Please describe your role of teaching in the World Class Kayak Academy…
Hard to summarise such a complicated position but in a nutshell: World Class is first and
foremost a high school and I was responsible for preparing and teaching classes in Maths and
Sciences. As well as this there is a big pastoral role to the job and each teacher has 3 students
who are their specific responsibility and every 4-5 days I would be responsible for preparing all
3 meals for that day with the help of my 3 students. Every day after classes we hit the river
and again part of the job is to ensure the safety of the students on the water as well as
coaching and guiding. It’s a pretty full-on job but you can’t ask for a more exciting and fulfilling
way to travel the world and kayak every day.
I’m a paddler looking for the perfect river, where would you recommend?
The Raundal River in Norway, Alsesecca in Mexico and White Salmon in Washington state are
three rivers I’ve paddled that come close to being perfect. Each offers whitewater sections of
all grades so a paddler can progress from beginner to Class V pro and partake in different
disciplines all on the same river. Closer to home…the Tees is pretty awesome but lacks a good
Class V section to challenge the more advanced paddlers.
Sandra Hyslop, Salto Sakaiki
By Robert Moffatt
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