Private One-on-One and Small Group Instruction
Choose from three different levels of group classes with established curriculum or a private lesson specifically tailored to your paddling goals:
GROUP CLASS – BEGINNER: ideal for folks confident SUPing lakes or ocean; no river experience required. Topics covered include river features and hazards; equipment; stances and strokes; self-rescue; river signals; beginner movement skills (upriver and downriver ferry, running easy rapids, catching eddies). Difficulty: Class I to II
GROUP CLASS – INTERMEDIATE: ideal for SUPers who also have experience SUPing whitewater. Topics covered include an assessment/review of beginner river SUP skills; intermediate movement skills (peel out, eddy turn, C turn, S-turn, eddy hopping, punching through waves/holes); scouting; river surfing; tactics for running class II rapids on a SUP. Difficulty: up to Class II+
GROUP CLASS – ADVANCED: ideal for river SUPers comfortable in Class II whitewater and who want to progress to Class III. Topics covered include an assessment/review of beginner and intermediate river SUP skills; tactics for running class III rapids on a SUP. Difficulty: up to Class III
PRIVATE LESSON: ideal for SUPers who want an individualized learning experience. Topics will be customized based on agreed upon goals. Difficulty: tailored to paddler(s) ability.
- One-on-One Instruction | South Fork American River | Lotus, CA
- Small Group Instruction | South Fork American River | Lotus, CA
All Prices are per person and subject to an 8% Government Use and Service Fee.
In association with The River SUP Guy – offering river Stand-Up Paddleboarding (SUP) instruction in Northern California and guided river trips in exotic destinations worldwide.
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