The u-Rippa is the first of its kind to provide a practical environment for empowering kids with real life skills for coping in dangerous water currents.We are teaching kids:1. How to think and control their emotions in high-stress situations (Panic is the leading cause of drowning deaths worldwide).2. To recognise the limits of their abilities in dangerous waterways (Over-confidence is too often overlooked as a real issue in drowning accidents).3. Stronger and more realistic skills for the environments in which the will be needed