Why is keeners the best? - by Guillermo Meire

One of the best advantages of coming to keeners, is that you can go every day during the three weeks to one of the best rivers to learn how to kayak.The Ottawa River is one of the best rivers to learn how to kayak, because there is a lot of variety. For example, there is quite a flat aqua, where you practice your flat water tricks. I have learned many things in flat water, I have improved me cartwheel, I have learned to do the loop and the space godzila and I am close to the blunt to Mcnasty.For tricks in white water, there are also great waves like Garb, one of the best waves where the world cups have been celebrated three times. In this wave you can practice your wave tricks, but to practice your hole tricks you have push botton, which is a small hole, but very good to learn tricks.Apart from to improve in freestyle, in this river they teach us how to swim in white water. They show us the lines that you have to follow in each section avoiding obstacles, like rocks, holes, shallow areas or other types of things that could hurt you. They also teach us the position we have to be in order not to hurt ourselves.Another thing we learn in keeners is to do security. How not to hurt your shoulder when you are having a beat down, how to rescue someone who is swimming, how to empty a kayak full of water when you are in the middle of the river, and many more things like these are what we learn here in keeners.Apart from all this, the best thing is that you spend a great three weeks with your friends and the best teachers in the world doing what we like most, kayaking.