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open water swimming Courses

General Info

General Info

General Info

The summer open water course schedule is now published below. We will be running 6-week courses for Beginner and Race Skills levels. No Masters classes will be offered this summer. After the courses are complete, we plan to run some fun activities in August to round off the summer - think mini triathlons, swim run events, and point to point swims.


Courses

General Info

General Info

For now only Beginner and Race Skills courses are available. Courses are 6-weeks and cost $255 +GST. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, class size is currently limited to 12 swimmers split into 2 groups of 6 with 1 coach each. Appropriate covid precautions will be emailed to everyone registered before the courses begin.


Registration

General Info

Registration

Registration will open on Monday 8 June 2020 at 10:00 am. Please fill out the registration form at the bottom of this page. Please note: demand for classes is high, and we are running at reduced capacity this summer. Completing the form does not guarantee your space - wait until you get a confirmation email.

Masters

Location

Registration

A revamped Masters course, in conjunction with Coach Powell, was planned but currently cannot go ahead due to group size restrictions. For now I recommend training solo or in small groups - you already have the skills for safe open water swimming. Get in touch if you have questions.

Location

Location

Location

All course take place at Jericho Beach. 

We meet on the grassy patch beside the 

Lifeguard Office and Washrooms.

Note: not the Jericho Sailing Centre!

Wetsuits

Location

Location

Wetsuits are mandatory for all courses. 

They substantially increase safety and warmth. 

If you need to buy/rent a wetsuit check out 

Rowands Reef Scuba Shop in Kits.

Our Coaches

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Coach Oscar

Coach Joseph

Coach Oscar

 For most of you, Coach Oscar needs no introduction! Oscar was one of my first coaching clients back in 2012 and now he is one of the most experienced open water coaches around, with 6+ years of coaching experience and 20+ triathlon and open water swim races under his belt. Don’t be fooled by that mean face and death stare though, Oscar i

 For most of you, Coach Oscar needs no introduction! Oscar was one of my first coaching clients back in 2012 and now he is one of the most experienced open water coaches around, with 6+ years of coaching experience and 20+ triathlon and open water swim races under his belt. Don’t be fooled by that mean face and death stare though, Oscar is notoriously laid back and calm under pressure. Fun fact: Oscar despises cold water, but was the first coach to get in the ocean this year! Oscar will be coaching on Thursday evenings this summer.

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Coach Kira

Coach Joseph

Coach Oscar

 Kira will be returning for her fourth season of open water coaching this summer. Having completed many triathlons in the past, including three Ironmans (Lake Placid, Florida, Hawaii), Kira changed her focus to swimming and social fun competitions. She completed the Bay Challenge in 2015 - an 11 km swim from West Vancouver to Kits Beach -

 Kira will be returning for her fourth season of open water coaching this summer. Having completed many triathlons in the past, including three Ironmans (Lake Placid, Florida, Hawaii), Kira changed her focus to swimming and social fun competitions. She completed the Bay Challenge in 2015 - an 11 km swim from West Vancouver to Kits Beach - and has participated in many VOWSA swims and competitions. Keen to bring athletes together with fun social events, last season's popular Monday Mini Triathlon series was a Kira idea and she will be heading that up again this year. You'll find Kira coaching on Wednesday evenings this summer.

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Coach Joseph

Coach Joseph

Coach Joseph

 Joseph has been a swim client for many years, initially working his way up through the technique courses and now consistently training with the masters group (and even doing some masters racing now and then). Currently training for his first Ironman, he has a wealth of triathlon training and racing experience, having completed 6 half-iro

 Joseph has been a swim client for many years, initially working his way up through the technique courses and now consistently training with the masters group (and even doing some masters racing now and then). Currently training for his first Ironman, he has a wealth of triathlon training and racing experience, having completed 6 half-irons and 15+ sprint and olympic events. Having previously coached and mentored Team In Training first-time triathletes and marathoners, this summer Joseph is dipping his toes into open water coaching on Tuesday evenings. Fun fact: an avid strongman, Joseph can deadlift a baby Orca! 

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Open Water Beginners

This 6-week course will help you build comfort and confidence while swimming in the ocean with a wetsuit. This is the best place to start if you feel anxious about open water swimming. We begin with short, shoreline swims to hone your skills and work towards longer off-shore swims as the course progresses. 


We will cover: wetsuit fit and comfort, open water safety, identifying hazards, reading the tide and currents, acclimatizing to colder water, breathing and navigation, building to longer swims.


Suitable for anyone who can swim front crawl with their face in the water for 50m without stopping.


Cost = $255 + GST


Next classes - Summer 2021

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Open Water Racing Skills

Develop your open water racing skills with this 6-week course.  


Swim with confidence amid the chaos of triathlon or open water swim racing. We'll review the fundamentals of efficient open water swimming skills in the first few weeks and then add more specific racing skills as the course progresses.


We will cover everything in the Beginner course, plus: stroke adjustments for open water racing, how to navigate and swim straight without slowing down, pacing and race strategy, starts and exits, and a fancy trick for quickly turning around the swim buoys.


Suitable for anyone who is confident getting in the ocean and can easily swim 100m+ non-stop. 


Costs = $255 + GST


Next classes - Summer 2021

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Open Water Masters

Masters - please read! We had hoped to run an exciting, revamped Masters course this summer - in conjunction with Coach Powell - but this currently cannot go ahead due to group size restrictions in light of COVID. If you are interested and suitable to swim in the masters program then you already have the fundamental skills needed for open water swimming. Given that no triathlons or open water swimming events are happening this summer (and I suspected none will go ahead in the Fall either) I will be focusing on the Beginner and Race Skills classes this summer. For now I recommend training solo or in small groups - you already have the skills for safe open water swimming. Get in touch if you have any training questions and look out for some fun end of summer events we hope to offer!

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