Sup Kids Haarlem Rules and Regulations

Sup Kids Haarlem is a training group of the Haarlemse Kano Vereniging (HKV), aimed at enabling children to practice stand-up paddleboarding as a sport. Training is provided by volunteers. Participants pay a contribution for the use of equipment and the maintenance of HKV facilities. These regulations are intended to ensure training sessions run safely and fairly. By participating in Sup Kids Haarlem, participants and their parents/guardians agree to these regulations.

1. HKV runs entirely on volunteers. To make activities like Sup Kids Haarlem possible, participants or their parents are expected to help with HKV activities when asked. Without this collective effort, HKV and Sup Kids Haarlem cannot exist. Providing this contribution is therefore a condition for participation in Sup Kids Haarlem.
2. You can participate after your registration has been reviewed and approved. Filling out the sign-up form is not a confirmation of participation.
3. All communication about Sup Kids Haarlem training takes place via Spond.com. You will be added to our Spond group after a completed registration form has been approved.
4. Spond is available as an app on your smartphone, or via a web browser and requires an account for the service. When a family has multiple children joining the training, each child will be individually registered with Spond. For each child, Spond can register up to two parents or guardians who are able to register the child for events. seperately
5. Spond sends a weekly announcement for training events. Registered parents or participants can register there. If multiple children participate, each has to be registered invidually.
6. A spond event can list a maximum number of particpants. Once that limit has been reached, additional registrations are automatically placed on a waiting list that is managed by Spond. No individual trading of swapping of registrations is a allowed.
7. Registration is possible until the time that is listed in the Spond event.
8. If you are unable to participate after registering, please cancel your registration as soon as possible. This allows another participant to use the spot. If you fail to show up or if you show up after the training has started, we consider this wasting a spot in the training. Moving forward, you will only receive an invitation for the training after the regular attendees have had an opportunity to register.
9. Training starts at the listed time. Once the training has started, you are no longer able to join the session. This is done to avoid disrupting the group.
10. Our Sup Kids training is open to members of the Haarlemse Kano Vereniging with a Sup Kids membership, or after payment of a fee per session. If you qualify for the HaarlemPas, membership dues can possibly be paid for by the Jeugdfonds Sport & Cultuur.
11. If you opt to pay per training session, payment for the first session is due when you register.
12. When weather conditions make it impossible to conduct training responsibly, the trainer will adjust or cancel the training. This will be communicated in the WhatsApp group.
13. Participants must handle the provided equipment carefully. Damage resulting from intentional or reckless behavior may be charged to the participant or their parents.
14. We paddle on open water, which carries different risks than a controlled environment like a swimming pool. Participants must therefore follow (safety) instructions immediately, and participants must behave in such a way that they do not pose a danger to themselves or their surroundings. If a participant repeatedly creates dangerous situations, further participation in training may be denied.
15. The trainer's decisions regarding safety, group division, and participation in training are binding.
16. Toilet visits are only possible before or after training. If a participant needs to use the toilet during training, it will not be possible to return to the training afterward. Also keep in mind that social safety rules stipulate that the trainer cannot accompany children to the toilet.
17. Parents may watch the training. The trainer is responsible for the safety and execution of the training. Do not interrupt the training to, for example, offer your child food or drinks, or to provide different clothing. Encouragement and motivation are fine, but do not disrupt the training.
18. Paddleboarding is a water sport. It is therefore possible that participants may fall in the water. Be prepared for this by bringing dry clothing and a towel.
19. We strongly advise against telling your child not to fall in the water (however understandable it may be that you don't want to deal with changing clothes afterward). This often backfires: the child can no longer paddle freely, which means they cannot perform exercises properly and cannot fully participate in the training.
20. Participation requires Dutch Swimming Diplomas A and B, issued in accordance with the standards of the "Nationale Raad Zwemveiligheid" (Dutch National Council for Swimming Safety). In individual cases, we may deviate from this. This is primarily intended for children who moved to the Netherlands at a later age. Participation without zwemdiploma A & B may be considered:
    1. when the child has an A certificate and wears a life vest with a buoyancy of at least 50N during training (available as a free loan from HKV);
    2. when the child has a certificate of swimming proficiency issued by an independent expert such as a swimming school.
    No other exceptions will be accepted. Please refrain from pressuring the trainer to compromise safety standards.