Coaching
Kayak Mentorships and Coaching
OUR PHILOSOPHY
We think of ourselves as kayaking mentors. We approach kayak instruction like a music teacher would teach weekly music lessons. We don't like to overload you with too much at once. We will identify narrowly focus on the blocks, both the mental and skill components that are limiting your progression, We generally like working and focusing on class IV-V skillsets as well as wave freestyle. We are especially well suited for individuals who are focused and interested in improving and mastering specific skills rather than just running harder runs. Some people have said that working with us is like taking a graduate seminar in whitewater kayaking. We go deep and narrow with laser focus and humor.
RIVER CLINICS
We occasionally co-coach for live it love it, Cali Collective and other groups when we feel like it. And once in a while we offer our own clinic.
We operate off the idea that if we don’t hoard our abundance and wealth, but instead give what we can, the spirit of the gift shall live on and our coaching can be available to all who have the drive and commitment to seriously improve their kayaking. In return for our time and knowledge, we simply ask you to honestly look at your own financial situation and give back what you feel is appropriate given your own financial circumstances and what you receive from us. Check, cash or venmo.
Here is some general guidance for market rates for private instruction.
Full Day $250 (Sundance Beginner Kayak Instruction) - $1200 (https://www.realwatersports.
These guidelines are provided to simply to give you a benchmark. Of course, it can be quite variable. After all, $50 to one person can feel like a lot more money than $50 to another. You are welcome to scale up if you are living from a place of abundance or scale down if you are experiencing scarcity. For example, if you feel outpriced by the market rates, please scale down what you give. We also sometimes do some trades. Things we like are: assistance building boats in Leif's shop, help with childcare, dinners (food), massage (Natalie but not Leif), camera equipment. etc.
There is also a psychological aspect to pricing, if you make it more expensive for yourself (what is cheap versus expensive versus outrageous varies from person to person), you will tend to value your experience in a different way and it could help you take it more seriously and put more effort into your own improvement. Basically, make it hurt a little bit and you will be more invested. We will have no judgement about what you decide to give and the caliber of our services will remain the same regardless of what you pay.
We know this isn't the usual way of doing business in our culture, but by doing it this way, we feel like we can make our instruction more available to everyone regardless of their finances.
We trust that you are doing what feels right in your heart to you.
All the best,
Leif
My wife, Kari, and I just got done with four lessons from Natalie. She's a great teacher in that she works with you individually adapting her instruction to suit your approach to learning. Not only does she know her stuff, she knows how to translate it to someone who's never been in a whitewater kayak before. We both got our rolls starting from zero by the 3rd/4th lesson!
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