Moving Water

Once you have mastered the basic skills of kayaking, why not move up the exhileration scale & try White-Water Kayking. Devon has some of the best rivers in the UK, with people travelling hundreds of miles to experience the thrill of the radips which we are lucky enough to have right on our doorstep.

At last, something great to do with all that rain! White-water kayakers positively revel in the wet stuff and can't wait for the heavens to open. When the rains come and the rivers come to life it's the kayakers who come out to play! Moving water or white-water is the next progression to move onto when you are looking to progress or you are looking for more than a placid water paddle on the canal, lake or lazy meandering river.

Haven Banks offers a variety of Introductory days, Intermediate & more advanced courses on more advanced grades of water.

Paddling on moving water is a fantastic adrenaline fuelled activity, one which leaves you feeling you have been challenged by both nature & its elements. This challenge is rivalled with the beauty you will see, both from the scenary & the wildlife within it. Your very first experience could be from a beginners course where you may shoot Trews and/ or St James wier on the River Exe. Moving on from this the Centre also uses the Lower, Middle & Upper Exe, The Upper, Middle & Mid/Lower Lower River Dart & the Teign & the River Barle.

The river used for your white-water adventure will depend very much on your previous experience and perhaps qualification. All activities are staffed with fully qualified & experienced coaches & White - Water kayking is no exception.

Courses are aimed at improving your existing skills and to learn new techniques required for moving water paddling. For the beginner, these will include: edging, breaking in & out of eddies & the main stream current, surfing waves & ferry gliding. You will also learn how to read and safely negotiate rapid sections stoppers & other such potential hazards.

As many of the rivers in the southwest have access agreements Courses, sessions & trips can only run from October to March each year. For more information and/or to make a booking please Contact us or download a copy of our weekend course brochure