Freefall Fundamentals: Running waterfalls and drops
Whether you’re sending your first drop or training for bigger lines, this course gives you clear, practical guidance to help you unlock freefall.
When it comes to running waterfalls and drops, there’s far more to the process than simply throwing ourselves off them. In this course, we help you understand the different types of waterfalls and lips, how to navigate boils, reading the landing zone and much more.
Adrian and Laura break down how body position, timing and in-air stability work together, and how effective scouting helps you pick clean, safe lines. You’ll also gain essential tools for managing risk and building confidence as you progress, alongside the insights you need to step up to bigger drops safely.
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Course Introduction
- Overview of the Course
- Safety Lesson
Foundations
- Equipment
- Physical conditioning
- Risk vs Reward
Scouting
- The Lip
- Landing zone
- Lead in
- Visualisation
- Plan A B C
- Setting Safety
- Flow state mindset
Technical skills
- Plug or boof
- Boofing lip
- Boofing - freefall and landing
- Plugging lip
- Plugging freefall and landing
- Course wrap up
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Anja, Norway
Great videos that really shows all the aspects of different strokes and skills. would recommend it for both novice kayakers as well as experienced paddlers. Lots of useful tips for me as a coach too.
Kevin, UK
This course is brilliant - very well put together with high definition footage and easy to understand descriptions of techniques. I have used much of the course material on the water and in theory and it is faultless. I just keep going over and over and it never gets old. Great job guys - I thoroughly recommend to beginner, intermediate and enthusiasts alike - great stuff
Lee, USA
Videos are brilliantly shot, simple to follow. Love the use of multiple angles, really helps to understand the full picture of a movement. Great resource, amazing!
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