Summer Sessions
Summer Sessions at World Class are a great way to improve kayaking skills while gaining exposure to new rivers, places and people. Many students use our summer sessions as an intro to our semester based program. Summer sessions provide excellent one-on-one instruction in a variety of skills including freestyle, river-running, rolling (advanced and beginner), basic technique, river safety, and reading water. Group dynamics and teamwork play a huge part in our program and personal leadership and responsibility goals are clearly made at the beginning of each summer session. Just like our academic program, summer sessions stress the importance of "team" and we strive to create a positive environment in which everyone is working towards their specific goals. This summer World Class will be offering two different summer courses. The Colorado Tour will be more focused on freestyle paddling while our Columbia River Gorge course will focus more on river-running improving basic skills. Please look at the specific programs to find one that will best suit you.
The Colorado Tour (June 14-26) is an old-fashioned road trip through one of the best whitewater states during the peak run-off. An emphasis will be put on freestyle kayaking both basics and advanced depending on current skill level. Students will get to attend FIBARK, one of the longest running kayak festivals in the states. This session is open for beginner to advanced and coaches will work with students on an individual basis in order to achieve personal goals. Rivers will include several world-famous play-parks throughout the state as well as some of the Colorado's best river sections.
The Columbia River Gorge: Oregon and Washington (July 1-10) This course is a great way to improve and learn river running and freestyle skills. Students will start out at World Class headquarters in Trout Lake, WA on the White Salmon River before heading to the Pacific coast and other playspots in the Cascade Mountain Range. This is a great course to use as a skill builder for our semester program.
Please see click on "Summer Programs" for more details on these courses.