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Potomac Paddlesports is a cutting-edge kayak school offering professional instruction in whitewater kayaking, sea kayaking, and flatwater trips. We specialize in teaching beginners with busy schedules and offer programs that emphasize safety, skills, and community.
A Unique Kayak School
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Potomac Paddlesports’ unique teaching progression, learn-at-your-own-pace scheduling, and emphasis on community has been the driving force behind the growth of kayaking in the DC area. Why? We’ve figured out how to make a complex sport easy to learn.
Innovative Instruction For Beginners
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We are the only school in the country to be both an American Canoe Association (ACA) Pro School and a British Canoe Union (BCU) Endorsed Center. In fact, we were the first school in the country to have its program fully sanctioned by the ACA!
Impeccable Credentials
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Our founder, Sunny Pitcher, was nominated for the ACA’s Outstanding Instructor Award and received the ACA’s Student Recognition Award. And in 2004, we received an award from the ACA for “Making the World a Better Place to Paddle.”
Award Winning Program
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Our top-notch team of American Canoe Association/ BCU certified instructors are not just accomplished paddlers, they're excellent teachers.
The continuity found among this group of professionals is a key component in our program.
Awesome Instructors
The continuity found among this group of professionals is a key component in our program.
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Fortunately, if you live in the DC area, the best paddling is in your own backyard. Great Falls and Mather Gorge offer world-class whitewater minutes from DC, and the Chesapeake Bay offers more coastline than California! Spend less time driving and more time paddling!
Location, Location, Location
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In 2007, we opened the premier paddlesports retail store in the mid-Atlantic region. Our 8,000-square-foot indoor/outdoor showroom is staffed by instructors and features the most high-quality gear being manufactured today.
Independently Owned Paddling Pro Shop
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We sponsor a team of athletes made up of the best paddlers on the Potomac. As they travel around the world competing and promoting the sport of kayaking, we support them with one of the most generous sponsorship packages in the industry.
Support For Local Athletes
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Through partnerships with The Potomac Conservancy, The Potomac Riverkeeper, and the C&O Canal Trust, we’ve improved water quality monitoring, sponsored clean-ups, and improved quality of access.
Making the World a Better Place to Paddle
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11917 Maple Ave.
Rockville, MD 20852
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Rockville, MD 20852
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Potomac Paddlesports field tests and sells a HUGE selection of new and used kayaks for sale and kayak equipment online with free shipping clearance on kayaks and lots of great kayak reviews, plus high quality kayaking gear and kayaking accessories including Sweet Protection Strutter Wanderer and Rocker helmets, kayak fishing Werner Paddles, AT Adventure Technology AT2 Superlight PaddlesWRSI helmets, Astral Buoyancy Green Jacket, Willis, Bella, Kokatat Bahia Tour lifehackets, NRS, Patagonia Capilene, Liquid Logic kayaks, Wavesport kayaks for wave sports, Impex, Valley, and Wilderness Systems kayaks, Native Ultimate and Propel, and lots of other great sea kayaking rescue gear, whitewater kayaking gear, kayak videos, books, maps, charts, kayaking gloves, and more. We also sell the IR Immersion Research Comp and Session jackets, Think / Thick Skin, pogies, Doc’s earplugs, shorts, mitts, dry tops, Kokatat Drysuits, dry suits, CRKT Bear Claw knife, Spyderco Atlantic Salt knife, Vibram Five Fingers, neoprene shorts, pants farmer johns, Thule and Yakima car roof racks, canoe and kayak floatation and air bags, PadlleBoy Paddle Boy canoe kayak original carts, kayak bilge pumps, North Water Kayak gear, kayak outfitting and foam, kayak drain plugs, kayak hip pads, seat pads, foot blocks, Smileys nose plugs and ear plugs, Noze Bling, Storm safety whistles, red glow sticks, and much more. Shop online now!