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 2024 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 taking part in the OCF, the idea is to do a practical workshop on the water adapted to your level. Each participant is entitled to two on-water workshops during the weekend, with a limit of one workshop per day (e.g. one on Friday and one on Sunday, or one on Saturday and one on Sunday).

Registration for the workshops is in two steps : one part online for the river workshops and one part on site (at the Festival) for the workshops on the ground.