Hi,

I live in NJ (near NYC) and am looking for beginning Whitewater Kayak
instruction for my wife and I.

I have found the following schools reasonably close to us:

Northeast PA School, www.kayakschool.com , $219/2 day

Extreme Adventure Travel, www.extremeadventuretravel.com, $180/2day

Whitewater Challengers, www.whitewaterchallengers.com, $159/2 day

Does anyone have any recommendations or experience with any of these
schools? Extreme Adventure Travel seems to be the only one of these to
also offer intermediate courses.
Should this be a factor in case we want to pursue kayaking further?
I appreciate any advice.
Thanks

Sal

Hey there Sal,

Best way is hook up with local clubs. Ours offers beginners through
advanced level II all for the price of club membership. Advanced level II is
by invitation only. I am not familiar with those schools, but there are some
fine ones out there, I still feel clubs are a greart way to get started,
you usually keep in contact with others on your level, in your class, have
people to advance with, etc.
Mike
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Hi,

I live in NJ (near NYC) and am looking for beginning Whitewater Kayak
instruction for my wife and I.

I have found the following schools reasonably close to us:

Northeast PA School, www.kayakschool.com , $219/2 day

Extreme Adventure Travel, www.extremeadventuretravel.com, $180/2day

Whitewater Challengers, www.whitewaterchallengers.com, $159/2 day

Does anyone have any recommendations or experience with any of these
schools? Extreme Adventure Travel seems to be the only one of these to
also offer intermediate courses.
Should this be a factor in case we want to pursue kayaking further?
I appreciate any advice.
Thanks

Sal

Grip wrote:
Hi,

I live in NJ (near NYC) and am looking for beginning Whitewater Kayak
instruction for my wife and I.

I have found the following schools reasonably close to us:

Northeast PA School, www.kayakschool.com , $219/2 day

Extreme Adventure Travel, www.extremeadventuretravel.com, $180/2day

Whitewater Challengers, www.whitewaterchallengers.com, $159/2 day

Does anyone have any recommendations or experience with any of these
schools? Extreme Adventure Travel seems to be the only one of these to
also offer intermediate courses.
Should this be a factor in case we want to pursue kayaking further?
I appreciate any advice.
Thanks

Sal

You might check out Zoar Outdoor at http://www.zoaroutdoor.com/. I'm
thinking about taking a coarse from them soon. I feel fortunate to work
at a college with a very active outdoor program and often get advise
from them.

- Daniel

Here's another possibility: http://www.riversportonline.com/

wrote:
Hi,

I live in NJ (near NYC) and am looking for beginning Whitewater Kayak
instruction for my wife and I.

I have found the following schools reasonably close to us:

Northeast PA School, www.kayakschool.com , $219/2 day

Extreme Adventure Travel, www.extremeadventuretravel.com, $180/2day

Whitewater Challengers, www.whitewaterchallengers.com, $159/2 day

Does anyone have any recommendations or experience with any of these
schools? Extreme Adventure Travel seems to be the only one of these to
also offer intermediate courses.
Should this be a factor in case we want to pursue kayaking further?
I appreciate any advice.
Thanks

Sal



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Steve Cramer
Athens, GA

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Daniel Blakeley wrote:

You might check out Zoar Outdoor at http://www.zoaroutdoor.com/. I'm
thinking about taking a coarse from them soon. I feel fortunate to work
at a college with a very active outdoor program and often get advise
from them.

- Daniel

I'd also check out the NY/NJ chapter of the AMC. They offer a lot of
different courses.

http://www.amc-ny.org/rec_actv/canoe/ckcorsed.html

Speaking of Zoar, I ran the gap successfully for the first time on
Saturday (OC2, bow paddler). I've been so psyched ever since--it was
exhilarating! We took the river left route, for those of you who know
the rapid...

Deb R.

Hi Sal,

I would suggest you join the Kayak & Canoe Club of New York (KCCNY)

http://www.kccny.com/

They are a great bunch of folks that have been around for a long time.

They have many local trips that are geared towards the beginner.

Hope this helps...

Spart

wrote:
Hi,

I live in NJ (near NYC) and am looking for beginning Whitewater Kayak
instruction for my wife and I.

I have found the following schools reasonably close to us:

Northeast PA School, www.kayakschool.com , $219/2 day

Extreme Adventure Travel, www.extremeadventuretravel.com, $180/2day

Whitewater Challengers, www.whitewaterchallengers.com, $159/2 day

Does anyone have any recommendations or experience with any of these
schools? Extreme Adventure Travel seems to be the only one of these to
also offer intermediate courses.
Should this be a factor in case we want to pursue kayaking further?
I appreciate any advice.
Thanks

Sal

Whitewater Challengers have been around for a while. Never heard of
the other 2 schools.