This is where you'll find details on all of our social and paddling trips for the upcoming semester!
Check your member emails for the sign-up links!
There are of course many other trips that happen, hit up one of the committee if you wanna go kayaking!
Rolling is also on every week, see the rolling page for more information.
| When? | What? | Who? | Where? | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15 | CLUBS DAY | Everyone | Haere-roa Lawn | Sign up for UCCC and get your membership sticker here! We will have cool stickers, merch, and stoke for sale (stoke is complimentary). Come find us for a yarn! We’ll be hanging out in the ampitheatre on Haere roa Lawn ;) | |
| Jul 16 | NEW MEMBERS BBQ | All members, new and old. WE WANT TO SEE ALL OF YOU! | Location TBC | A chance to come and meet both UCCC veterans as well as plenty of fresh faces. And by 'meet' we mean 'get silly with'. There will be snags, hashies, sauce, and GOON (If you don't already know what this means, just you wait). BYO box of Country, Chasseur or Blenheimer white wine - otherwise, we sure love to share. The next step is to make sure you re-introduce yourself next time we meet - I guarantee you, we won’t remember each other. | |
| Aug 14 | SAFETY BBQ | All members! | Location TBC | A chance to sharpen up your river rescue skills while dry and on land. We'll practice throwbag technique, mechanical advantages, and other crucial knowledge for being on the river. | |
| Aug 30 - Sep 7 | HOLLYFORD | You'll need to have a reliable roll and be somewhat confident on grade 3 or above. | Wanaka, Queenstown, Milford, and more depending on rain | This is the pinnacle of our calendar year: 8 nights of bagged wine, 7 days of kayaking, 2 days of teleporting, and a couple of unlucky rental vans. We’ll paddle a range of rivers from grade 2-5 but the majority will be on grade 3-4. It's entirely up to you which rivers you choose to paddle or sit out. You should have a decent roll and be somewhat comfortable on grade 3 water e.g māori gully. With a mix of camping, couch hopping, and doc huts, we will bounce our way around the south island chasing some of the best white water in the country. Prepare to become way too close with everyone on the trip. You’ll even have breakfast and dinner cooked for you. I just can’t even. It’s so fun. | |
| Sep 27-28 | ZERO TO HERO | All members! | Hurunui River | After a mid-week pool session (how to not be upside down) and lake session (how to manouvere a kayak), we pile into cars, load up the club trailer with kayaks, and head north to our favourite beginners run. The Hurunui!!! This trip is a kayaking beginners' dream, where you will learn first-hand tips and tricks from our Leaders and Seconds on how to whitewater kayak. No prior experience or paddling gear required. | |
| Oct 4-5 | TATA RACE | Big Dogs comfortable on grade 4, and anyone who wants to spectate. | Rangitata River | Test out your speed or place bets on your favourite big dog for this epic race down the Rangitata River (with the #real OUCC). The race will be held on Saturday, and is followed by a night of turning goon bags into air bags. | |
| Oct 7 | AGM | All members!!! | On campus (room TBC) | This is where we vote the club exec for next year. Come along to try your luck or to cast your supporting vote for others. Everyone with an interest in the club is encouraged to come. You'll get a free dinner too! | |
| Oct 12 | SNOWPALOOZA | All members!!!!! | Mt Hutt Ski field | Returning for the first time since 2018, we're gonna rally up to Mt Hutt with our shittiest kayaks and have a go at competitive downhill snow-yakking. | |
| Oct 14 | WHITE WATER WEEK! | All members!!!!! | TBC | Come with us to celebrate those who had the naughtiest, brightest, anddddd not so brightest moments over the year |
