Playboating Clinics
   
   
   

Dates: May 17th, and June 7-8, 2008
(the June 7-8 clinic will be held on the Wenatchee River, water levels permitting)

Requirements: Reliable Combat Roll, comfortable river-running on class III water, beginning play-boating skills

Cost: $85/day (lunches and all necessary equipment provided)

Rivers: Middle White Salmon, Lower White Salmon, Beavertail or Trestle Hole on the Deschutes, Wenatchee River; all locations depending upon water levels.

 

     
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Are you comfortable running the rapids on your local rivers and ready to begin "playing" the river features you used to avoid? Then get out on the water with a Wet Planet play clinic and learn to paddle in the 3rd dimension.

In this clinic we'll use multiple river features, as well as flatwater, to develop an understanding of how you can harness the water's power and the way it interacts with your boat to practice numerous play-boat maneuvers. We'll start off by working on correct posture and edge control, as well as some of the fundamental skills used when play-boating (such as surfing, stern squirts, and the double pump). Next, we'll spend time on the water practicing and developing more advanced play maneuvers: surfing forwards and backwards, spinning on waves, the cartwheel, bow and stern stalls, wave wheels, and kick flips. Whatever your interest, our instructors can break down the moves and help you develop the techniques needed to get you playing the river.

Learn the basics of play-boating with a Wet Planet Playboat clinic and take your
paddling skills to the next level!

The course is led by Wet Planet Instructor Andy Round, former pro-rodeo paddler and member of the British freestyle team.

   
   
     
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