Reports from the Field
Friday, September 24, 2010
British Canoe Union Coach Training
There are now eight new certified coaches in the 
San Juan Islands as most of our 2010 staff just completed their British Canoe Union (BCU) Level One Coach training and assessment. It's a pretty proud moment for us here at the AKT office. Seven years of hard work to redefine the standard of kayak tour guiding in the San Juan Islands is starting to pay off as more and more skilled and committed paddlers are coming to the AKT program. This year's staff was off the charts, I honestly don't think that there has been anything like it before in the region. We keep setting the bar higher and higher in hopes that the rest of the industry here will follow suit to help create a safer and more enjoyable environment for all of our guests.
A great big thank you goes out to Shawna and Leon from Body Boat Blade, as well as the Administrator for the BCU North America, Bill Lozano who also runs the New York based Atlantic Kayak Tours (the East Coast AKT). The three of them were incredibly well prepared for this intensive course, which is why it exceeded our expectations in every way. We now know why these guys are often referred to as best coaches in North America, and we are very fortunate to have two of them (Shawna and Leon) in our own backyard.
Now we will spend the next few weeks wrapping up the tours for the year. It has been yet another great summer for us, made even better by the contributions of our staff. We're looking forward to the quieter days of winter when we, ironically, get to paddle much more regularly.
(A final thanks to Bill Lozano of Atlantic Kayak Tours, he and Alan Mapes took these great photos posted here!)
San Juan Islands as most of our 2010 staff just completed their British Canoe Union (BCU) Level One Coach training and assessment. It's a pretty proud moment for us here at the AKT office. Seven years of hard work to redefine the standard of kayak tour guiding in the San Juan Islands is starting to pay off as more and more skilled and committed paddlers are coming to the AKT program. This year's staff was off the charts, I honestly don't think that there has been anything like it before in the region. We keep setting the bar higher and higher in hopes that the rest of the industry here will follow suit to help create a safer and more enjoyable environment for all of our guests.
A great big thank you goes out to Shawna and Leon from Body Boat Blade, as well as the Administrator for the BCU North America, Bill Lozano who also runs the New York based Atlantic Kayak Tours (the East Coast AKT). The three of them were incredibly well prepared for this intensive course, which is why it exceeded our expectations in every way. We now know why these guys are often referred to as best coaches in North America, and we are very fortunate to have two of them (Shawna and Leon) in our own backyard.
Now we will spend the next few weeks wrapping up the tours for the year. It has been yet another great summer for us, made even better by the contributions of our staff. We're looking forward to the quieter days of winter when we, ironically, get to paddle much more regularly.(A final thanks to Bill Lozano of Atlantic Kayak Tours, he and Alan Mapes took these great photos posted here!)
Labels: atlantic kayak tours, BCU coaches, body boat blade, british canoe union, kayak coaching
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