Rolling training: 2/7, 2/14, 2/21

As Winter School comes to a close, it's time to start thinking about our favorite activity: whitewater kayaking! We can't get out on the rivers yet, but we are offering kayak rolling instruction in the Alumni Pool on Fridays. No kayaking experience is necessary, although you must be able to swim and be comfortable under water. These lessons are targeted at complete beginners. This is a great chance to pick up some useful skills that will make spring/summer boating trips much more enjoyable and allow you to progress more rapidly.

We want people to come to several successive roll sessions (it's generally necessary to learn to roll successfully), so this year we will have the first set of three pool sessions on 2/7, 2/14, and 2/21. Think of these as a "rolling boot camp." If you are selected in this lottery and attend the February 7 roll session, you will be invited back to the next one, and the next one, for up to three rolling sessions. If you can't make it, or decide that kayaking isn't for you, we will lottery off your spot and someone else will take your place for the remainder of the roll sessions. Rolling takes time to learn and we want everyone to have a bomb proof roll before the spring snow melt!

Don't worry if you don't get in the lottery; we will have another set of 3 classes starting the last week of February.

You must be a MITOC member with a signed waiver to participate. Cost will be $27 for three pool sessions (this is just to cover the pool rental fee). We also have nose clips available for an additional $10 (these are reusable). Please don't pay until after the lottery results are in. Pool sessions will be 7-9pm at the Alumni Pool (Stata Center).

Signups open 1/31. The lottery will run Wednesday 2/5, and we will continue to lottery off any open spots each week if people can't make it.