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Riverboarding Lessons (Updated November 25, 2011)

Get Wet - Ride a RipBoard

2012 Lessons are available as soon as the runoff and snowmelt bring water levels up to 250 cfs. The Season should be a great one as the early mountain snowfalls have already started. Best estimate for 2012 season start is May 28, 2012. Lesson rates are $125 per adult, $85 per student (id required), & $75 per child (age 16 and under) for a 4 hour session and $65 for a 2 hour session for all ages 16+ and $55 for ages 16 and under. All you need for this whitewater adventure are a swimsuit, towel, a go for it attitude, and in shape! View riverboarding lesson pics held at the Clear Creek Whitewater Park in Golden, Colorado. We meet at Parfet Park, located at the SE corner of 10th & Washington, turn East on 10th and go 1/2 block turn South into parking lot (Jackson St.). Reservation deposit of $25 required please call (303) 321-1335 in Colorado or toll free: 1.866.311.2627 outside Colorado. Credit cards accepted.

Lesson Schedule & times: 2012 season Memorial Day - August 5, 2012 (water levels vary each year so check back as Summer approaches and specific dates will be posted)

Participants must be at least 12 yrs old, know how to swim and be physically fit. Lessons include all the necessary gear: helmet, pfd, wetsuit, riverboard, fins, booties and knee pads.

Clear Creek, Golden, CO 2011 RipBoarding Lesson Pics- Schindels, Sabers & Guthries

 

More riverboarding pics of RipBoard students from Clear Creek whitewater park.

RipBoard's lesson begins with a dryland safety review including a basic introduction to whitewater. A demonstration of the proper position and steering techniques is covered with students practicing during the dryland demo. A question and answer period follows along with an introduction to the park's rapids and features. Once completed - the hard part begins - putting on a wetsuit!

RipBoard has a wide range of wetsuits and will ask for sizes (height, weight, and shoe size) when taking a reservation so equipment fits. Restrooms and changing facilities are available at the park. Total time for safety review, dryland demo, and changing into gear is normally 45 minutes. Once done, the fun starts - a refreshing dip in the cool water (oooooh!! hahhhhh!!) Students practice the basic steering and balancing techniques until all have mastered them. Most groups take 20 minutes to complete this easy learning curve with assistance.

With an instructor in front, students (must be physically fit and at least 12 yrs old) follow one behind the other as the group descends the rapids. Larger groups will have a second instructor trail behind the students to offer help for any who need it. Now you're riverboarding!

The 10 Class II-II+ whitewater rapids are spread out along a mile section of Clear Creek. A riverboarding lesson includes as many trips down the entire course of rapids as possible during the 3 1/2 hour time period. Each trip the guide will teach specific whitewater skills; most learn to surf by end of lesson. Advanced groups and repeat customers may have the opportunity to ride more difficult rapids as water levels allow.

As listed in Frommer's Vacation Guide to Colorado and Denver under things to do, riverboarding is easier than kayaking and more fun than rafting, within a half hour of donwtown Denver. What better way to spend a Summer day in Colorado? Get wet, ride a RipBoard

 

 

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