25 annual fee).

The Flatwater Clinic is a pre-requisite for the Moving Water Canoeing Clinic set for June 13-14.

Other club clinics include:

Sign up: www.sckc.ws .

Info: (509) 325-2338, email clinics@sckc.ws.

Preregistration required; -no drop ins.

Must be 12 years or older, varies by clinic.

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Outdoors Blog." Read all stories from this blog