Gutsy Girls - London SUP Sessions Explained
Gutsy Girls London Paddleboarding
FIRST TIMER SESSIONS
We’ve renamed our Introduction to SUP to First Timer! This is because it is a requirement to complete our First Timer session before joining our SUP Socials, no matter your previous paddleboarding experience!
BEGINNERS
The First Timer Sessions are still perfect for beginners, as we’ll have a brief on-land demonstration before getting on the water. You’ll receive excellent coaching to get you up and standing in no time.
PADDLED BEFORE
We get you to want to get straight on the water and paddling, we are required to give you a safety briefing for paddling in your chosen location and we keep on our land demonstration brief and rest assured you’ll still have plenty of time paddling!
Our Instructors will still offer fantastic coaching for your level, every day is a school day!
REFRESHER
If you’ve joined our First Timer Sessions and feel like you want a little more coaching to build your confidence before joining our socials, you can join our First Timer Sessions for £45. You’ll receive a promo code In your First Timer confirmation emails.
SUP SOCIALS
SUP Socials are open to those who feel confident in paddling and on the water. To join these sessions you must:
Joined one of our First Timer Sessions.
Be able to paddle standing up on your board
Turn your board
Know how to stop your board
If you don’t feel comfortable with this yet, you can join our First Timer Session again for £45.
Our SUP Socials are led by our super friendly and passionate Gutsy Girls Hosts, who’ll join you on a 2-hour tour of the Thames or Canals.
Whilst our guides are confident paddlers themselves, they aren’t qualified instructors, so we ask that you assess your skills before joining these sessions.
Our Hosted Group Paddlers are all about meeting like-minded women! It’s a social paddle, at a comfortable pace, and an opportunity to make the most of getting on the water this summer.
After our paddle session, we’ll head to a local cafe or pub for a drink and have a chance to chat even more!
I’ve paddled before, do I need to join your introduction session before joining the Hosted Group Paddles?
Yes, it is a compulsory requirement to join our First Timer Session for £59, no matter your level.
We do this for a few reasons:
We can ensure your safety on the water. Paddling on the Thames and Canals can be different to open water or lake paddling. Our Introduction Session allows us to cover all the important safety aspects of paddling in these environments.
Our highly qualified coaches are able to assess your paddling and will have great advice to improve your technique. Every day is a school day!
Requiring attendees to join an introduction session before allowing rental of boards is standard practice across most paddleboarding schools and providers.
We like to say it’s kind of a ‘joining fee’, like a gym. This joining fee supports our small business.
While we strive for what we do to appear seamless and effortless, lots of time and planning goes into our events and there’s plenty of admin to be done!
We invest in our marketing to ensure that our sessions reach minimum capacity numbers. No one likes it when their session is cancelled because of low numbers. Also, how will you meet your new adventure soulmates if there’s no one else on your session?!
I kindly ask that you do not email us to request to skip this session and that you respect our reasonings for this.