This course is designed to introduce canoeists to tandem canoeing technique and you'll learn the skills that will enable you to put your tandem canoe exactly where you want it to go with less effort. This course covers skills such as moving the canoe forward and backward, stopping and bracing the canoe, accomplishing pivots and sideslips while standing and doing the strokes under power. It is recommended, but not required, that tandem canoeists have solo experience either with previous exposure or through the basic or continuing solo seminars.