White Water & Swift Water Rescue Techniques: Video Series

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It happens many times a year: someone falls out of a canoe, kayak, or raft in white water. Though it is not inevitable that you should fall out of your boat in swift water, it is still very important to learn how to swim in white water should you have to. There are essential and very useful techniques for swimming in swift water and for rescuing someone who is unconscious or trapped in swift water. If you are planning an adventure trip on white water, whether kayaking, canoing, or rafting watch this swift water swimming video series to learn effective swift water swimming tips and techniques. Our expert swift water rescue technician will teach you the important techniques you need to know.

In this free how to video series, learn about swift water rescue and how to wade and swim through white water, from white water rescue technician Fergus Coffey. Fergus will teach you invaluable tips on swift water rescue and how to swim in and swim out of swift water. He will teach how to swim over a strainer, when it is safe to stand in white water, and how to avoid foot entrapment in swift water. Fergus will also teach and demonstrate how to safely enter white water, defensive swimming, aggressive swimming in swift water, how to swim into eddies in white water, how to use rocks when swimming in swift water, how to swim with an unconscious person, and how to wade through swift water in a group or solo.