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LoCo Coaches 2011 |
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Karl Andersson | Mark
Whitaker Turner Wilson |
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Karl Andersson Karl loves to have fun. Surf, games, coaching... we think he likes grinning at least as much as he likes kayaking, which is a lot. Karl is a BCU coach 4 Sea and has been working with kids in competetive paddlesports in Portland. |
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Ken Biddle Ken is the quintessence of The Lo Co Roundup. In 2008 he received his BCU - UKCC Level 1 coaching award at Roundup and in 2009 he completed his BCU Level 2 training (as well as did a ton of construction and other volunteer work at Slow Boat Farm--thanks Ken!) In 2010 Ken coached at LoCo. He continues to work towards completion of the necessary steps needed to complete the BCU level 2 assessments, and is pursuing ACA Level 3 Instructor. This year he returns to Lo Co Roundup again ready to help others learn or improve their kayak and canoe skills. Ken has worked with Anacortes Kayak Tours and recently started his own company Misty Morning Kayak. Website forthcoming
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Ginni Callahan During a fateful lapse of self-restraint, Ginni founded LoCo Roundup
in 2007. She is also the founder of Columbia River Kayaking, Sea Kayak
Baja Mexico, Slow Boat Farm, and co-founder of the Loreto Kayak Symposium.
She has built a life around her passions for sea kayaking and coaching,
growing things, and community networking. Ginni is certified by the
American Canoe Association as an Advanced Open Coastal Instructor and
by the British Canoe Union as a Level 4 Sea Coach and 5-star leader.
She also holds 4* Surf, and is a 4* leader trainee in open canoe. Since
1998 she has taught and guided during summer on the Lower Columbia River
and winter in Baja, Mexico. Adventure travel and kayaking
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British Columbia, Canada Gary Doran is the Head Sea Kayak Instructor/Guide and Programmer at Ocean River Sports in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He has been a sea kayak instructor and guide since 1996, and has paddled in the Queen Charlotte Islands, Vancouver Island, Baja, and the Great Lakes. Notable expeditions include Isla Angel de la Guarda, Baja, and Cape Scott, Van-couver Island. Gary is certified through Paddle Canada as a Sea Kayaking Level-4 Instructor and Level-2 Instructor Trainer. As well, he is certified through the Sea Kayak Guides Alliance of BC as a Guide Trainer and Level Three Guide. He holds degrees in Education, Environmental Sci-ence, and Biology, and is an accredited Leave No Trace Trainer. |
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Andrew Emlen
Andrew Emlen has devoted much of the last 17 years to studying and sharing the natural and cultural history of the lower Columbia. Andrew started the kayak program at Skamokawa Center in 1998. He leads tours and kayak-based educational programs, including Elderhostel and school programs. A former environmental science and field biology instructor at Clatsop Community College in Astoria, he is currently adjunct faculty for Lewis & Clark College, for which he co-instructs a course on the Columbia River. He also plays cello, guitar and banjo for three different music groups.
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Phil Hadley Phil is a Paddlesport Development Officer for Canoe England based in the West Midlands. He's also one of the National Trainers and involved with rolling out the new coaching scheme and Performance awards, and an Approvals Officer working with BCU Approved Centres. Phil works as an Outdoor Education Consultant for Dudley LEA, as well as being the Technical Adviser for a number of outdoor centres. He contributed two chapters to the BCU Handbook as well as a small contribution to Canoe and Kayak Games.He's also had articles published in Canoe Focus and Canoe and Kayak Magazine. "I'm very lucky that I've been coaching and paddling in some awesome locations around the world - Canada, Finland, New Zealand, Panama, Florida, Grand Canyon, Sakhalin - Eastern Russia, French Alps, Ardeche - hopefully that list will continue to grow!" |
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Paul Kuthe The Pacific Northwest provides a training ground that rivals those anywhere in the world. It is there that Paul crafts his own skills, as well as those of his fellow paddler. As Program Director at Alder Creek Canoe and Kayak he enriches the paddling experiences had by all who paddle with him. Weather it’s dropping class V creeks or paddling out to surf a big set... combining a love of paddling big water, and traveling deep into the wilderness allows Paul to excel in varied conditions. His roots are back home canoeing the Ozark streams of Missouri. He is most often found today on local whitewater creeks and the Oregon Coast. Paddling has always been, and will continue to be, an escape, a livelihood, and a way of life. "I live to boat." |
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Matt Nelson "I love being on the sea and working as a coach helping people learn how to become safe, self-sufficient kayakers. My first real exposure to sea kayaking took place near Homer, AK, on the Kenai Peninsula." He works with Body Boat Blade on Orcas Island, WA. |
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Cheri was featured in Justine Curgenven's action sea kayak video This Is The Sea 3. She has coached at many symposiums and specializes in Greenland paddling and rolling. Cheri is also a yoga instructor and will be co-leading an hour of yoga in the mornings and offering The Yoga of Kayaking on Saturday. Turner Wilson and Cheri Perry teamed up (in 2005) to form Kayak Ways to teach Greenland style kayaking. They both attended the Greenland National Kayaking Championships in 2005. Since then they have been traveling and teaching all over the United States at Symposiums like Sea Kayak Georgia’s BCU week and Sweetwater BCU week. They have also taught at Greenland-style events including SSTIKS, Delmarva Paddlers Retreat, Michigan Training Camp, Mystic Seaport’s Arctic Boat Weekend and Hudson River Greenlandic Festival. They are passionate about paddling and sharing their skills. For more info and to see some of the 35 competition rolls see kayakways.net |
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Henry Romer Henry grew up in the canoe country of Northern New York State, but was bit hard by the sea kayak bug about 15 years and a few thousand nautical miles ago. This affliction matured into an acute case of Greenland "qajaq-ing" that finds him promoting things like Greenlandic language skills and harpooning. Henry has been active coaching Greenland and "Euro" sea kayaking for 10 years. He is a BCU L3 Coach Trainee and an ACA Open Water Coastal instructor with the Traditional Paddling endorsement. His paddle adventures have ranged from New Zealand to Greenland (twice), and he can often be found teaching at kayak symposiums and clinics in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. |
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| Axel Schoevers Netherlands After extensive solo backpacking trips in the western and north-western
states of the USA, Canada and Alaska between 1988 and 1993 Axel took
up kayaking in 1994. |
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| Mark
Whitaker Skamokawa, WA
Mark is a co-owner and manager of Columbia River Kayaking LLC cooperative. He also runs a custom portable sawmill and a small farm. He holds the BCU 4* Sea Leader award and is a Coach Level 2 Trainee. |
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Turner Wilson and Cheri Perry have teamed up (in 2005) to form Kayak Ways to teach Greenland style kayaking. They both attended the Greenland National Kayaking Championships in 2005. Since then they have been traveling and teaching all over the United States at Symposiums like Sea Kayak Georgia’s BCU week and Sweetwater BCU week. They have also taught at Greenland-style events including SSTIKS, Delmarva Paddlers Retreat, Michigan Training Camp, Mystic Seaport’s Arctic Boat Weekend and Hudson River Greenlandic Festival. They are passionate about paddling and sharing their skills. For more info and to see some of the 35 competition rolls see kayakways.net
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