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Girls at Play Internship Opportunities!
Do you want to improve your teaching and paddling skills while traveling with some of the country’s best instructors? Or learn more about the inner workings of a small paddlesport company and help it grow while learning new skills? Or all of it?! Check out our 2012 internship opportunities!
Girls at Play Summer Internship Asheville, NC
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Filed under Latest News : Comments (0) : Dec 7th, 2011
Yoga for Kayaking Series
By Em Shanblatt
The Girls at Play 2010 Yoga for Kayaking DVD with Anna Levesque and Joe Taft has taken off tremendously. Hundreds of kayakers have redefined their bodies and minds through the sequences Anna and Joe take you through. With such high praise and success, we’ve decided to offer a real life yoga for kayaking series at [...]
Filed under Emily's Blog, Latest News, Yoga for Kayaking : Comments (0) : Oct 14th, 2011
Rolling Sessions!
By Em Shanblatt
The roll is often seen as a daunting skill which can perplex novice boaters and frustrate more experienced paddlers. But it doesn’t have to be! Starting in November, Girls at Play will be offering weekly rolling session to help you learn or master this critical skill.
The sessions will take place on Sunday evenings [...]
Filed under Emily's Blog, Kayaking Tips, Latest News : Comments (0) : Oct 11th, 2011
Fun at the Ledges!
By Em Shanblatt
This past Tuesday kicked off the Ladies on the Ledges series, which happens EVERY TUESDAY IN OCTOBER AT 5:30!
Ladies on the Ledges is a free event we created to get women on the water together! We spend from 5:30-7:30 (or shorter if you’d like) paddling on the Ledges rapid on the French Broad [...]
Filed under Emily's Blog, Latest News : Comments (0) : Oct 5th, 2011
JUST ADDED – Novice Whitewater Weekend Oct. 15-16
Due to popular demand, we’ve decided to add an additional novice whitewater weekend October 15-16! The clinic will be based in Asheville, and we will paddle a two different rivers in the Western North Carolina area.
This clinic is designed for women who have minimal to zero whitewater experience. We start from ground zero, talking about [...]
Filed under Latest News : Comments (0) : Sep 28th, 2011
GAP / ACA Instructor Course Update!
By Em Shanblatt
The world needs more female kayak instructors…wouldn’t you agree?
Girls at Play has teamed up with ACA (American Canoe Association) to help make this ambition a reality. We’re offering an official ACA instructor course, specifically designed for women. Robin Pope of the ACA and Anna Levesque are co-teaching the course, and we couldn’t ask [...]
Filed under Emily's Blog, Kayaking Tips, Latest News : Comments (0) : Sep 28th, 2011
Ladies on the Lower G 2011 /// Recap
by Mary Frances Hansford
Photos by Scott Martin Images
Friday September 16th, 12 women ranging from age 15 to 55, from CO to PA, to West VA, descended the Lower Gauley together to raise money for American Whitewater. The morning was chilly and wet, the perfect setting for a day on the river. We were greeted at [...]
Filed under Latest News, Mary Frances' Blog, Trip/Tour Reports : Comments (0) : Sep 27th, 2011