Come swing by the Mendota Lounge to talk about all things sailing!

I'm holding (very informal) office hours for anyone and everyone to swing by and ask questions about the club in a more personal setting. If you cannot make it, e-mail me at commodore@hoofersailing.org to set up a different time.

Instructor: Paulina Guerra

It may be too cold for yoga out on the Terrace, but there are plenty of charming, newly-renovated indoor spaces right here Memorial Union! If you're looking for a deep breath and relaxation (or even just a study break), come join us at the Union and shake off that winter chill with a Winter Terrace Yoga class.

Indoor Yoga classes are $5/class. Online registration will remain open until start of class. For your own convenience, pre-registration (including mat rentals) is strongly encouraged. Drop-ins and on-site mat rentals are welcome as space and availability allows; please register with the instructor upon arrival. Cancellations can be made up to one hour before the start of class, and will result in credit with Outdoor UW (for another winter yoga class).

Drop-ins are welcome, and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Drop-ins can register and pay on site with credit or debit card (NO CASH) upon arrival. 

All participants must be 18 years or older to attend.

Things you will need to know:

• Check TITU screens around the Union for the location of your class.
• BYOYM (Bring Your Own Yoga Mat). We provide rental yoga mats ($2 per class).
• Classes capped at 15 participants
• To drop in to class or rent a mat on-site, please bring a credit or debit card.
• Props, such as blocks, are not provided or required for class, but you are welcome to bring along anything you use for your practice.
• Drop-in participants and all pre-registered participants can check in with the instructor at the class location.
• Wear comfortable clothing. 
• Bathrooms, showers, and lockers are available near the Outdoor UW Office (lockers are 25 cents so please bring a quarter)

Come join us on Saturday April 27th to paddle the Rock River in Horicon Marsh.  This is an annual trip to see birds Migrating North.  Bring Your camera and Binoculars.  Horicon Marsh is the largest cattail Marsh in the country.  In the Spring and Fall it is a stopping point for Canada Geese, Blue Heron, Eagles, Swans and many more.  

This is a quiet water trip and here are the ratings needed to come on this trip.  Canoers will need to have the Canoe Lake rating and Swim test.  Sea kayakers will have achieved the kayak lake lesson, SKO rating in kayak and the swim test.  

The water and air is still chilly end of April.  We don't plan on getting wet but bring extra clothes and layers along just in case you get splashed or wet.  Layers to keep you warm.  Sea kayakers will need a wet suit, the club has them for you to use.

Bring lots of water, and a sack lunch to eat.  We'll stop for lunch along the river.  There is a bathroom before we put in at the start but there is no public rest room along the route.  The paddle is about three hours.  

Bring money to share the cost of gasoline and some extra money for a possible stop at Culvers on the way home if the group wishes.

We'll email updates to the people that sign up.

Also we have a couple questions for you to answer when you sgn up.  The size of the trip will depend on how many people can drive and carry boats.

Quarry Park needs you!

Our local MTB park needs to get cleaned up from all that nasty garlic mustard (ick). It can't be all work no play though so you know we're gonna shread some while we're out there. This is part of Madison's earth day challenge so you got twice the pats on the back for helping out your community.

As a beginner MTB trip all skill levels are welcome, I'll show you what you need to know. Bring water and a small bag, and be sure to wear slightly sturdier clothes than you normally would biking due to the gardening we'll be doing. 

I'll throw out an email update with specific details as the date approaches.

-Chase

Instructor: Sarah Calvert

It may be too cold for yoga out on the Terrace, but there are plenty of charming, newly-renovated indoor spaces right here Memorial Union! If you're looking for a deep breath and relaxation (or even just a study break), come join us at the Union and shake off that winter chill with a Winter Terrace Yoga class.

Indoor Yoga classes are $5/class. Online registration will remain open until start of class. For your own convenience, pre-registration (including mat rentals) is strongly encouraged. Drop-ins and on-site mat rentals are welcome as space and availability allows; please register with the instructor upon arrival. Cancellations can be made up to one hour before the start of class, and will result in credit with Outdoor UW (for another winter yoga class).

Drop-ins are welcome, and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Drop-ins can register and pay on site with credit or debit card (NO CASH) upon arrival. 

All participants must be 18 years or older to attend.

Things you will need to know:

• Check TITU screens around the Union for the location of your class.
• BYOYM (Bring Your Own Yoga Mat). We provide rental yoga mats ($2 per class).
• Classes capped at 15 participants
• To drop in to class or rent a mat on-site, please bring a credit or debit card.
• Props, such as blocks, are not provided or required for class, but you are welcome to bring along anything you use for your practice.
• Drop-in participants and all pre-registered participants can check in with the instructor at the class location.
• Wear comfortable clothing. 
• Bathrooms, showers, and lockers are available near the Outdoor UW Office (lockers are 25 cents so please bring a quarter)

Our final social event of the year will require you and your fellow hoofers to put your outdoor skills to the test in the Hoofer Outing Club Spring Olympics. You will make teams of four and compete in a series of five different events, all of which will take place out at picnic point. Teams will progress through the events in a relay style, requiring one team member for some events and the entrie team effort for others. The events are as follows:

1. Biking: loop from base of Picnic Point, around the Natatorium, and then back to the base of Picnic Point. (nominate one team member for this event)

2. Camp set up: members are required to pitch a tent, blow up 2 thermarests, hang a hamock, and get your stove water boiling. 

3. Backpacking relay: the course has 4 stops, each with more gear that team members must add. 

4. Paddling event- details TBD

5. Nalgene chug (nominate one team member to chug a nalgene bottle of water. You can never be too hydrated in the out doors!)

Please create a team name and fill in your team members on the the spread sheet linked below. Also, please ensure that all of your team members are signed up on the HOC events calander. 

HOC Olympics Team Registration

Awards will be given to the team who progesses through the relay course the most efficently. 

Let the games begin!!!

Hoofer Council meets weekly from 8:00 to 9:30 pm on Mondays. Your Commodore, Lukas Duddleston, represents the club at the Hoofer Council level. If you had ideas, questions, concerns, etc. that you believe should be taken up at the Council level, please email the Commodore at commodore@hoofersailing.org.

Additionally, this year's VP-Admin on Council is one of our own, Charlie Childs. She also serves as the sailing club's treasurer. 

Following the weekly Outing Club meeting, we will hold a meeting of the Water Safety Board. We will be in the Mendota Lodge (same location as the general meeting). 

All Hoofer Outing Club members are allowed to attend this meeting. Only Outing Club members who hold boating leader ratings of at least WW2-OC, WW2, or SKL1 can vote at the meetings.

At this meeting, we will focus on potential revisions to the Water Safety Code, many of which we discussed at our last meeting in October. 

No need to sign up; you can just show up. 

Instructor: Megan Dix

It may be too cold for yoga out on the Terrace, but there are plenty of charming, newly-renovated indoor spaces right here Memorial Union! If you're looking for a deep breath and relaxation (or even just a study break), come join us at the Union and shake off that winter chill with a Winter Terrace Yoga class.

Indoor Yoga classes are $5/class. Online registration will remain open until start of class. For your own convenience, pre-registration (including mat rentals) is strongly encouraged. Drop-ins and on-site mat rentals are welcome as space and availability allows; please register with the instructor upon arrival. Cancellations can be made up to one hour before the start of class, and will result in credit with Outdoor UW (for another winter yoga class).

Drop-ins are welcome, and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Drop-ins can register and pay on site with credit or debit card (NO CASH) upon arrival. 

All participants must be 18 years or older to attend.

Things you will need to know:

• Check TITU screens around the Union for the location of your class.
• BYOYM (Bring Your Own Yoga Mat). We provide rental yoga mats ($2 per class).
• Classes capped at 15 participants
• To drop in to class or rent a mat on-site, please bring a credit or debit card.
• Props, such as blocks, are not provided or required for class, but you are welcome to bring along anything you use for your practice.
• Drop-in participants and all pre-registered participants can check in with the instructor at the class location.
• Wear comfortable clothing. 
• Bathrooms, showers, and lockers are available near the Outdoor UW Office (lockers are 25 cents so please bring a quarter)

The spring has sprung and we are celebrating with fresh herbs and veggies! We have collabarated with Paradigm Gardens who has been growing plants for the Hoofer Outing Club this spring. Swing by on May 2nd to grab a plant or two for FREEEEEEE in the Mendota Lodge. See you there!

Sea Kayak Lake Mendota - Evening on Thursday May 2

I will lead a sea kayak trip on Lake Mendota. Specifically, these are designed for those who have earned the SK0 rating, have passed the standard swim test, *and* have demonstrated all of the skills with me to earn the SK1 rating. The only remaining skill needed to earn the SK1 is to paddle distance. (Those with SK1 or higher ratings are also welcome.)

Sign Up: Sign up on the wait list. I wil make the final decision based on previous recent experience.

What? The focus of this trip will be to refine paddling skills, to paddle with some speed and distance, and to introduce a few navigation concepts. Every SK0 paddler who attends will have previously practiced rescues with me in the pool. We won't be practicing rescues on this trip. (Please Note: We will *not* be doing any intentional swimming.) I will lead up top 4 others. If another leader joins, we can open this up for others.

Clothing: Non-cotton synthetic layers (your own), wet suit (from the club), or dry suit (your own), paddling jackets (from the club), wool hats (your own), water shoes (your own), and helmet (from the club). Warm synthetic layers to change into afterwards (your own). Also bring a water bottle that floats and snacks in a dry bag.

Where: Meet at the Boathouse promptly at 6:15pm already dressed in your synthetic layers ready to proceed with final gear up and go.

Come swing by the Mendota Lounge to talk about all things sailing!

I'm holding (very informal) office hours for anyone and everyone to swing by and ask questions about the club in a more personal setting. If you cannot make it, e-mail me at commodore@hoofersailing.org to set up a different time.

Sea Kayak Lake Mendota - Afternoon on Friday May 3

I will lead a sea kayak trip on Lake Mendota. Specifically, these are designed for those who have earned the SK0 rating, have passed the standard swim test, *and* have demonstrated all of the skills with me to earn the SK1 rating. The only remaining skill needed to earn the SK1 is to paddle distance. (Those with SK1 or higher ratings are also welcome.)

Sign Up: Sign up on the wait list. I wil make the final decision based on previous recent experience.

What? The focus of this trip will be to refine paddling skills, to paddle with some speed and distance, and to introduce a few navigation concepts. Every SK0 paddler who attends will have previously practiced rescues with me in the pool. We won't be practicing rescues on this trip. (Please Note: We will *not* be doing any intentional swimming.) I will lead up top 4 others. If another leader joins, we can open this up for others.

Clothing: Non-cotton synthetic layers (your own), wet suit (from the club), or dry suit (your own), paddling jackets (from the club), wool hats (your own), water shoes (your own), and helmet (from the club). Warm synthetic layers to change into afterwards (your own). Also bring a water bottle that floats and snacks in a dry bag.

Where: Meet at the Boathouse promptly at 1:00pm already dressed in your synthetic layers ready to proceed with final gear up and go.

This is a joint trip offered in conjunction with the Sierra Club River Touring Section. You don't need to be a Sierra Club member to go on this trip.

Here is more information from the Sierra Club's website:

May 4-5:  Pine R.  Class l-ll;   Boat Camp.  Join us on our 43rd annual Pine River trip. We will address the many challenges facing this wild river as we go forward. Registration Contact/Leader: Gregg Riemer:  608-216-5803, dunord@sbcglobal.net. Co-leader: Rich Krieg: 920-660-3557, richkrieg@new.rr.com.

May 6-7:  Pine R. extension.  Class ll;  Boat Camp with portages.  Continue downstream from our traditional Pine River trip. Options to continue 1 or 2 days. See Meyers Falls, LaSalle Falls and Breakwater Falls. We will discuss the history and future of the Pine River Dam. Registration Contact/Leader: Gregg Riemer: 608-216-5803, dunord@sbcglobal.net. Co-leader: Rich Krieg: 920-660-3557, richkrieg@new.rr.com.

To go on this trip, you'll need to have an R-2p rating in an open canoe, although we may be able to accomodate a limited number of R-1s as long as we can pair you up with a more experienced paddler. The rapids we run aren't all that difficult, but they can be long. We will be camping along the river as we go, so we will have all our food and gear in the canoes with us. Since this is an early season trip, the water and air can be cold, so we need to be cautious as an a tip-over could be very unpleasant.

As you can see by the info above, in the Sierra Club's eyes, this trip is technically split into 2 trips. Historically, most people opt to do only the first 2 days in order to avoid the portages. But since I (Gregg Riemer) am leading both legs of the trip, I need to be there for all 4 days. As such, if you want to do only the first two days, you'll need to arrange your own transportation.

Since I'll be busy organizing and registering the Sierra Club people on this trip, I won't have time to lead all aspects of the Hoofer trip. I can be Hoofer river leader on the water, but I'm hoping somebody else can step up and organize food and equipment for the Hoofer contingent.

I've paddled many rivers and the Pine is one of my favorite rivers anywhere, so you don't want to miss this opportunity. This will be an excellent introduction to semi-wilderness canoe tripping and would be good practice for other trips I hope to lead in Canada later in the summer.

Update as of 4/24/2019: Since no Hoofers have signed up as of yet, I have headed north to do some paddling. Hoofers are still welcome on the Pine trip, but somebody else will need to take charge of food, equipment, and transportation.

Hello hello Hoofers,

This beautiful spring weather has gotten us excited to do some paddling!

Ever wondered what it’s like to carry a canoe on your head? Now’s your chance to try it out! Join us on an afternoon canoeing adventure out to Picnic Point. We’ll leave from the union and paddle as a group out to the peninsula. Once there, we’ll teach, demonstrate, and practice our portaging (canoe carrying!) skills and maybe do a relay race or two. After enjoying some yummy snacks we will paddle on back to the union.

To participate in this event you must have a canoe lake rating and have passed your swim test. Other than that, no other prior experience is necessary. If paddling and/or carrying canoes is new to you come learn and give it a try! If you are well versed in either/both come and help teach some fellow hoofers!

We will meet outside Mendota Lodge in the basement of Memorial Union at 3 pm on May 3^rd. I recommend coming in clothes you wouldn’t mind getting a bit wet and sturdy footwear you can carry some boats in.

Sign up on the event page. Thanks!

Laura and Ansley

Instructor: Paulina Guerra

It may be too cold for yoga out on the Terrace, but there are plenty of charming, newly-renovated indoor spaces right here Memorial Union! If you're looking for a deep breath and relaxation (or even just a study break), come join us at the Union and shake off that winter chill with a Winter Terrace Yoga class.

Indoor Yoga classes are $5/class. Online registration will remain open until start of class. For your own convenience, pre-registration (including mat rentals) is strongly encouraged. Drop-ins and on-site mat rentals are welcome as space and availability allows; please register with the instructor upon arrival. Cancellations can be made up to one hour before the start of class, and will result in credit with Outdoor UW (for another winter yoga class).

Drop-ins are welcome, and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Drop-ins can register and pay on site with credit or debit card (NO CASH) upon arrival. 

All participants must be 18 years or older to attend.

Things you will need to know:

• Check TITU screens around the Union for the location of your class.
• BYOYM (Bring Your Own Yoga Mat). We provide rental yoga mats ($2 per class).
• Classes capped at 15 participants
• To drop in to class or rent a mat on-site, please bring a credit or debit card.
• Props, such as blocks, are not provided or required for class, but you are welcome to bring along anything you use for your practice.
• Drop-in participants and all pre-registered participants can check in with the instructor at the class location.
• Wear comfortable clothing. 
• Bathrooms, showers, and lockers are available near the Outdoor UW Office (lockers are 25 cents so please bring a quarter)

We will meet in the limnology parking lot. We are looking for some early risers to help us get barricades setup.

Meet at the limnology parking lot at 6:30am. You will be responsible for signing in/out volunteers, as well as keeping track of work hours.

Meet at the lakefront in the limnology parking lot.

We need 2 crew on each shift to assist the designated motorboat drivers to help position the Keelboats after they are splashed into the water.  Towboats will then be needed to tow some of the boats to the Hoofer piers or out to their pins.  No experience required, but a motorboat rating would be a plus.

Meet in the limnology parking lot.

Assist in the initial rigging of the J/Fleet.   No experience necessary!  Each boat will need some crew to stay with them through the Lift-In process.  A variety of miscellaneous tasks will also be needed.  More directions will be given by the Instructor of this lesson.  Please sign up to help as this is the Club's BIG DAY.