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Membership Resources

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Welcome to NWOC Memberships!
This page is your home base for Skills Sessions, Member Paddles, and other membership updates. We’ll continue adding resources here as the program grows.

How to Participate

  • Skills Sessions and Member Paddles are open to Lake and Tide Level members

  • Session details and updates are shared by email and posted here

  • ​Kayaks and required safety gear included. This may include dry suits or paddle jackets when conditions or session content call for it, such as rescue practice. 

  • All sessions are weather-dependent and may be adjusted for safety

If you are unsure whether a session is a good fit, email us and we are happy to help.

RSVP Required
Skills Sessions and Member Paddles are intentionally capped to keep groups manageable. RSVPs open four weeks before each session. Please email or call the shop to RSVP. We’ll confirm by reply.

 

All sessions are weather dependent, we'll contact you if a session needs to be cancelled or rescheduled. 

 

Saltwater Destination Paddle registration open 8 weeks before each trip for all Skills Members. Trips are $99 and limited to 10 paddlers. 

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Skills Sessions are designed for paddlers who want to practice and refine core skills while spending real time on the water. Instruction is adapted to whoever is in the group that day, so a session works whether it’s your first time on the topic or your third.

Skills Sessions Themes

Good paddling isn’t about collecting more and more techniques. It comes from making the fundamentals more efficient, natural, and reliable. The same core strokes show up again and again — whether you’re paddling on Lake Union or using them in wind, current, and more demanding conditions.

Paddling Fundamentals

Get back on the water and refresh the foundations: forward stroke, turning, basic edging, posture, and relaxed efficiency.

Forward Stroke & Edging

Build a more efficient forward stroke while using edge to improve tracking, turning, and overall boat control.

Boat Control

Work on sweeps, edging, draws, and rudders to turn more effectively and place the kayak more precisely.

Bracing & Rescues

Practice low and high braces for staying upright, plus self and assisted rescues for when you don’t.

Boat Control: Putting It All Together

Bring the season’s skills together — strokes, edging, turning, bracing, and boat control — in a practical on-water session adapted to the group and conditions.

Stay Connected

We share upcoming sessions and important updates through:

  • Email

  • This Member Resources page

Please make sure your email on file is current so you do not miss updates.

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