SUP Vic Downwinder Intro & Intermediate Session

Want to get into downwinders (downwind SUP paddling)?? Want to increase your knowledge and skillset and be ready for our Downwind Daze series this summer?

Then this Downwinding skills session is for you!

And for those who hadn’t even thought about it, downwinders are one of the most fun sessions you can have on a SUP.

The session incorporates some beach-time tutelage on:

• downwind weather forecasting and conditions
• planning your Downwind Session
• board and equipment information
• important downwinding water safety information

This will be followed by on-the-water tutelage focusing on paddling in windy conditions, catching runners, staying on course, etc.

Our aim is for some good beginner/intermediate downwinding conditions (15-25 knots). So, in order to help to attain the best possible conditions (and wind direction as well as strength makes a huge difference for downwinding), the location will be chosen as late as possible and final information will be sent out to registrants on the Thursday evening prior to the event. As wind strenght and direction is impossible to predict, there is a chance it may be an up-wind, down-wind session.

That said, the location will be Mornington Peninsula-based.

To get the best out of this session we encourage you in the interim to concentrate on your paddling competence and fitness in calm to light wind conditions.

Your session will go better if you have the right board for downwinding – a 14’ board is desirable with 12’6” also an option.

We encourage downwind novices to read our Downwind Intro sheet (on our www.supvic.com website, in the ‘About us’ page) prior to the session.

NOTE: All registrants are required to bring a leg-rope and high vis top. A waterproof mobile phone case and 'on-board' water are also desirable.