Sport and educational project of Outdoor Activities through workshops and lecture Project Name; „Flare into Thin Air „

Sport and educational project of Outdoor Activities through workshops and lectures

Project Name; „Flare into Thin Air „

We are newly established society for sports and recreation „Footloose “founded this year in Duga Resa, Croatia. We want to bring people closer to the importance of recreational sports and recreation trough several different types of outdoor workshops with the aim to raise awareness of the importance of physical activity that contributes to the overall health of the population. The activities that we would carry out can help mental and physical health of the individual. We want to encourage people to turn to nature and fresh air as the right choice to boost immunity. Sport activities that are taking place in the air, in beautiful environment, respecting all epidemiological measures, contribute to the psychological health of the individual and reduce the possibilities of disease.

The best way to survive the infection is outdoor activities.

The workshops are conducted under the expert guidance of an instructor, a Master of Science in Kinesiology.

Lectures on hiking and cycling and their adventure ventures would be conducted by eminent Croatian outdoor athletes.

We are to conduct following workshops: hiking, trail and trakking, cycling and stand up paddling

In detail;

• Mountaineering (hiking) workshop – Our goal is to make the public aware of the importance of hiking and introduce people to the need to be, and stay in, and with the nature. Through workshops, documentation and footage of our hills and mountains adventures, we would like to encourage less active citizens to join us. Trough workshops, we are organizing hiking trips, being and socializing in and with the nature, as well as various nature coping workshops.

We educate how to move and walk safely on mounting trails, how to behave in nature, and at the same time we document and record the natural wonders and curiosities of different parts of Croatia that is overfilled with natural beauty. We want to create the habit of staying in nature and introduce applicants to the interesting flora and fauna and even so, to variety of cultural and historical sights.

• Cycling workshop – We invite interested participants to promote cycling as a form of transportation. Presenting road biking as well as mounting biking tours. We want to get people closer to the basics of cycling, how to behave, react and drive. Our mission is development and popularization of road and mountain biking in Karlovac County as well as whole Croatia. We are dealing with organizing educational trips and excursions, and recording of promotional photos and videos. The workshop is designed to encourage sports and healthy lifestyle, care for the preservation of nature and the environment in whole with special emphasis on protection and safety of all drivers.
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• Stand up paddling / SUP workshop – for stand up paddling you only need a board, paddle and a sense of good balance. With this workshop we want to bring closer how simple and fun sport activity this is. All muscle groups work on the board; abdominal, arms and even chest. Trough the SUP workshop, the equipment is provided, as well as expert guidance of the instructor.*all of the above mentioned workshops would be held throughout the year except the stand up paddling which is scheduled for the summer months.

All the workshops mentioned require equipment in a form of GO-PRO camera and DRON aircraft to record and implement the desired programe.

Our activities recorded with photographs and documented short video clips would be shown to the general public trough our social networks, thus encouraging people to contunie engaging in outdoor sports activities and all the benefits that such lifestyle brings to the individual and society as a whole.