Clint Robinson Coaching Clinics WA

PERTH CLINICS
Surf Life Saving, Kayak & Ski Paddling Clinics
20th – 22nd June 2014

FRIDAY
1 on 1 / 1 on 2 Clinic: 7.30am – 9.30am at Ascot Kayak Club: $250 or $200
1 on 1 / 1 on 2 Clinic: 10.30am – 12.30pm at Ascot Kayak Club: $250 or $200
1 on 1 / 1 on 2 / Downwind Clinic ( 1, 2 or up to 4 people max): 2.00pm – 4.00pm or 5.00pm at Sorrento Surf Life Saving Club: $250 or $200

SATURDAY
Visual Group Clinic (8 people max): 8.00am – 11.30am at Ascot Kayak Club: $150.00

1 on 1 / 1 on 2 / Downwind Clinic ( 1, 2 or up to 4 people max): 1.00pm – 3.00pm or 4.00pm at Sorrento Surf Life Saving Club: $250 or $200

Or

1 on 1 / 1 on 2 Clinic: 3.30pm - 5.30pm at Ascot Club: $250 or $200

SUNDAY
Visual Group Clinic (8 people max): 8.00am – 11.30am at Ascot Kayak Club: $150.00

1 on 1 / 1 on 2 Clinic: 1.00pm – 3.00pm at Ascot Club: $250 or $200

To register for one of the above Clinics, contact Clint directly at cr@crobinson.com.au or contact Terry Bolland at terry@canoeingdownunder.com.au or 93781333

To find out what a visual clinic includes:

check out: http://www.clintrobinson.com.au/clinics/western-australia/

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Saturday Morning Fitness Training

This Saturday
7.15am Sandy Beach Reserve, Bassendean
PFDs must be worn

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Red Night Light

Make sure your long overhanging kayak or ski can be seen at night.

Attach a red light at the rear to warn others.

Clip on karabiner style red light $28.00

Avoid a big fine.

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This Week's Special

Avon PRS SPECIAL $1499.00
Elite (lightweight shell), trailing rudder, metal pedals

Luke Dooley

Luke Dooley is a 14 year old who wants to be a great paddler. Luke, who lives in Kalbarri 589kms north of Perth worked in his school holidays to buy his own kayak so one day he can beat Peter Tomczak. Not only has he worked to buy a K1 he has also worked to buy a Spirit PRS so he and his Mum can paddle it. His mum Jane is so loving of her son that she has brought him down to Perth from Kalbarri so he can spend a week paddling with paddlers in Perth. Luke is passionate about paddling and his mum sees it as something huge in Lukes development.

As a teenager I worked on my fathers farm to earn money to buy a horse. Back then it was part of a upbringing, well for country kids it was, so I was so proud that Luke had worked to earn money to buy his own kayak that I just had to help him develop as a paddler and a person.

On Saturday Luke joined in our fitness training session and the next day took part in the Ascot kayak Club, John Sims Race doing extremely well on his first race. He has taken part in the Monday evening fitness training, raced on Wednesday at Ascot Kayak Club, been out doing skill development every morning this week, will take part in our Saturday morning fitness training and then finish his week by taking part in the DR Buoys Race.

Jane Dooley and husband own the Kalbarri Marine, Home Leisure & Hardware store/post office at 1 Grey Street, Kalbarri.

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As Luke wanted to take part in the Ascot Buoys Race on Monday morning I put him in my Avenger DR kayak and a Wavehopper to get used to paddling around buoys. It didn't take long for him to get used to paddling without a rudder.

With the Wavehopper being easier to paddle I put him back in my DR to see how he would cope with a more unstable, less manoeuvrable kayak and he did pretty well negotiating around the buoys.

He found it a lot trickier weaving in and out of the slalom poles at Ascot.

Friday morning a shower of rain and sunshine brought out the rainbows. You can't believe how nice it is on the water when you make the effort.

In 1972 my friend Fred Green and I hitch hiked across Europe and Asia on our way to Australia. We encounted problems in Afghanistan and India resulting in Fred returning to England and me carrying on to Australia where I have stayed. Fred married Beryl in 1976 but last year he lost the battle with cancer. His partner Beryl came to Australia to visit us this week and with only 6 days we tried to share with her as much of Perth as we could.

She loved the animals at the Cavensham Wildlife Park, thought the view from Kings Park in the day and night was amazing. The fish and chips from Cicerellos was well worth the visit, Fremantle got a big tick, so did Cottesloe Beach, John Forest National Park, the city and the Swan River. The meals from the King and I and the Rose & Crown of Guildford were first class and the picknic lunch on Penguin Island she will remember for a long time.

Beryl and my wife Jenny at Penguin Island

A sealion checks out Beryl .

The Australian Sea Lion is the world's rarest, yet can be found in the protected waters of the Shoalwater Marine Park, just outside Perth.

A sealion swims under the kayak

and comes to the surface on the other side

Pelicans in courtship

Mating and reproduction Breeding depends on environmental conditions, particularly rainfall. Pelicans are colonial breeders with up to 40 000 individuals grouping on islands or secluded shores. Breeding begins with courtship. The female leads potential mates (two to eight or more) around the colony. As the males follow her in these walks, they threaten each other while swinging their open bills from side to side trying to attract the female's attention. The males may also pick up small objects, like sticks or dry fish, which they toss in the air and catch again, repeating the sequence several times. Both sexes perform "pouch-rippling" in which they clap their bills shut several times a second and the pouch ripples like a flag in a strong breeze. As the courtship parade progresses, the males drop out one by one. Finally, after pursuits on land, water or in the air, only a single male is left. The female leads him to a potential nest site.

During the courtship period, the bill and pouch of the birds change colour dramatically. The forward half of the pouch becomes bright salmon pink, while the skin of the pouch in the throat region turns chrome yellow. Parts of the top and base of the bill change to cobalt blue, and a black diagonal strip appears from the base to the tip. This colour change is of short duration, the intensity usually subsiding by the time incubation starts.

The nest consists of a scrape in the ground prepared by the female. She digs the scrape with her bill and feet, and lines it with any scraps of vegetation or feathers within reach of the nest. Within three days egg-laying begins and eggs are laid two to three days apart. Both parents share incubation and the eggs are incubated on their feet. The first-hatched chick is substantially larger than its siblings. It receives most of the food and may even attack and kill its nest mates. A newly hatched pelican has a large bill, bulging eyes, and skin that looks like small-grained bubble plastic. The skin around the face is mottled with varying degrees of black and the colour of the eyes varies from white to dark brown. This individual variation helps the parents to recognise their chick from hundreds of others. The chicks leave their nests to form creches of up to 100 birds. They remain in creches for about two months, by the end of which they have learnt to fly and are fairly independent. Wild birds may live between ten and possibly 25 years or more.

Breeding season: At any time of year Clutch size: 1 to 3 Incubation: 35 days Time in nest: 28 days

The island was full of nesting gulls most with 2-3 eggs. There were pelicans a plenty on the hill and in the water courting and feeding. The day was calm but it was cloudy so the blue waters were a little grey.

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Double Barkers- 18th May

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Canoeing WA - Paddle Challenge - 25 May

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Canoe and Cray Carnival Kalbarri
May 31st - 1st June

'Kayak K1 High Buoyancy Wizzard Kevlar Lightweight - $1000'.

a great Avon Descent Kayak

Annacuda Sea Kayak: Fibreglass. $400.00
Max Kayaks K1 Mirage: Very Good Condition. $1250.00

Van Dusen Double K2: Best suited to lighter crews: $990.00
Two Up Double open kayak: $600.00

Please call us about our used boats 9378 1333