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SUP SAFE – Understanding your Safety Equipment

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SUP SAFE – Understanding your Safety Equipment

Instructor Image SUP Education
16 Lessons
4 Tests
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4.93
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153 Students
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The first in our series of free education courses covering all aspects of SUP safety. This course covers all aspects of your SUP safety equipment; what you should be using and why, broken down into bite-sized chunks, drilling deep into the complexities and issues to give you the full story and assist you in making the best decisions on what gear will be best for you.

Stand up paddleboarding may seem like a very safe sport , yet every year hundreds of paddleboarders end up getting into trouble, getting rescued – and tragically, sometimes the story does not end well. It almost always comes down to education – those paddlers getting into trouble were missing some critical knowledge. Hence this course. It will give you the knowledge that may well end up saving your life!

The 2.5 hour course is broken down into bite-sized chunks or lessons so you can work through it at your leisure – or just pick out the bits you’re interested in. As you’ll see from the list of topics below, there’s a whole lot of information here! All the courses in our SUP SAFE series go into lots of detail, with practical examples, video and pix to make it relevant to stand up paddleboarding and the actual information you need to know, not just in order to be safe but also to get the most of your paddleboarding.

So – what are you waiting for? It’s completely free – all it requires is you deciding to make the commitment to yourself (and your family and friends!) to increase your knowledge, in order to make yourself a safer and better paddler.

Let’s get started!

This course has been brought to you with assistance from the Maritime NZ Safer Boating Forum, and Water Safety New Zealand.

Course Content

1 Welcome to this SUP SAFE course!
2 Introduction to SUP Safety Equipment
PFDs
3 Understanding PFDs for SUP
4 Permanent Buoyancy PFDs for SUP
5 Beltpack PFDs for SUP
6 Choosing the right PFD for YOU
Leashes
7 Understanding Leashes
8 The dangers of fast flowing water for SUP
9 Types of Leash
10 Choosing the right leash
Communications
11 Comms - why you need them
12 Comms options for SUP
PPE
13 PPE for SUP - Part One
14 PPE for SUP - Part Two
Configurations
15 Safety Equipment Combinations
16 The SUP SAFE Code
Test your knowledge of PFDs for paddleboarding
Test your knowledge of leashes for paddleboarding
Test your knowledge of safety communications options
Test your knowledge of PPE for SUP

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gaz.rowlands@farmside.co.nz
Posted 2 days ago
A great coarse

Great coarse to do for any paddle boarder learning or experienced.

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sparkysa
Posted 1 month ago
Great course good info but where is the certificate please?

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Jenny
Posted 2 months ago
Great info

Clear concise and learnt lots- thanks

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bille
Posted 6 months ago
Great Info!

Great course! I loved it. I would recommend it to others.

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mlaguiar
Posted 1 year ago
Great course

Great course, I thought I knew the basics of SUP safety but learned quite a bit of new interesting and very useful stuff! Thanks!

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Gin
Posted 1 year ago
Must watch for all beginners

Great course - clear and pitched just right for people starting out (without it ever feeling condescending), the pacing was bang on and gives you real peace of mind.

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Mae_Sweeney
Posted 1 year ago
Very good

Really useful course. Lots of information.

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likemt999@gmail.com
Posted 1 year ago
Informative

Very informative and useful, thanks so much!

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DaveyT
Posted 1 year ago
Great course

Lots of really good information, explained very well

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SaraKelly
Posted 1 year ago
Very informative course

Very detailed and thorough. The only reason I am giving it 4 and not 5 is because some of the lessons are quite long and I found my attention drifting a bit. Perhaps breaking them up into smaller, more digestable segments, would make it even better. But I cannot fault the detail and the information, it is incredible for a completely free course.

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