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Learn to: Whitewater Kayak
May 1 @ 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Learn to Whitewater Kayak with Outdoor Chattanooga’s Rapid Learning Whitewater Program.
Learn to whitewater kayak and practice your roll with Outdoor Chattanooga’s Rapid Learning Whitewater Program. Rapid Learning provides formal kayak instruction, including all the equipment, for beginning and novice kayakers with the goal teach you how to safely and comfortably paddle up to class III whitewater. Outdoor Chattanooga has been teaching the Rapid Learning Whitewater Kayak program for almost 30 years, teaching people to paddle and building community. Our instructors have years of experience teaching and are nationally certified.
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During the warmer months beginning mid- May, classes are held weekly on Wednesdays at Hamilton County’s Chester Frost Park on the Chickamauga Lake in Hixson, TN. There are 2 sessions from 6pm to 7pm or enjoy our 2nd sessions from 7pm to 8pm.
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Start any time with a FREE first class, learn the essential skills and safe paddling techniques in the calm waters of the lake or pool. Continue your instruction in the regularly offered classes which builds upon previously learned skills and at a pace according to comfort level. Instruction is provided within a group setting with an emphasis on proper equipment and gear fit, skill-building, goal-setting, and safety.
Click here today to sign up – your first class is FREE.
If it is your first Learn to Whitewater Kayak, Please arrive 15 minutes early.
Instructional Blocks
The instructional blocks are good for one season – either summer or winter. Individual instructional blocks are $75. The family instructional block is for $125/season. If you would like to sign up your family, please call us.
Please Note
– If you are bringing your own kayak, it must be CLEAN (no dirt/leaves/debris/spiderwebs)
– Rapid Learning Members age 18 and under must have a signed release form from their parent or legal guardian and be accompanied by an adult.
Philip Grymes Outdoor Chattanooga Center
200 River Street, Chattanooga, TN
For questions or more information call Outdoor Chattanooga at (423) 643-6888 or email us at info@outdoorchattanooga.com.
*PLEASE NOTE* We changed our registration system on 3/4/2024 to a new software called Xplor Recreation. Even if you have participated in our programs in the past, you will have to make a new account and sign the waiver. If you need any assistance, check out this guide.