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Our "Level 2 Intermediate Lesson Package" is designed for intermediate paddlers who want to learn advanced skills. Participants should have a reliable roll and their own equipment.


Level 2 Intermediate Lesson Package

Trying to breakthrough to the next level of whitewater kayaking? This package will help you transition into a higher performance kayak, teach you how to surf waves and play in other river features, add some new rolls to your toolbox, plus teach you practical whitewater safety and rescue skills. Our patient instructors use a methodical teaching progression to help you build confidence and learn new moves faster. As a package student, you?ll get four courses and free weekly "Level 2" practice clinics, all with learn-at-your-own-pace scheduling that you can stretch out over two years.
$425 | Details...

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1 person=20%, 2=25% off, 3=30% off!

Advanced Rolling

A "bombproof" roll in a planing hull kayak or playboat requires a modified sweep technique as seen in the video "The Kayak Roll." Our top instructors will help you transition from the C-to-C to this specific technique in a planing hull kayak. You may even learn the "dry head" and hand rolls too! Expect three INTENSE hours of rolling instruction.
$125 | Details...

Wave Surfing

This four-hour course is INTENSE and focused on wave surfing skills development. Learn wave anatomy and start practicing with jet ferries from both directions. Mastering the jet ferry technique will help you learn to establish a good front surf quickly. Once a front surf is established, we'll move on to side surfing and back surfing. You may even do a 360! Watch your edges!
$125 | Details...

Playboating

Another intense four-hour course, this time focused on playboating fundamentals. Even though playboating moves look complex and intimidating, they are all performed using different combinations of torso rotation and edging. Learn how to do pivot turns, stern squirts on an eddy line, "winding up" your bow, rodeo bowls, and maybe even cartwheels!
$125 | Details...

Whitewater Self Defense

PRACTICAL whitewater safety and rescue skills are a must! Our five-hour Whitewater Self Defense class is unlike any typical swiftwater rescue course. You won't learn the Z-drag or how to unpin a canoe, but you will learn how to apply your paddling skills (and common sense) in real boat-based rescue scenarios. Towing a swimmer, collecting gear from a rapid, and working in teams to manage multiple swimmers are just a few of the scenarios you'll practice. Of course, we'll cover swimming a rapid, deploying a rope, and how to dress for cold water, too!
$125 | Details...

Be Prepared!

Below are some products that we frequently recom-mend to our intermediate whitewater students. Have a look, and if there's anything else you need to make sure you're ready for your sessions on the water, we've got a ton of gear over in our online store! Check it out!

Werner Carbon Player
 194 R30
$304.00 (blem)

Astral Willis
 $148.95

Astral Bella
 $156.95



IR Shockwave
 $97.50

Sweet Strutter
 $219.00




Gift Cards
 $25 to $500

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New Dagger Playboats, Jackson Kayaks, Wavesport Kayaks, and Liquid Logic Kayaks or Playboats require intermediate kayaking skill tips that you can learn from a qualified American Canoe Association Kayak Instructor. If you want to learn how to loop a kayak, you have to learn how to bow stall a kayak first. If you want to learn how to spin a kayak on a wave, you have to make sure you have good sweep strokes that use your torso muscles. These kayak playboating tips take a long time to master and kayak rolling and playboating videos or DVDs can't give you the feedback a really good instructor can. The Potomac River near Washington DC has really great whitewater rapids for park and play. In fact there is always a river feature available to learn on thanks to the volume of water in the Potomac River Gorge. A sweet level for playboating at the Virginia Chute and Maryland Chute on the Potomac is 3.7 on the Little Falls Gauge. 5.7 is sweet too for Center Chute. DC is a paradise for park and play whitewater playboaters. Welcome! You'll make lots of new friends!