Central Oregon, USA

Welcome to the Central Oregon Region, USA

Central Oregon has an abundance of water. Each of the many rivers has its own personality and can cater to a wide range of paddling abilities. One nice aspect to boating in Central Oregon is that you can paddle year-round. In fact, many locals believe winter to be “kayak season”. There are a few massive play-spots that can be found within an hour of Bend. Creeking in Oregon has become a norm alongside river running and playboating. Many of our forested creeks provide a high level of challenge as well as scenery that is world class. Furthermore, for the flood-lusters of the world, our rivers tend to be too small for the amount of water they receive, which is a nice recipe to get that big-water feel. Regardless of how you “roll” Central Oregon can provide you with amazing paddling.

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Regional Rivers

River descriptions coming soon...

Central Oregons Kayak Resources
Here are some great paddling resources in Oregon

Regional Paddling News

Illegal Playspots Being Destroyed

Many of the Central Oregon boaters turn to the canals to playboat in the summer.


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Bend's First Whitewater Kayak School

Bend's first whitewater kayaking school opens in June of 2009.


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Bend's Proposed Whitewater Park-

Central Oregon paddlers have long wished for shorter drive times to go playboating.


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National Paddling News

    World Surf Championships, Portugal

    Aug 03 09 - Follow the link on over to great coverage of the worlds.


    Win a Jackson Kayak and get a great education at the same time!

    Jun 22 09 - High School Kayakers You can Apply To win a free Jackson Kayak sponsored by New River Academy.


    Getting to know Trevor Clark

    Jun 12 09 - Over the course of my life as a kayaker there have been a few notable photographers that have provided the imagery for our sport. Jock Bradley and Paul Villecourt are the two that stand out in my mind. Last year at the Reno River Festival I was introduced to Trevor Clark. He was kind enough to shoot one of our World Kayak hometown throwdowns. Needles to say I was impressed with the images he captured. Over the course of last season the quality of the images that Trevor continued to generate did not disappoint. Not only is Trevor an extremely accomplished photographer but he is an extremely good boater as well.


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Take the WK Paddler’s Survey! A recent blog post by: James McBeath

World Kayak is in the mode of learning from the experience of others in efforts to identify the front lines of this sport’s growth.  To effectively review the state of our industry, we are inviting all whitewater paddlers to participate in a new Survey Monkey survey for paddlers.  This survey asks very generic questions on [...]

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