Stand Up Paddling Course for Advanced Learners

Whether you’ve already tried stand-up paddleboarding on your own board, gone paddling on vacation, or taken our [SUP Beginner Course](https://www.diezugvoegel.de/kanu-sup-kurse/stand-up-paddling-kurs-bietigheim/) and are now looking to take it to the next level: This course is perfect if you want to improve your SUP technique. As a warm-up, we can go over the basic strokes—like the pull stroke, stop stroke, bow stroke, and C-stroke—together again. Your SUP guide will be happy to help you see how you can further improve your posture or paddling technique. After that, we’ll practice paddling straight ahead using the J-stroke. Paddling on just one side while still moving in a straight line isn’t just a ton of fun—it also increases our speed because it eliminates the need for tedious paddle side changes. Next, we’ll learn how to increase the efficiency of our paddle strokes by edging the board and changing positions, such as with the cross-step. Moving around on the board isn’t usually the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about SUP. However, your position on the board can be crucial, especially at higher speeds and in different water conditions with eddies or waves. To make our turning maneuvers faster and more effective, our SUP guide will show you advanced turning techniques like the pivot turn and the crossbow turn. Along the way, you’ll also learn to read the water better, which saves a lot of energy. Exercises in self-rescue and assisting others give us the confidence to navigate safely in more challenging waters in the future.