SUP Vlogger Ep 21 / A Scottish SUP Expedition with the Water Skills Academy (WSA)

Join Harry as he takes us along on the Water Skills Academy (WSA) Expedition Paddler Course. The course is a four day trip in the stunning Scottish Highlands which is designed for experienced SUPers wishing to expand the paddling to multi-day journeys.
The Water Skills Academy offer a full range of courses for stand up paddlers, from beginner to advanced levels as well as coaching courses. They have developed an expert team of coaches to support you through your stand up paddling journey.
Harry joined the WSA for their Expedition Paddler Course in the beautiful Scottish highlands.This course is designed for experienced paddlers who are experienced in a range of conditions however Harry's Vlog gives a real feel for what to expect on any WSA course. The instructors on the course - Ben and Cath, take Harry to some beautiful locations in the Highlands, and share their wealth of knowledge on all things from things from safety and rescue techniques, river descents, planning and camping. Everything you need to take you from a SUP day tourer to a SUP explorer.
Going on a SUP course can really help you develop your skills and knowledge in a safe manner to enable you to get the very best out of your paddle boarding.
Visit full post supboardermag.com/2021/11/19/.... And WSA on their website here : www.waterskillsacademy.com/

[@SUPjunkiepaddleboarding9494]

Great video Harry - so nice to meet you on the course and this gives a real flavour of what the Water Skills Academy is all about! :-)

[@hnewton9]

Thanks Sarah! And thanks for the additional footage!

[@SUPboardermag]

Yeah the video is great. I wish I went! Thanks Reuben

[@stuart1458]

Rubbish! Just an ad for the paddling school. No indication of where the trip went.

[@oliverlesmana8868]

This is awesome!

[@rdyer8764]

EXCELLENT!

[@ilikeitwhenitssunny7067]

Best supboarder video in quite some time! Let’s have more like this please

[@SUPboardermag]

We have some more vlogs coming soon. 👍🏼

[@billyboyd1199]

very cool and informative. rock on

[@SUPboardermag]

Thank you very much

[@janetbell6642]

Wonderful

[@JaySpeight4811]

I just got my IRocker Blackfin XL yesterday and I have never been on a SUP in my life, this video was very motivational. I live in Cape Canaveral Florida so hopefully I will be able to find a good community of SUP navigators.

[@hnewton9]

Amazing. I hope you enjoy your new board.

[@SUPboardermag]

Have fun and stay safe.

[@JaySpeight4811]

@@hnewton9 I plan on getting on it this weekend. Hope I can meet some other people that are into it.

[@JaySpeight4811]

@@SUPboardermag Your videos are helping me get up the courage to do it.

[@hnewton9]

@@JaySpeight4811 good luck this weekend. I’m sure you’ll meet lots of great people. It’s usually a very friendly sport.

[@lynnecook6079]

I really enjoyed watching your video. Would love to go on this course

[@SUPboardermag]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@markperry5915]

This looks great. What waterproof kit were you wearing?

[@hnewton9]

On day one I was wearing my wetsuit with a palm chinook jacket over the top as I thought we might be swimming when doing the rescue techniques (we didn’t have to swim). And the rest of the time I was wearing a palm cascade dry suit. I was really impressed with it. We will be doing a full video review of the dry suit very soon too so keep an eye out for that if you’re interested in one.

[@koejoe]

Nice 👍 always good as always. I can’t do the head lamp thing on sup. Too bright on the eyes with the paddle stroke. I attach a light to the camera mount or leave my headlamp on baggage on the front.

[@hnewton9]

Yeah that’s a good point. We also found for generally knowing where you are it was better without the head torch. But there was a lot of shallow rocks which you could only see with it on. And with them all switched off it was too dark for the camera so you didn’t get to see that part!

[@koejoe]

@@hnewton9 yes 💯. Your absolute right. Coming to shore it’s the only way to see the shallow rocks. I still where a head lamp to turn on incase of approaching boats and also where it backwards for boats to see me from behind if I am paddling into a city Harbour area. Would be nice if more headlamps came in 2600k. Please come to the pacific west coast vancouver island area ! Great multi day exploration park areas.

[@epsagenturfurkommunikation9608]

Great video!!! Which Starboard boards do you use in the video? 28' or 30' width?

[@SUPboardermag]

Thanks. The Starboard's were 14ft with a couple of L sizes (32") and an M size (30") wide. Hope that helps. Thanks, Beau

[@JasonSmith-dw3vp]

Very interested in this course 👍

[@SUPboardermag]

Glad to hear you are keen!

[@icyneri2531]

Did you put in the long fin?