
Learn the fundamental skills to start kayaking, and fall in love with this legendary outdoor activity!
Learn the fundamental skills to start kayaking, and fall in love with this legendary outdoor activity!
Enjoy this fun and educational course, teaching you the basic skills you need to start enjoying kayaking in a safe and positive way.
On the first day, you will learn about the equipment necessary for kayaking and how to select the proper equipment and boat for you. You will then spend time in the pool learning the basics of safe boat exit and practicing the fundamentals for the Eskimo roll progression. After the pool session, you're off to the lake to work on the basics of kayak handling and maneuvering.
The second day of the course is spent on one of the rivers of the Columbia River Gorge developing fundamental paddling skills. Progressing from slow moving water to class II whitewater, you'll practice basic boat handling, eddy-turns and peel-outs, ferrying, water reading, self-rescue techniques, and safe paddling techniques.
After this 2-day course, you should possess the basic knowledge and skills necessary to get to the next level.
May - September:
Class Start Days - Monday, Wednesday & Saturday - 2 Day Course
**Classes begin on either Monday, Wednesday, or Saturday with the second day being the immediate next day. For example, if you choose a Monday start day, your second day will be the next day, which is Tuesday.
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For this experience, our partners are taking extra measures to help prevent any potential spread of COVID-19. Our partners will be pre screening all guides prior to each trips. Any guide with a temperature of 100.4 or showing any symptoms will be sent home immediately. All group sizes have been reduced to promote space for social distancing. Our partners require all guides and participants to wear a mask during your experience and to frequently sanitize or wash your hands. All commonly touched surfaces such as restrooms, facilities, and vehicles will be disinfected frequently and gear will be washed and sanitized after every tour. Our partners kindly request that those who are feeling symptomatic or have traveled to a high-risk area to reschedule your experience. These Covid-19 safety measures are subject to change.
You will need a bathing suit or shorts to wear under the wetsuit, and that's it! They provide all the equipment you will need for your trip (at no charge), including wet suits, paddle jackets and fleece, booties, personal flotation devices, helmets and paddles. All you need to do is show up for the trip, and they will take care of the rest.
Typically, kayaking takes a higher level of physical fitness than rafting. This is due to the fact that you are individually responsible for making the kayak move and aren't able to rely on other people in your boat to assist you. Like any sport, you don't need to be a professional athlete to enjoy kayaking. Even more important than physical fitness is a positive, adventurous attitude.
The Kayak Roll (often referred to as an "Eskimo Roll") is the act of rolling a capsized kayak right side up by using your body and paddle. While many people think that rolling is the trick to learning to kayak, they feel that learning to stay right side up in the first place is the trick to learning to kayak. They do work on the roll during the kayak course, but the real emphasis in the course is learning to control your boat so that you can paddle efficiently in a river environment.
Whitewater paddling is thrilling, exciting, wet and wild and unbelieveably fun. However, as in all outdoor adventure sports, there is an inherent risk involved. Injuries are rare, but they can happen on any trip. From the staff training, to the rivers they select, to the equipment they use, there are minimal risks because safety is their priority.
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