Paddling in Oulu – Short introduction to OSM
Introduction and membership
Here is a short introduction of Oulun Seudun Melojat (OSM) in english. Our club offers equipment for all kind of kayaking, whitewater, river running, river touring and sea touring. Best of all, you can find good company for all kind of kayaking trips.
The spring season starts normally at the early May or as soon as the sea and local rivers become free from ice. During the summer we organize paddling activities to local destinations as well as longer trips in Finland and Sweden. More information about our activities can be found by following our Facebook page. Indoor swimming pool training is available for club members during the winter season in Raatti.
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With your membership in Oulun Seudun Melojat, everything is included in the membership fee. You can borrow the club’s kayaks and paddling equipment and take part in all club activities – with no separate joining fees or additional charges.
During the winter season, a weekly swimming hall session is also included.
How to borrow kayak
Our club has two locations for kayaks. See the locations on Finnish page. Nokkalan vaja has all kind of kayaks for river and lake paddling. It also has lot of different kind of whitewater kayaks for playboating and river running. Mustasaaren kontti contains sea kayaks. We borrow kayaks only for our own club members.
Oulun Seudun Melojat uses an electronic kayak reservation calendar. You can find the kayaks for both the Nokkala shed and the Mustasalmi container in the same reservation calendar. The electronic reservation calendar is open from the beginning of April until the end of October. If you paddle outside of this time, please send information about your loan to the club’s email address. The paper logbooks were discontinued in 2023.
You can make short hourly reservations or longer day reservations. The maximum reservation period is 4 days.
For more information send email to kysy(at)osm.fi.