Beginner


BEGINNER COURSE

Beginner courses at SKK


If you want to become a member of the club, you must complete a beginner's course. On the course, you learn to row a kayak and enter the club's community.


The courses start on a Friday evening. The next day (Saturday) you must set aside the whole day to attend the course. After that, you have to attend two evenings a week. There will be a total of seven subsequent course evenings, spread over most of a month. We expect you to show up every evening. If you have a lot of other things that take up your free time, you have to put some of it on pause to complete the kayaking course.


If you haven't exercised at all for several years, the course is exhausting for you. It looks playfully easy when you see kayakers on the water, but appearances are deceiving. You sit in an unfamiliar position and use unfamiliar and untrained muscles. You get tired and sore in your muscles and joints - but it will pass again!


You must be able to swim, and you will briefly have your head under water during the beginner's course. If that will trigger a panic attack in you that you can't control, kayaking is not for you.


When you are registered for a beginner's course, you will receive more information directly per e-mail.

Course plan 2023


ATTENTION! Signup starts Friday the 27th of January 2023


Course 1 seakayak

Friday 28 April, Saturday 29. April, Monday 1 May, Wednesday 3 May, Tuesday 9 May, Thursday 11 May, Tuesday 16 May, Tuesday 23 May, Tuesday 30 May.


Course 2 seakayak

Friday 12. May, Saturday 13 May, Monday 15 May, Wednesday 17 May, Monday 22 May, Thursday 25 May, Tuesday 30 May, Thursday 1 June, Wednesday 7 June.


Group 3 sportkayak

Friday 2 June, Saturday 3 June, Tuesday 6 June, Thursday 8 June, Monday 12 June, Wednesday 14 June, Sunday 18 June, Tuesday 20 June, Thursday 22 June. 


Timeslots

On the first evening (Friday) the course is at 17:30-21:30. Saturday is at 10-17. On other workdays the course isa at 18-21:30. Course 3 on Sunday 18 June is at 10-13:30.


Come in good time. If you want to change in the club, you shoud arrive 15 minutes before the course starts. 


The end times are subject to variation. We like to finish with a cup of coffee, a piece of cake and a chat in the clubhouse. Wind and weather also play a role. 


All courses are visible in the club calendar (opens a new window). 


You must be able to swim:


To participate in a beginner's course in SKK, you must be able to swim 600m in freestyle swimming. There is no time limit. 


If you do not have proof of this, we offer a swimming test at Humlehøj Svømmehal. You can register for the course without having taken the swimming test, but you must pass the test before your course begins. 


Once you are registered for at course, you can practice swimming and take the swimming test under the auspices of the club. Tuesday evening at 21-22 the club has time in Humlehøj Svømmehal during the winter season together with some of the other water sports clubs in Sønderborg. 


The dates for swimming tests are Tuesday 7 March, Tuesday 14 March and Tuesday 21 March in Humlehøj Svømmehal. 


See the club calendar for details and the Facebook Group for ongoing news and posts from club members. 

Registration:

Registration for beginner courses takes place through our membership portal. Here you register as a member of SKK and choose which course you would like to participate in. If we have no open spots left, you will not be able to sign up through the membership portal. 


What should i choose, seakayak or touring/sports kayak?

Please read about the differences between sea kayaking and touring/sports kayaking under the menu item ABOUT KAYAKING here on our website.


VIDEO

Follow a team of beginners in this video to see what it is like doing a beginner course at SKK.