GHCKRT is proud to provide the opportunity for athletes to compete in ParaCanoe. Throughout the history of our team we have had parathletes compete locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally in Va’a (V), and Kayak (K). 

The International Canoe Federation has described ParaCanoe on their website as “Paracanoe is the canoeing discipline for athletes with an impairment and races are contested by two types of boat, kayak (K) and va’a (V). The kayak is propelled by a double-blade paddle, while the va’a is an outrigger canoe which has an ama (second pontoon) as a support float and is used with a single-blade paddle. Both kayak and va’a have three different classes of event for men and women, depending on the classification of an athlete’s impairment, with KL1, KL2 and KL3 for kayak and VL1, VL2 and VL3 for va’a. At international level all Paracanoe races are individual events and competed at a distance of 200m.” 

Find an informational video here! 

If you are interested in finding out more please reach out to our ParaCanoe Program Director Coach Tod Cole: [email protected].