Swiftwater Safety Course

Utah Whitewater Gear is hosting a small group Swiftwater Safety Course taught by Josh Reinhart. This six person class is designed for paddlers who want practical skills and real world decision making experience in moving water.

This course focuses on personal safety skills, hazard recognition, rescue fundamentals, and teamwork in river environments. Instruction combines clear classroom explanation with hands on scenarios in the water so participants leave with skills they can immediately apply on the river.

Keeping the class limited to six people allows for more individual instruction, feedback, and realistic practice time. This is an ideal course for kayakers, rafters, packrafters, and guides who want to improve their confidence and safety margin while running rivers.

Josh Reinhart is an experienced swiftwater instructor and river professional. For more information about Josh and his background, visit www.wasatchwhitewater.com.

This course is hosted by Utah Whitewater Gear and supports safer river communities through education and hands on training.

All Instructors: 

- are ACA certified for instructing flat, moving and whitewater kayaking and SUP.

- have their Captain’s guide license required by the state of Utah.

- are all certified in CPR and First Aid.

Josh Reinhart Josh grew up playing in the Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania with a love for the water and the outdoors.  He moved to Utah in 2004 after graduating with a bachelors degree in education.  Josh has been whitewater kayaking since 2001, and has worked as both a raft and kayak guide.  Some of his favorite rivers include the North Fork Payette, Upper Cherry Creek, and the Ottawa, with some of his backyard favorites being the Ogden Narrows, Upper Provo, and Bridal Veil section of the Provo.  Josh has been teaching snowboarding professionally for 20 years, and works as a Divisional Clinic Leader and Examiner for the American Association of Snowboard Instructors.  He also enjoys backcountry snowboarding and mountain biking.