Sunday, February 24, 2019

Oscar Chalupsky Coaching Clinics


12 Time Molokai Ocean Racing Champion Oscar Chalupsky is conducting Coaching Clinics in Nelson, Blenheim & Wellington, following Welly Paddlers personal invitation to Wellington's "The Motorway Classic" and the bonus to stay on for the "King & Queen of The Harbour" in Auckland the following week.


Clinics in Nelson are being co-ordinated by Hayden Lockie between Monday March 18 & Tuesday March 19 and Oscar will be attending their Monday night training/racing session to help promote his clinics.

In Blenheim John Blackmore is co-ordinating the Blenheim Clinics on Wednesday March 20 &Thursday March 21 and assisting hugely with Oscar's transport and accommodation.



The co-ordinators for Locations / venue and times of clinics are as follows :

Hadyn Lockie      021 194 8224    Nelson
John Blackmore    027 432 5739     Blenheim
Chester Burt          022 6455 820     Wellington

Nelson
March 18 venue ? time ?
March 19 venue ? time ?
Blenheim
March 20 venue ? time ?
March 21 venue ? time ?
Wellington
Friday March 22 - 5.30 pm Hataitai Beach, Evans Bay
Saturday March 23 - 8 am Ngatitoa Domain, Mana
Saturday March 23 - 12 noon Hataitai Beach, Evans Bay
Saturday March 23 - 2.30 pm Hataitai Beach, Evans Bay
Sunday March 24 - 12 noon Honiana Te Puni Reserve, Petone
Sunday March 24 - 4 pm Paraparaumu 1 on 2  private clinic

The current venues and times for each clinic above, will be updated as they come to hand.

Bookings and enquires - wellypaddlers@gmail.com and of course Blenheim, Nelson and Wellington clinic details shared between the co-ordinators and Oscar himself.



The Coaching Clinic Facebook flyer is posted below and also on the Welly Paddlers Facebook.

Details of each clinic -

My clinic’s;  I can have up to 15-20 in the flat water “ The essentials for surfski paddling” which last about 2-3 hours. 

I start off with giving the history and how the wing paddle works. How to decide you feather angle
How to decide you paddle length
How to do land exercises

How to improve balance with brace stroke
The forward stroke for surfski
Breaking down the stroke in small parts of the body, hands, elbow, shoulders, core, legs How improve your technique in waist deep water.
How to remount in shallow water and deep water
Learn how to improve your balance and exercises
How to set up your surfski correctly
Analysis of each person’s brace and forward stoke 




I can do about 8-10 guys for the Downwind Clinic. 

Downwind clinic
Assessing the conditions
basics of waves
How to catch waves
Where to sit on the waves and why
How to turn a surfski
How to stay on top of the waves
How to link waves
How to see the best waves
How to race downwind
Most important things to remember when doing downwind races and paddles. 





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Updated - Mar 21, 7.33 am

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