Fascinated and frightened by the thought of whitewater kayaking, Alastair McDowell embraces his fears (and excitement) to join his mates on a weekend packrafting trip in Mt Cook. After his partner's paddle breaks, Alastair gets thrown in at the deep end and learns the art of navigation.
The Packrafting Association of NZ is running its annual meetup in Hanmer Springs this January. Come and meet other packrafters, join workshops on safety, skills and techniques, hear presentations about packrafting and demo some new boats! Plus there's plenty to do for anyone in the family who doesn't packraft; hot pools, mountain biking, tramping, fishing..... [...]
PRANZ will be hosting the 2018 meetup in Te Anau this march. There will be workshops and river trips through the weekend, and hopefully lots of un-official trips with new friends in the week afterwards. All the information about the meetup is on the PRANZ website.
The intrepid Emily Forne and friends complete their creative pack-raftiing loop in the wilds of South Westland
Our Adventure Racing Packrafting course is aiming for teams of 4 participating in adventure racing around New Zealand and the World. We fine tune the use of Packrafts in the adventure racing environment. Covering the basics of equipment, paddling styles & efficiency, River reading & Rescue skills and dial in communication and decision making. This course [...]
This course is for people already involved in packrafting, feel comfortable in a grade 1 – 2 environment have good swimming ability and fitness. If you want to advance your skills and become a more efficient, safe paddler then this is for you! Our advanced Course will be held at Mavora Lakes.
This Course is designed for packrafting newbies with limited knowledge about river / moving water and limited knowledge about packrafting as a sport . We will teach you the basics you'll need to know to get a safe and enjoyable start into the world of packrafting. Using the SSI 3-day swift water rescue course as [...]
The intrepid Emily Forne and friends commit to an extended version of the Hollyford/Pyke packrafting classic.
A get together of New Zealand's most enthusiastic packrafters near Lewis Pass. Become part of this new community exploring New Zealand by foot and lightweight packraft
What makes a suitable alpine leader and how do you identify these people in your club? New Zealand clubs have a proud tradition of passing on knowledge to newer members who later themselves become leaders. FMC provides a guide to identifying and supporting not only current alpine leaders, but a framework to raise up the next generation.
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