Paddle Collective

We're pumped for this! Join us in paradise for this 4 day adventure. You rock up, we'll sort the rest.
🏝️If you have ever been to or heard of Rottnest, you'll know there is something special about this island. Just off the coast from Perth, why not paddle there!
🌊With the help of the easterly winds and a support vessel by your side, we'll guide your paddle over.
🚲🛶🤿The next few days will be spent paddling, snorkelling, cycling and being spoilt by Mother Nature (and us) as you seek out the ultimate "Quokka selfie".
🌊Come Wednesday, we'll paddle back to Perth with the help of the famous SW Doctor wind.... Just in time for the kick off of the Shaw and Partners WA Raceweek program.
😎Perfect for those wanting to get away and build confidence in the open water. We've got some great humans booked already so jump onboard and "Island escape".
Check out www.paddlecollective.com.au for more details or drop us a line to have a chat.

Every few weeks we run a Normal week on purpose. No resistor, no bungee, nothing to hide behind, just you and a good stroke. It is the reference point. On Tuesday's pyramid and Wednesday's river grind, hold a steady effort, note your pace and your stroke rate, and file it away. When the next Normal week comes around you will see those numbers move. Training works quietly, day to day you feel nothing; a benchmark week is how you actually see the progress you have banked.

The week reads in two halves. The mornings start light and offshore, a glassy river and a calm marina early on. Then a SW front swings in late week, so Friday freshens up and Saturday at Port Beach could serve up the first proper runners of the block. A little bit of everything, which is exactly what makes a benchmark honest.

What's on (Monday mornings are on a winter break, so we start Monday evening):
• Mon 5:00 PM · Distance focus · Hillarys (out-and-back triangle)
• Tue 6:00 AM · Technique focus · Johnston Street Boat Ramp
• Wed 6:00 AM · Distance focus · South Perth Foreshore
• Fri 6:00 AM · Technique focus · Hillarys
• Sat 2:30 PM · Distance focus · Port Beach (out-and-back triangle, maybe a light downwind if the SW holds)

Avon Descent is 3 weeks out (8 to 9 August). A steady benchmark week banks clean fitness before the sharpening starts.

Every paddling session is published in L1, L2, L3 and L4 so book the level that fits where you are this week. The wind for each session is on the post as a coloured arrow with the speed in knots: red is light, yellow is fresh, green is strong. This week is mostly red, with Saturday tipping into yellow as the SW arrives.

Book online: www.paddlecollective.com.au/book-online

Resistor week. We load the stroke up on purpose, so the boat feels light and fast when the resistor comes off. 🌊

This is the strength week. We clip a resistor (a few foam golf balls) onto the ski for the technique and river sessions, so every stroke has to work a little harder. It is the paddling version of running with a weighted vest: it feels heavy while you do it, then you take it off and suddenly you are flying. A resistor technique morning on Tuesday, a long resistor river grind on Wednesday, then Friday we take the drag off and let a clean, powerful stroke run free before the weekend.

The mornings are looking glassy and offshore all week, a proper winter high, so the river and the marina should be mirror calm. Whatever your level, load work is where your strength quietly goes up. You will feel it the next time you paddle without it.

What's on (Monday mornings are on a winter break, so we start Monday evening):
• Mon 5:00 PM · Distance focus · Hillarys (out-and-back triangle)
• Tue 6:00 AM · Technique focus · Johnston Street Boat Ramp
• Wed 6:00 AM · Distance focus · South Perth Foreshore
• Fri 6:00 AM · Technique focus · Hillarys
• Sat 2:30 PM · Distance focus · Port Beach (out-and-back triangle)

Racing Sunday: Avon Descent Warm-up #1 on the Swan, around 20 km. It is the first warm-up of the Avon season and a great way to find your river pace. Totally optional, all welcome.

Avon Descent is 4 weeks out (8 to 9 August). Strength banked now carries all the way to Northam.

Every paddling session is published in L1, L2, L3 and L4, so book the level that fits where you are this week. The wind for each session is on the post as a coloured arrow with the speed in knots: red is light, yellow is fresh, green is strong. This week it is all red, so expect glassy water.

Book online: www.paddlecollective.com.au/book-online

Sun's Return. We are past the solstice, and it is a Technique week: volume eases, drill quality goes up, and the stroke gets sharper on glassy winter mornings. 🌊

First, a small thing worth celebrating: we have passed the winter solstice. The coldest, darkest, shortest stretch of the year is behind us, so from here the mornings get a little lighter and the water gets a little warmer every week. Summer paddling is on its way back.

This is our skill week. We pull the volume back a notch and put the focus on stroke quality, with three technique sessions to clean up your catch, your blade path and your run. The mornings are looking glassy and offshore, so the river and the marina should be mirror calm, perfect for drill work. One quick front rolls through Monday evening into Tuesday to test those skills in a bit of breeze, then it settles again. Whatever your level, a technique week is the week your paddling quietly gets smoother, easier and faster, all for free.

What's on:
• Mon 6:00 AM · Technique focus · CBD · Swan River
• Mon 5:00 PM · Distance focus · Hillarys (out-and-back triangle)
• Tue 6:00 AM · Technique focus · Johnston Street Boat Ramp
• Wed 6:00 AM · Distance focus · CBD · Swan River
• Fri 6:00 AM · Technique focus · Hillarys
• Sat 2:30 PM · Distance focus · Port Beach (out-and-back triangle)

Racing Saturday morning: IOP Winter Series R2 at Sorrento, now moved to Saturday 4 July after the weather pushed it back a week. It is a morning race, so the Saturday 2:30 PM Port Beach session still runs.

Avon Descent is 5 weeks out, with the first warm-up race on Sunday 12 July. Clean technique now is free speed all the way to Northam.

Every paddling session is published in L1, L2, L3 and L4, so book the level that fits where you are this week. The wind for each session is on the post as a coloured arrow with the speed in knots: red is light, yellow is fresh, green is strong, so you can read the week at a glance.

Book online: www.paddlecollective.com.au/book-online

This is our skill week. We pull the volume back a notch and put the focus on stroke quality: three technique sessions to clean up your catch, your leg drive and your posture. The early mornings look glassy and offshore, so the river and the Hillarys marina should be mirror calm, perfect for drill work. Then a front rolls in for the weekend. Whatever your level, a technique week is the week your paddling gets smoother, easier and faster, all for free.

What's on:
• Mon 6:00 AM · Technique focus · CBD · Swan River
• Mon 5:00 PM · Distance focus · Hillarys (out-and-back triangle)
• Tue 6:00 AM · Technique focus · Johnston Street Boat Ramp
• Wed 6:00 AM · Distance focus · CBD · Swan River
• Fri 6:00 AM · Technique focus · Hillarys
• Sat 12:30 PM · Long Table Lunch · Berts Bar, City Beach

A heads up on the week: glassy offshore mornings early in the week, then a strong WNW front rolls in. Saturday is shaping up too windy to paddle, so we are calling off the Port Beach session and getting around a table instead. Join us for a Long Table Lunch at Berts Bar, City Beach from 12:30 PM: great food, good people and all the paddling stories to share. It is $55 a head, book under Paddle Collective.

Racing Saturday morning: IOP Winter Series R2 at Sorrento.

Avon Descent is 6 weeks out. Clean technique now is free speed all the way to Northam.

The wind for each session is on the post as a coloured arrow with the speed in knots: red is light, yellow is fresh, green is strong, so you can read the week at a glance.

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