Next Adventure Portland Paddle Sports Center - Portland, Oregon

Austin W.

These guys are extremely helpful and knowledgeable i ordered my old town pdl through them because it was such an unbelievable deal which ended up being a mistake on their website but they still honored that price and I got it same day they even helped me take it out of the packaging and put it on top of my jeep and strap it down. I will continue to go here for all my kayaking needs and oh by the way if you buy a boat from them the accessories were 10% off so I got some things to go with as well. They even carry pre-owned items that look brand new for a great discount as well
Thanks guys!

Betsy H.

What’s not to like. Well staffed with enthusiastic knowledgeable people, thorough selection, including new and used equipment. Good parking. Better by far than that expensive coop. If you know, you know.

kelly

I just purchased two 13ft Hobie Revolution Kayaks from Next Adventure Paddle in Portland and without question the experience from start to finish was 100% excellent. The very knowledgeable and professional sales team answered the countless questions I asked of them with patience and kindness. Kudos to Kate, Sara, Iris, for all their help on the phone. (Please forgive misspelled names)

Then I went down to pick up the Kayaks from Seattle and once again was met (at curbside) with the nicest and helpful staff Ive ever encountered. Perhaps a sign of what Portland hospitality is all about?, I love it here ! They assisted and provided me with methods for how to best secure the kayaks on my car and even allowed me a last minute color change on one of the kayaks I bought. The experience was a delight and what was even cooler is I felt a shared level of excitement for my picking up my new kayaks almost as if they were getting them for themselves..This is a team that believes in their products 100% and you should feel confident they will always be there for your questions or product support well after a sale.
This I can guarantee as I had a small issue with one of the Mirage peddle drives that had not been updated with the required part upgrade after a recall from Hobie. I contacted Curtis at The Paddle Center and he immediately arranged to have a new drive put aside for me with the updates to exchange. He and his team are what customer service is all about.They went above and beyond to assist me and as a result of this, I knew I had a responsibility to share my experience , my gratitude and thanks for all that they did. Thank you or the kindness, professionalism and knowledge and for believing in and standing by your products ... Thank you all 🙏❤️😁

Amanda W.

I may be Type A in all sorts of ways, but I am a major procrastinator around the holidays. I just have way too much on my plate and tend to start holiday shopping really late. And in an effort to avoid the malls, I went to Next Adventure to load up on outdoor gear for the family.

I've been to Next Adventure a few times during the past year and am sort of luke warm on the place. I find it a bit cluttered and disorganized and if I had small children with me, the chances of losing them among the racks would be high. [1]

But then as I was leaving the store, I noticed that they moved their water sports merchandise to a separate building called the Next Adventure Paddle Sports Center. The store is spacious, the closeout deals are excellent and the staff was extremely knowledgeable and helpful. I was amazed at how different my experience was from my dealings at their main store. They are especially wonderful if you paddle on a dragon boat team.

So what started off as a ho-hum lets get this over with shopping trip, turned into one of the highlights of the season. Since my family spends a lot of time on the water and our boats outnumber our cars, this is pretty much my idea of retail heaven. They told me this is a temporary location, so they'll be moving to new digs in the vicinity early in 2010. Paddle on, boys, paddle on!

[1] Btw, this totally happens. Kids love to walk under and through racks and when I was young my parents lost me for hours when I wandered off and decided to take a nap underneath a sea of comforters.

Jessica C.

Be patient with the wait as they have limited capacity to 5 customers. They are doing an excellent job managing being open during the covid-19 pandemic and keeping everyone safe. Love coming here to find used gear at great prices!!

Jeff P.

Best local selection of gear. Knowledgeable staff. Wish they had a shop in Hood River.

Jimmie

A lot of employees on the floor to help you choose what you need some don’t have much knowledge in most of stuff they sell. Careless on loading the kayak n dont brother to ask for help they have a policy no helping allowed. They managed to scratch car paint while loading it on the mount they sold us. Very disappointed with service over all. I don’t recommend this location.

scott D.

Staff are great and supper friendly and knowledgeable. Great selection of everything you need