Logged Information 2016
White water Kayak:
Taipoutini Polytechnic Experience
Trip Location: O'sullivans, The Kayak School's pool, Clay bank, Mataki Slalom course, Earthquake.
Instructors: Phil Smith, Rata Lovell, Zac Shaw, Nikki
Date: 14th to 18th March 2016
River grades: 2 to 3
Duration: 5 day sessions.
Weather Conditions: The weather was Fairly consistent throughout the trip. Being stable with warm temperatures common in March. Tuesday was the exception as a small front pushed past us late Monday night making us catch an overcast Tuesday with cold southerlies.
Trip Location: Class room, Waipuna
Tutors, Phil Johnston Coats, Joe Parson
Date: 4th to 6th of April 2016
Pool session
Duration: 1 day session Pool
1 day session Taylorville
1 day session Waipuna river
Weather conditions: Weather conditions were warm and calm over both days spent outside.
Trip Location: The Waiou
Instructors: Phil Smith, Rata Lovell, Zac Shaw, Phil
Date: 26 to 30/09/16
River grades: 3+
Duration: 1 day session + a 3 day over nighter
Weather Conditions: The weather was consistent throughout the trip
Learning: Rescues, multi day kayaking, building carry systems
Trip Location: The Taipo
Instructors: Phil Smith, Zac Shaw, Roo Riley
Date: 07/10/16
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day session
Weather Conditions: Fine warm weather
Learning: Practice rescuing
Instructional Experience
Trip Location: Grey High School pool
Clients: Grey High School
Date: 7th to 8th of April 2016
Pool session
Duration: 2 day sessions.
Key learning: Use students you are currently instructing as a visual learner for other students.
Trip Location: Grey High School pool, Taylorville, Upper Grey
Instructors: Phil Johnson Coats, Joe Parsons, Roo Riley
Instructors: Phil Johnson Coats, Joe Parsons, Roo Riley
Clients: Grey High School
Date: 11th to the 15th April, 2016
River grades: Flat water and grade 2
Duration: 4 day sessions.
Weather Conditions: A Period of warm weather holding consistently over the week.
Key learning:
Date: 11th to the 15th April, 2016
River grades: Flat water and grade 2
Duration: 4 day sessions.
Weather Conditions: A Period of warm weather holding consistently over the week.
Key learning:
Trip Location: Hokitika pool, lake Mahinapoura, Taylorville, Still water, Grey mouth acquatic center, Waipuna.
Instructors: Dave Ritchie, Jess Matheson
Instructors: Dave Ritchie, Jess Matheson
Clients: Grey High School year 12
Date: 28th to the 1st of July, 2016
River grades: Flat water, pool sessions and grade 1 and 2
Duration: 4 day sessions (7 lessons and 6 locations.)
Weather Conditions: Clear conditions, strong frosts and cold mountain descending morning winds.
Date: 28th to the 1st of July, 2016
River grades: Flat water, pool sessions and grade 1 and 2
Duration: 4 day sessions (7 lessons and 6 locations.)
Weather Conditions: Clear conditions, strong frosts and cold mountain descending morning winds.
Trip Location: Hokitika Pool Session
Group size: 3
Group size: 3
Date: 26/08/16
Duration: 1 day
Learning: Practicing role tutoring
Duration: 1 day
Learning: Practicing role tutoring
Trip Location: Arnold river
Group size: 3
Date: 15/09/16
Duration: 1 day
Learning: Practicing tutoring grade two water skills.
Personal Experience
Trip Location: Arnold river
Group size: 2
Group size: 2
Date: 06/02/16
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Fine settled weather
Key learning: To practice easy to re ensure ability before stepping up harder
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Fine settled weather
Key learning: To practice easy to re ensure ability before stepping up harder
Trip Location: Brunner Lake
Group size: 3
Group size: 3
Date: 07/02/16
Flat water
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Calm summer conditions
Key learning: Practice on flat water is time well spent.
Key learning: Practice on flat water is time well spent.Flat water
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Calm summer conditions
Key learning: Practice on flat water is time well spent.
Trip Location: Brunner Lake
Group size: 3
Group size: 3
Date: 27/02/16
Flat water
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Calm summer conditions
Flat water
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Calm summer conditions
Trip Location: Arnold river
Group: Me and four Taipoutini polytechnic students
Group: Me and four Taipoutini polytechnic students
Date: 29/03/16
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Fine settled weather
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Fine settled weather
Key learning: Spending time helping pairs develop their technique, reinforces good technique in yur own paddling.
Trip Location: Crooked river
Group size: 4
Group size: 4
Date: 02/04/16
River grade: 3 and 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Overcast
Key Learning: Experience paddling in lower flows and apply good edging technique and breaking down moves.
River grade: 3 and 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Overcast
Key Learning: Experience paddling in lower flows and apply good edging technique and breaking down moves.
Trip Location: Arnold river
Group size: 4
Group size: 4
Date: 17/04/16
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Fine settled weather
Key learning: fitting out a boat, really aids with control. Spend the time to do it right.
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Fine settled weather
Key learning: fitting out a boat, really aids with control. Spend the time to do it right.
Trip Location: Arnold river
Group size: 2
Group size: 2
Date: 18/04/16
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Fine settled weather
Key learning: Finding an appropriate venue to teach techniques
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Fine settled weather
Key learning: Finding an appropriate venue to teach techniques
Trip Location: Arnold river
Group size: 2
Group size: 2
Date: 26/04/16
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Fine settled weather
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Fine settled weather
Learning: Managing swimmers and river communication
Trip Location: Arnold river
Group size: 2
Group size: 2
Date: 30/04/16
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Fine settled weather
Learning: Breaking down rapids and using water features
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Fine settled weather
Learning: Breaking down rapids and using water features
Trip Location: Arnold river
Group size: 3
Group size: 3
Date: 02/05/16
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Fine settled early morning weather
Learning: Breaking down rapids and using water features
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Fine settled early morning weather
Learning: Breaking down rapids and using water features
Trip Location: Toaroha
Group size: 4
Group size: 4
Date: 22/05/16
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: overcast
Learning: Pushing into difficult eddies, playing on challenging waves and moving down the river breaking moves up.
Flow: visual / medium
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: overcast
Learning: Pushing into difficult eddies, playing on challenging waves and moving down the river breaking moves up.
Flow: visual / medium
Trip Location: Arnold
Group size: 6
Group size: 6
Date: 28/05/16
River grade: 2+
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Raining conditions, flooding river, 120 cumecs
Learning: Managing swimmers and river communication
River grade: 2+
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Raining conditions, flooding river, 120 cumecs
Learning: Managing swimmers and river communication
Trip Location: The Matiri
Group size: 4
Group size: 4
Date: 04/06/16
River grade: 2/3
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Sunny weather, cold winter water
Learning: Managing a group, running first down rapids, setting orders, scouting and picking lines planning a trip: route times / distances / put in's / take outs / gear to bring e.c.t
Flow: visual / medium
River grade: 2/3
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Sunny weather, cold winter water
Learning: Managing a group, running first down rapids, setting orders, scouting and picking lines planning a trip: route times / distances / put in's / take outs / gear to bring e.c.t
Flow: visual / medium
Trip Location: The Maruia
Group size: 4
Group size: 4
Date: 04/06/16 to 05/06/16
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Sunny weather to finish the first day 10km paddled. Second day icy frost, clag cloud, extremley cold.
Learning: planning a trip: route times / distances / put in's / take outs / gear to bring e.c.t Experience in an over night kayaking trip, experience functioning in extreme cold. Making a challenging call as a group to put off.
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Sunny weather to finish the first day 10km paddled. Second day icy frost, clag cloud, extremley cold.
Learning: planning a trip: route times / distances / put in's / take outs / gear to bring e.c.t Experience in an over night kayaking trip, experience functioning in extreme cold. Making a challenging call as a group to put off.
Trip Location: The Toaroha
Group size: 3
Group size: 3
Date: 11/06/16
River grade: 3+
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Overcast conditions, warm north winds.
Learning: Experience paddling in higher volume making more challenging moves in fast pushier water
Flow: Visual / medium, high
River grade: 3+
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Overcast conditions, warm north winds.
Learning: Experience paddling in higher volume making more challenging moves in fast pushier water
Flow: Visual / medium, high
Trip Location: The Mikonui
Group size: 3
Group size: 3
Date: 13/06/16
River grade: 2+ (with some grade 3)
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Sunny weather, warm conditions.
Learning: Practice greater controlling of boat, planning a trip: route times / distances / put in's / take outs / gear to bring e.c.t
Flow: visual / medium
River grade: 2+ (with some grade 3)
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Sunny weather, warm conditions.
Learning: Practice greater controlling of boat, planning a trip: route times / distances / put in's / take outs / gear to bring e.c.t
Flow: visual / medium
Trip Location: The Arnold
Group size: 2
Group size: 2
Date: 14/06/16
River grade: 2+
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Some cloud cover warm winds
Learning: Practice greater controlling of boat, playing in holes and waves
Flow: 110
River grade: 2+
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Some cloud cover warm winds
Learning: Practice greater controlling of boat, playing in holes and waves
Flow: 110
Trip Location: The Maruia
Group size: 3
Group size: 3
Date: 15/06/16
River grade: 3
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Over cast conditions light rain with light southerly winds
Learning: Practice scouting rapids, running safety and leading people down safe lines. Skill in making moves in pushy water and evaluating hazards on runs.
Flow: Medium to high
River grade: 3
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Over cast conditions light rain with light southerly winds
Learning: Practice scouting rapids, running safety and leading people down safe lines. Skill in making moves in pushy water and evaluating hazards on runs.
Flow: Medium to high
Trip Location: The Middle Matakitaki
Group size: 3
Group size: 3
Date: 16/06/16
River grade: 3
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Sunny warm conditions
Learning: Practice scouting rapids, read and run and evaluating hazards in features. Experience surfing big waves and playing in holes. Roll practice.
Flow: Medium to high
River grade: 3
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Sunny warm conditions
Learning: Practice scouting rapids, read and run and evaluating hazards in features. Experience surfing big waves and playing in holes. Roll practice.
Flow: Medium to high
Trip Location: The Arnold
Group size: 2
Group size: 2
Date: 18/06/16
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Clear sky's, cold winds
Learning: Practice guiding a river, communicating rapids and running safety.
Flow: 80
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Clear sky's, cold winds
Learning: Practice guiding a river, communicating rapids and running safety.
Flow: 80
Trip Location: The Crooked
Group size: 12
Group size: 12
Date: 19/06/16
River grade: 3
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Clear sky's patchy clouds.
Learning: challenging eddie hopping, river reading, bracing.
Flow: visual medium flow
River grade: 3
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Clear sky's patchy clouds.
Learning: challenging eddie hopping, river reading, bracing.
Flow: visual medium flow
Trip Location: The Anold
Group size: 3
Group size: 3
Date: 02/07/16
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Clear sky's warm sun, cold winter water
Learning: practicing text book rolling, back deck roll.
Flow: 79
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Clear sky's warm sun, cold winter water
Learning: practicing text book rolling, back deck roll.
Flow: 79
Trip Location: The Taipou
Group size: 4
Group size: 4
Date: 14/07/16
River grade: 2+
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Winter water temp, overcast
Learning: Running a group down grade 2
Flow: Medium
River grade: 2+
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Winter water temp, overcast
Learning: Running a group down grade 2
Flow: Medium
Trip Location: O'sulivans rapid
Group size: 4
Group size: 4
Date: 15/07/16
River grade: 3
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Winter water temp, sunny conditions
Learning: Boofing into holes and body position
Flow: High
River grade: 3
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Winter water temp, sunny conditions
Learning: Boofing into holes and body position
Flow: High
Trip Location: The Gentle Annie gorge
Group size: 4
Group size: 4
Date: 22/08/16
River grade: 3+
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Winter water temp, light rain
Learning: Boofing into holes and body position, moving round bigger water.
Flow: High/Flooding
River grade: 3+
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: Winter water temp, light rain
Learning: Boofing into holes and body position, moving round bigger water.
Flow: High/Flooding
Trip Location: The Miltown gorge
Group size: 4
Group size: 4
Date: 27/08/16
River grade: 2+
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: overcast
Learning: Running a group down rapids
Total 85 kayaking days 2016
River grade: 2+
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: overcast
Learning: Running a group down rapids
Trip Location: The Arnold river
Group size: 6
Group size: 6
Date:13/09/16
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: overcast
Learning: Practicing edging and boofing.
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: overcast
Learning: Practicing edging and boofing.
Trip Location: The Arnold river
Group size: 4
Group size: 4
Date:14/09/16
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: overcast
Learning: Practicing edging and boofing and surfing
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: overcast
Learning: Practicing edging and boofing and surfing
Trip Location: The Arnold river
Group size: 5
Group size: 5
Date:15/09/16
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: overcast
Learning: Practicing teaching kayaking techniques
River grade: 2
Duration: 1 day
Weather Conditions: overcast
Learning: Practicing teaching kayaking techniques
Trip Location: The Arahura
Group size: 2
Date: 09/10/16
Duration: 1 day
Grade: 3
Learning: Practicing guiding down grade 3, running cover and river signals
Trip Location: The Miltown
Group size: 2
Date: 25/10/16
Duration: 1 day
Grade: 2+
Trip Location: The Okarito Lagoon
Group size: 1
Date: 31/10/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: Flat water
Leaning: Experience practicing basics, such as edge control and blade strokes
Leaning: Experience practicing basics, such as edge control and blade strokes
Trip Location: The Okarito
Group size: 2
Date: 31/10/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 2+
Leaning: reading and running a new river, scouting and river communication.
Leaning: reading and running a new river, scouting and river communication.
Trip Location: The Waihou
Group size: 2
Date: 31/10/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 3
Leaning: reading and running a new river, scouting and river communication, experience paddling a glacier river with low water visibility and extreme cold temperatures.
Leaning: reading and running a new river, scouting and river communication, experience paddling a glacier river with low water visibility and extreme cold temperatures.
Trip Location: The Okarito
Group size: 2
Date: 03/11/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 2+
Leaning: River communication, boofing, and running safety
Leaning: River communication, boofing, and running safety
Trip Location: The Okarito Lagoon
Group size: 2
Date: 05/11/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 2+
Leaning: Experience simplifying moves and working on basics
Leaning: Experience simplifying moves and working on basics
Trip Location: The Okarito
Group size: 2
Date: 08/11/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 2+
Leaning: Experience paddling
Leaning: Experience paddling
Trip Location: The Okarito river and lagoon
Group size: 2
Date: 10/11/16
Duration: 1 day
Grade: 2+
Leaning: Experience in leap frogging and moving around the river as a small team
Leaning: Experience in leap frogging and moving around the river as a small team
Trip Location: The Okarito
Group size: 2
Date: 13/11/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 2+ / 3
Leaning: Scouting and experience taking off a river using slings and bush skills
Leaning: Scouting and experience taking off a river using slings and bush skills
Trip Location: The Okarito
Group size: 2
Date: 15/11/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 2+
Leaning: Experience using previous knowledge to predict flows and paddling accordingly
Leaning: Experience using previous knowledge to predict flows and paddling accordingly
Trip Location: The Okarito
Group size: 2
Date: 18/11/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 2+ / 3
Leaning: Scouting and experience paddling a grade three river in a pair
Leaning: Scouting and experience paddling a grade three river in a pair
Trip Location: The Toaroha
Group size: 3
Date: 19/11/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 3+
Leaning: experience paddling
Leaning: experience paddling
Trip Location: The Okarito
Group size: 2
Date: 25/11/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 2+ / 3
Flow: In flood
Leaning: Experience with rising flow. Ability increased in swift water
Trip Location: The Okarito
Flow: In flood
Leaning: Experience with rising flow. Ability increased in swift water
Trip Location: The Okarito
Group size: 2
Date: 26/11/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 2+ / 3
Flow: In flood
Leaning: Experience kayaking
Flow: In flood
Leaning: Experience kayaking
Trip Location: The Okarito
Group size: 2
Date: 27/11/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 2+ / 3
Flow: In flood
Leaning: Experience kayaking
Flow: In flood
Leaning: Experience kayaking
Trip Location: The Okarito
Group size: 4
Date: 01/12/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade:2+
Flow: High
Leaning: Experience leading people down a river
Flow: High
Leaning: Experience leading people down a river
Trip Location: The Okarito
Group size: 2
Date: 02/12/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 2+
Flow: In flood
Leaning: Experience paddling
Flow: In flood
Leaning: Experience paddling
Trip Location: The Okarito
Group size: 2
Date: 03/12/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 2+ / 3
Flow: In flood
Leaning: Experience paddling
Flow: In flood
Leaning: Experience paddling
Trip Location: The Okarito
Group size: 2
Date: 08/12/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 2+
Leaning: Experience paddling
Leaning: Experience paddling
Trip Location: The Zalas Creek
Group size: 2
Date: 08/12/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 3
Leaning: Experience Scouting a river and working out rapids, river communication and breaking down rapids.
Leaning: Experience Scouting a river and working out rapids, river communication and breaking down rapids.
Trip Location: The Okarito
Group size: 2
Date: 09/12/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 2+
Leaning: Experience paddling
Leaning: Experience paddling
Trip Location: The Okarito
Group size: 2
Date: 10/12/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 2+ 3
Flow: In flood
Leaning: Experience paddling
Flow: In flood
Leaning: Experience paddling
Trip Location: The Okarito
Group size: 2
Date: 11/12/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 2+
Leaning: Experience paddling
Trip Location: The Okarito
Leaning: Experience paddling
Trip Location: The Okarito
Group size: 2
Date: 12/12/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 2+
Leaning: Experience paddling
Leaning: Experience paddling
Trip Location: The Mikonui
Group size: 2
Date: 13/12/16
Duration: 1 day
Grade: 2/3
Flow: low
Leaning: Experience paddling for a long day
Trip Location: The Okarito
Group size: 2
Date: 15/12/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 3
Flow: Flood high
Leaning: Experience paddling keeping with another paddler in flooding conditions
Flow: Flood high
Leaning: Experience paddling keeping with another paddler in flooding conditions
Trip Location: The Okarito
Group size: 2
Date: 16/12/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 2+/3
Flow: high flow
Leaning: Experience paddling
Flow: high flow
Leaning: Experience paddling
Trip Location: The Okarito
Group size: 2
Date: 18/12/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 3
Flow: high flow
Leaning: Experience paddling in a flood
Flow: high flow
Leaning: Experience paddling in a flood
Trip Location: The Okarito
Group size: 2
Date: 21/12/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 2+
Flow: medium
Leaning: Experience paddling
Flow: medium
Leaning: Experience paddling
Trip Location: The Okarito
Group size: 2
Date: 22/12/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 2+
Flow: medium
Leaning: Experience paddling
Flow: medium
Leaning: Experience paddling
Trip Location: The Okarito
Group size: 2
Date: 23/12/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 2+
Flow: medium
Leaning: Experience paddling
Flow: medium
Leaning: Experience paddling
Trip Location: The Waiho
Group size: 2
Date: 25/12/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 3+
Flow: medium
Leaning: Experience paddling in a glacier feed river. Experience running a continuous section and eddying out in micro eddies.
Flow: medium
Leaning: Experience paddling in a glacier feed river. Experience running a continuous section and eddying out in micro eddies.
Trip Location: The Okarito
Group size: 3
Date: 28/12/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 2+
Flow: medium
Leaning: Experience paddling.
Flow: medium
Leaning: Experience paddling.
Trip Location: The Waiho
Group size: 3
Date: 28/12/16
Duration: 1/2 day
Grade: 3+
Flow: medium
Leaning: Experience cleaning up a swim and paddling in a glacier feed river.
Flow: medium
Leaning: Experience cleaning up a swim and paddling in a glacier feed river.
Trip Location: The Zala's, the upper and lower Okarito
Group size: 2
Date: 29/12/16
Duration: 1 day
Grade: 2+/3
Flow: medium to high
Leaning: Experience lapping rapids, playing in waves and holes. Experience reading a new river.
Flow: medium to high
Leaning: Experience lapping rapids, playing in waves and holes. Experience reading a new river.
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