SUP Maupin; A Paddle Board Adventure
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High on most outdoor folks list of places to live must be Oregon, in the NW of the U.S.A. Coasts with decent pacific surf, serious wind on the Columbia river for downwinding and windsurfing/kitesurfing, epic mountain biking and skiing, and also it seems whitewater SUP options a plenty.. Maupin is the gateway to the Lower Deschutes river. There you will find a wonderful place to be on a paddle board, building paddling fundamentals in swift water and challenging experienced paddlers in whitewater. Summer or winter, the river is perfect with reliable flows and an infrastructure that allows for easy shuttles, food, and lodging. Any aspiring river paddle boarder will fall in love with the Deschutes.
