Kayak School- Intro to Playboating

1st Departure:	12.06.2008
Provider:	Expediciones Chile
Destination:	Central and South America > Chile
Duration:	7 days
Skill Level:	Expert
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Whitewater kayak lessons and instruction based out of their native wood lodge in the remote world famous Futaleufu river valley in Patagonia, Chile. Their Patagonia South Kayak School was founded by Olympic paddler and internationally acclaimed kayak instructor, Chris Spelius. Whether you want to learn to roll a kayak, or sharpen your paddling skills you will receive world-class instruction from their experienced team of instructors in a setting that is beyond your imagination.

Southern Chile is a kayak surfing paradise. Expediciones Chile developed this course specifically to take advantage of the "Big Water" surfing features available to them on the Futaleufu River and its tributaries. They have the perfect teaching wave a short walk from their paddling school lodge and a great play hole at their exotic kayak school river camp. In this course you will learn the best strategies to enter and exit surfing waves, learn the basics of front surfing, back surfing, linking and spinning on waves. In hydraulics: the principles of safe side-surfing, exiting and entering, blasting and maneuvering. The instructors will emphasize stern squirting and some of the preliminary moves necessary to go vertical on an eddy line. The techniques and strokes taught in this course are on the latest cutting edge of paddling instructional theory. The focus is on your learning and your fun.

Expediciones Chile invites you to come explore what they call "the best kept secret of Patagonia," a magical place where hundreds of glacial lakes are connected by thousands of kilometers of pristine rivers, all flowing through the dramatic Andean Mountain range. Be enchanted by its natural rhythms, where condors soar in southern thermals high above turquoise rapids thundering through rarely explored granite canyons. Futaleufu means "great great river" in Chile's native Mapuche language and its power has made it one of the most coveted whitewater kayaking destinations in the world.

Intro to Playboating