The OCF’s favourite themes:

• Outdoor cooking.
• First aid in the river.
• Girding and posture in a canoe.
• Yoga and breathing.
• Canoe technique and safety: for beginners, intermediate or advanced paddlers.
• Bivouac / camping / camping equipment.
• Organizing a canoe trip.
• “Bachology”: the art and the way to use a tarp.
• Fauna and flora of the Drôme river.
• Relaxation.
• Video and photo in the river.
• Fishing in a canoe.
• Telling the story of your trip.
• Energy management in bivouac: batteries, solar panels…
• Leave No Trace camping.
• Group management (leadership).
• Packraft: technique, trips and tips.
• Canoe + bike trips.

We are working on the 2023 workshops.

The workshops can be in French, English or both at the same time! There are more than 100 workshops in 3 days proposed in 3 main families:

• Technical canoeing for Beginners (level 1), Intermediate (level 2) or Advanced (level 3).
• Safety (rope techniques, unpinning, first aid…)
• Canoe Culture: including many of the topics described above.

By participating in the OCF, the idea is to do a practical workshop on the water adapted to your level (one per day), to initiate or improve yourself in safety and to participate in a maximum of “culture” workshops.