Whoosh explore is a long established club with an active and friendly membership across a wide range of ages and abilities based in Hertfordshire and Essex boarder on the River Stort.
The club aims to provide a friendly and enjoyable environment for everyone to actively participate in a wide variety of paddlesports including white water touring wild camping and expeditioning, our local rivers lend themselves to touring and conservation activities and our main trips to whitewater offer good opportunities for peer paddling and developing paddling skills.
Why should YOU join our club
Whoosh has always been a friendly and inclusive club for those looking for adventure.We welcome and encourage enthusiasts to paddle in a safe and friendly social environment where you can stretch you personal skills in a safe Ty
How easy is it to join whoosh explore
it’s easy to get on an introductory paddling taster day to see if paddling is your thing and if it is we have a host of different kit for you to try, We run local paddles, trips to local rivers and the club has different sections for environmental project , white water paddles and close links with other local clubs for whitewater training, pool sessions and training.
What’s someone first paddle like
On your first paddle you will be rested by one of our coaches Oran experience instructor at a local river, we get in touch to discuss what you hope to get from your paddle and give advice on what’s best to wear for your first paddling sessions. We agreed plan for the paddle and can adapt our sessions for those looking for longer or shorter experiences sometime the groups will decide up to make sure everyone has challenge that is within there capabilities. We the. Can direct you to the kind of paddling you want to explore. As we are fairly free to paddle anywere we can often get you out Ona trip, if you have roof rack you can also participate in our borrow aboatscheme- get for paddling till you go on to find your ideal boat.
We try and make our paddle sets suit Le for everyone to enjoy a few are. Dry adaptable to our member NEeds.
WhT else does whoosh do, many of our members are intoa range of different watersportgzzo you an expect to see paddle boarding. Yacht sailing , a king and kayaking as well as some wild swimmers and suckers at the pub. MostpDdlersthoughare into adventures so white water features more often than of on our weekeoaway.
When we are not paddling we might be off on a walk or amounting bike trip, we like catching up with our members who are across the countywide.
How do you gain experience. We aim to direct people into white water and join up with other groups to get out and about each yea we run coaching courses and buy in experienced paddlesport coaches to stretch our paddlers skill and broaden knowledge.
What’s the most exciting memories from club trips, which so many adventures we have had it’s great tore all how mypaddlinv family have developed and grown over the years.
Why do you feel the club is important as a club we have been able to work as a team to make a real contribution to our local river We haveimprovedthepaddling environment greatly and helped develop awareness of what we are able achieve at a local as we as inside other clubs to have an understanding of the environment I am proud of what we have achieved
We hope to get our paddling on track to get many more people paddling this summer with more day where paddlers an participate on trips and events so they go can have joys and adventures in the natural environment and discover a fantastic and unique way of seeing the waterways for an exciting new perspective .