SUP Rescue

Understanding Drowning

In this lesson we look at the actual process of drowning. Understanding this is a vitally important part of rescue knowledge. The lesson will take about 10 minutes to view.

Expanding on some of these points, check out this very informative article on Soundings Online. The video below is from the page.

In the next lesson we’ll look at the realities of attempting to do first aid on the water. If you’re in a hurry to get to the practical rescue techniques then you can jump ahead to the Approach lesson.

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Paddleboard Towing Techniques

In this lesson we look at paddleboard towing – some incredibly useful and vital techniques that every paddleboarder should know and practice. This lesson will take about 16 minutes to watch.

In the next lesson we look at the drowning sequence, which is a really aspect of understanding how a rescue plays out. However, if you’re in a hurry just to learn the actual rescue techniques, you could jump forward to the Approach lesson.

Introduction to SUP Rescue

A very warm welcome to this SUP RESCUE course, brought to you by NZSUP. It’s jam packed with life-saving information and education, and we hope you enjoy it!

Each lesson in the course contains a video presentation with a discussion of a particular topic. We go through each stage of the rescue in detail, as there are many variables, and you need to understand what is going on and why in order to make the right decisions.

There’s a lot of information here! But it’s broken down into bite sized chunks, which you can work through at your own pace, and hopefully you’ll find it time well spent.

There are two routes through this course – the quick route, for those who just want to learn how to do the rescue techniques, and the longer route which includes a bit more discussion and theory, and develops some of the ideas a bit further.

So without further ado let’s make a start, with a look at a typical SUP rescue so you can see what it is that you are going to learn.

We apologise in advance for the slightly poor quality of some of the video work. Our aim with this course is to provide this vital education for free, so a few corners have had to be cut when it comes to production costs.

If you’re viewing the video on your phone, you can expand it to full screen size if necessary.

So now we can get stuck into the detail. In the next lesson we’ll make a start on safety equipment…