ACA Coastal Kayaking: Level 3 Skills Training and Optional Assessment
This 24 hour + course includes the latest ACA course requirements for Level 3 with some additional tools that only 30 plus years of paddling history can provide.
This 24 hour + course includes the latest ACA course requirements for Level 3 with some additional tools that only 30 plus years of paddling history can provide.
Enjoy a long weekend at my home on 40 acres of hardwoods along the beautiful Betsie River for a retreat that will teach you safe, effective and efficient kayaking skills while enjoying kayaking in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore area.
This 24 hour + course includes the latest ACA course requirements for Level 3 with some additional tools that only 30 plus years of paddling history can provide.
Although this program runs on the same schedule as our other boot camp weekends, this one is focused on Rescues and Recoveries…whether it be group or self rescues including rolling. That doesn’t mean we won’t get out and do some...
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This workshop is held near Traverse City in Northwest Michigan, giving us access to multiple venues to provide a variety of conditions.
Paddle in the Straits of Mackinac out to remote St Helena island to live the life a lighthouse keeper for a few days. Explore by kayak, sleep in the lighthouse and enjoy the glow of the Mackinac bridge on horizon to the East and the sunset to the West. What a unique way to spend the July 4 holiday!
9 days including two travel days. This is a magical place wrapped up in ancient rock, thimbleberries and the unforgiving waters of Lake Superior. The Explorer trip starts and ends in Copper Harbor, with lodging included on first and last nights.
9 days including two travel days. This is a magical place wrapped up in ancient rock, thimbleberries and the unforgiving waters of Lake Superior. The Explorer trip starts and ends in Copper Harbor, with lodging included on first and last nights.
7 days including two travel days. Isle Royale is the jewel of Lake Superior. This Sampler trip is appropriate for beginners. This trip is slightly shorter (and less expensive) than our usual trip. It starts and ends in Copper Harbor, with lodging included on first and last nights.
9 days including two travel days. This is a magical place wrapped up in ancient rock, thimbleberries and the unforgiving waters of Lake Superior. The Explorer trip starts and ends in Copper Harbor, with lodging included on first and last nights.
This is an Intermediate to Advanced trip (L3 – 4) designed for those who want to increase their skills in rough water environs and explore slots, caves and surges through rocky alleys. Keweenaw is said to be one of the...
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9 days including two travel days. This is a magical place wrapped up in ancient rock, thimbleberries and the unforgiving waters of Lake Superior. The Explorer trip starts and ends in Copper Harbor, with lodging included on first and last nights.
Want more experience in rough conditions but without the dread of very icy water? Our answer to that is an adult spring break that won’t break the bank! You’ll get some experience and expand your skills with navigation, tidal currents and surf.
Baja conjures images of rocky Pacific coastlines, long period waves and surges over kelp topped rocky stacks. It is perfect for exploring with an ocean playboat from a clifftop paddlers’ inn with a boat launch and walking distance from the best tequila you’ve never heard of. Learn to paddle pour overs, surf waves, shoot through slot canyons, slide into caves and paddle your butt off, eat tacos, sip tequila, suck limes, tell tales…repeat daily.
A winter kayak trip to the Caribbean sounds nice, doesn’t it? What if your idea of a kayak isn’t a resort sit-on-top? What if you might like to paddle some distance, play in some surf and maybe do some snorkeling? How about a place where you can do all that in genuine enthusiast kayaks (think Nigel Dennis) with solid coaches and local guides. Add in 5000-foot mountains, waterfalls, rivers, clear water, jungle excursions, direct flight access from Miami, English speaking natives and a water trail and you have a winner!