Apart from exciting races, Zadar Outdoor Festival will offer you a very interesting educational program that will include great variety of workshops conducted by experts in sport, recreation and adventure.
Organizer: Mountaineering Association Paklenica’s sport climbing section
Sport climbing is a sport where the climber's own physical strength and skill are relied on to accomplish the climb. All technical means are used exclusively for protection against injury in case of a fall. It is well known that climbing has a number of positive effects: physical development and the development of motor skills (endurance, flexibility, coordination, balance); improves focus, improves confidence, favors addressing own fear of heights.
You could say that this sport has been entering its "mature" phase inrecent years – there has been an incredible increase of interest in sport, artificial rock halls are "emanating" everywhere, the number of professional sports climbers is growing, interest from sponsors and investors is growing rapidly, and, as a crown to everything, a decision has recently been made to enter the Olympic sports community at the next two Olympic Games inTokyo 2021 and Paris 2024.
During the one-day workshop we will introduce you to: history of sport climbing; relevant equipment and its proper use; climbing techniques - the use of hands and foots in moving upwards using different hand holds and foot holds; types of ascent; sports competitions; grading and descriptions of climbing routes and many other things. In the second part of the workshop, each participant will try to overcome several routes on the vertical medieval walls using only their hands and feet in a completely safe and controlled environment (so-called "top rope" climbing), belayed by competent instructors.
LANGUAGE: English / Croatian
WHAT TO BRING: Comfortable clothes
WHERE: Željina litica at the foot of the Mt St. Michael (transfer from Info Point organized)
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: limited (prior registration is required)
Suitable for anyone over 18 years of age
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Cost: Free
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Places: 12
Yoga is a practice where everyone is welcome. However old you are, what is your physical readiness, how flexible you are, it doesn't matter - you can practice yoga. The practice of yoga helps us relax the body, but also to turn our minds down and relax the mind. Through slow and gentle movements, we notice what is happening in the body, breathe deeply and release all tension.
LANGUAGE: Croatian/English
WHAT TO BRING: Comfortable clothes and a mat (you can use beach towel to replace mat)
Where: at Jardin, by main post office, na Mulu 18, Preko, island Ugljan
WHEN: Saturday 4 pm / Sunday 10 am
Cost: Free
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Places: 20
Do not miss the interesting lecture that we are organizing for you as part of the Zadar Outdoor Festival, which will be given to us by our fellow citizen with a Zagreb address, Goran Špaleta, kinesiologist and finalist of last year's Survivor.
The lecture includes three sections:
1. Work and getting out of the box
2. Life in the jungle - lessons learned outside the comfort zone
3. Future projects – Amazon
Goran Špaleta is a fitness coach and lecturer with rich knowledge and experience. After graduating from the Faculty of Kinesiology and earning a master's degree in kinesiology, he founded Coach4you - a company that mentors fitness trainers and provides individual and group training, and currently has over 50 trainers in 12 fitness centers in Croatia. He mentored and educated over 100 fitness trainers.
He is also the founder of Lion Lifestyle, which provides corporate fitness, consulting, lifestyle & health lectures and workshops, and preparing and delivering balanced meals to workplaces.
He is a leader and lecturer at the Institution Sports College, on the Fitness Coach Training Programme.
He has been actively rowing for more than 20 years and participates in numerous national and international competitions.
Wider public knows him as last year's finalist for the TV show "Survivor."
Cost: Free
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Places: 40
Women’s international basketball camp “BELECE” is a newly created project by friends Ana Vrsaljko and Anja Grgin Gikiewicz. Vrsaljko and Grgin Gikiewicz are basketball players with many years of experience gained playing for the best Croatian basketball clubs, performances for the Croatian national team and playing for foreign basketball clubs. The goal of the project is to provide children with a high level of training with fun and enjoyment. As part of the Zadar Outdoor Festival, Ana and Anja invite the kids to compete in three-pointers and free throws as a prelude to the story of their camp. Join us and have a good time!!
Cost: Free
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Places: 40
Yoga is a practice where everyone is welcome. However old you are, what is your physical readiness, how flexible you are, it doesn't matter - you can practice yoga. The practice of yoga helps us relax the body, but also to turn our minds down and relax the mind. Through slow and gentle movements, we notice what is happening in the body, breathe deeply and release all tension.
LANGUAGE: Croatian/English
WHAT TO BRING: Comfortable clothes and a mat (you can use beach towel to replace mat)
Where: Jardin, by main post office, na Mulu 18, Preko, island Ugljan
WHEN: Saturday 4 pm / Sunday 10 am
Cost: Free
Apply for an activity
Places: 20
