Otter Bar Lodge Kayak School | Forks of Salmon, California | 530.462.4772

Kayak Programs > Special Programs > Playboating & Advanced River Skills Program

Play Boat with the Pros!

Playboating the Salmon River. ©scotthardingphoto.com

Otter Bar offers two one-week kayak courses designed to improve your playboating and advanced river running skills. We will get you going with the latest moves and techniques. Offered as a special emphasis option during our Advanced/Intermediate classes, this course is a fast track intended to maximize the fun factor. Even better, these classes receive a special early season discount of 15%!

The Salmon River is a playground for kayakers, a clear stream full of surf waves, holes, ledges, and eddy lines that offer unlimited play potential. Pure class fun! The Salmon River hosts some of the best playspots on the West Coast--including some that are truly world class! Due to the remote location, there is very little river traffic, often times leaving us with the entire river to ourselves.

The skills taught depend upon the needs and desires of the students and include dynamic surfing, balance and control in holes, flat spinning, cartwheeling, stern squirts, blunts, pan-ams, and more. We will help you maximize the potential of the new generation of planing hull kayaks. See the schedule for dates and prices.

Playboating the Salmon River. ©scotthardingphoto.comWe ask that you bring your boat of choice but we always give you the ability to try out our latest models from Dagger, Wave Sport, LiquidLogic, and Pyranha. (Please let us know if you will be flying in and need to borrow a boat.  There is no additional charge for this service.)

At our Play Boating class you'll get the skills you need to make your freestyle paddling easier, more dynamic, and more fun than ever before.

top of page
home • kayak programs • about us • schedule & prices • sign up • closer look • contact us • site map
Otter Bar Lodge Kayak School  |  14026 Salmon River Road  |  Forks of Salmon, California  |  96031
phone: 530.462.4772  |  fax: 530.462.4788  |
©2008 Otter Bar Lodge, Inc.  |  Site & photos by Scott Harding