Paddle Boarding on the Charles

Leaders
Nathanael Jenkins
WIMP
Rika Sugimoto Dimitrova
Type
Surfing
Trip date
Saturday, August 16th, 2025
Difficulty rating
Easy
Prerequisites
Must be able to swim

We'll be enjoying a Saturday morning paddle boarding on the Charles River!

  • When? 9:00am on Saturday 16 August
  • Where meet? Meet at the MITOC Office (W20-461)
  • Where paddle? Magazine Beach, ~5 min drive from MIT
  • Who? You, if you can swim (paddle-boarding experience is not required).
  • Places will be allocated by a lottery. We need at least two people with cars, so please update your car info before signing up. (Please don't select 'willing to rent' for this trip)

We'll meet at the MITOC office to get the boards and drive to the river. Aiming to have the boards inflated and on the water around 9:45am, and we'll paddle for a few hours. We will return to MIT before 1:30pm

Trip fee: $15 for paddleboard rental (paid when you return the paddle board fully-dried)

Post-trip: You will be responsible for taking your board home to clean and dry overnight before returning it to the MITOC office the following week during office hours.


Signup

Algorithm
first-come, first-serve
Maximum participants
6
Signups opened at
Aug. 10, 2025, 4:06 p.m.
Signups closed at
Aug. 13, 2025, 9 a.m.
Notes
  1. Can you swim?
  2. Have you paddle boarded before?
  3. Do you have a car? If yes, how many people + boards can it fit?
Signups for this trip are closed.