Our next adventure was in the adventure capital of the world, Queenstown. Since we consider ourselves white water experts, we decided to give river surfing a go. We can white water canoe anytime....
River surfing is basically going down a river on a body board. We were bussed out to the start of the river and had a safety talk before we headed out and a skills lesson. We then were right into the waves. The water was about 10 degrees and once again, we are freezing in New Zealand. We did have 5mm wet suits which worked very well, and once we got moving we didn't even notice the cold. The ride down the river was awesome. The first part of the river was the biggest water. The guides were great and stayed very close to us. I was glad I had white water experience before, and so was adam. The rapids were pretty big, however there wasn't many rocks to dodge. The only frustrating part was that we had a group of 15, and only one river..........at times we were floating on top of each other. We had flippers though and were able to paddle away into an opening.
At the end they had a jet ski that we were pulled on, similar to tubing behind a boat. There also was a huge slide at the end that we went down on our body board, and then skidded across the water. It was a great day! For those interested, we went with Mad Dog River Boarding. You can check out the website.
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