For paddlers seeking to refine technique, build confidence, and bridge the gap to intermediate courses this is your chance! Practice, Improve, and Prepare for BIGGER adventures!

Ready to level up your kayaking skills? Tumalo Creek’s Rapid Progression session is designed to help paddlers practice and refine techniques between beginner and intermediate whitewater courses. Held locally on the Deschutes River, right out our back door, and at the Bend Whitewater Park, this session offers the perfect opportunity to gain experience in a real-world setting.

Ideal for those who have completed our beginner courses or have basic whitewater skills, this session focuses on building confidence and proficiency to ensure you’re prepared for the challenges of intermediate kayaking. With small group sizes, our instructors provide personalized attention to help you progress at your own pace, whether you’re sharpening beginner fundamentals or tackling intermediate techniques.

Take the next step in your whitewater journey and make the most of Tumalo Creek’s progression opportunities!

Safety Notice

Paddlesports, water, and river activities involve inherent risks that cannot be eliminated and may result in serious injury or death. Participation may involve hazards including but not limited to; moving water, changing river conditions, weather, obstacles, uneven terrain, equipment failure, and other natural or man-made hazards. Conditions can change rapidly and without warning.

All participants are required to wear a properly fitted U.S. Coast Guard-approved personal flotation device (PFD) whenever on the water or whenever directed by a guide or instructor. Additional required safety equipment must be worn and used as instructed.

Our guides and instructors are trained to help manage risk and provide a more safe learning environment, but they cannot eliminate all risks or guarantee your safety. Even on guided trips, lessons, and camps, every participant is responsible for actively contributing to their own safety.

Participants are expected to:

• Listen to and follow all instructions from guides and instructors.
• Stay alert, make responsible decisions, and avoid unnecessary risks.
• Know and respect their own abilities and limits. Do not attempt skills or activities beyond your experience or comfort level.
• Immediately inform your guide or instructor if you are uncomfortable, become fatigued, are unable to perform a skill safely, or observe a potential hazard.
• Work together with guides and fellow participants to help maintain a safe environment.

Parents and guardians are responsible for ensuring that minor participants understand and follow all safety instructions.

By participating in our programs—including whitewater kayaking, rafting, stand-up paddleboarding (SUP), canoeing, kayak sailing, flatwater paddling, youth camps, multi-activity paddlesports camps, and other paddlesports activities—you acknowledge the inherent risks associated with these activities and accept responsibility for your own actions and participation.