River Hazards and Safety on the Water While Canoeing | Canoe Technique

In this canoe video, we take a look at river hazards and safety on the water while canoeing—as part of your canoeing technique, you should be able to judge how a water level will impact your trip, how to identify strainers, foot entrapments and more, all of which are touched on in this video.

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