Israel Symposium 2007
Last week Justine Curgenvan and I headed off to Israel to the first open symposium organised by Hadas Feldman of Optimist Marine Equipment based in Hadera and hosted by Ehud and his son Yosale. http://www.optimist.co.il/

Do you think the world of sea kayaking was ready when Mother nature gave birth to
Justine Curgenvan(as you've never seen her before).

Hadas did a really good job of organising the event which consisted of skills clinics in Incident Management, Core stability workshops, 3 & 4 star assessments and Surf training. There were about 30 paddlers at the event, an event which was made open to all paddlers in Israel. I was very impressed with the standard of skills displayed by both the students and instructors who attended the symposium. This was particularly evident in surf conditions. See below for links to other schools participating.

http://www.gilkayaking.com/

http://www.levyam.co.il/

http://www.kayak4all.com/

http://dor-kayak.co.il/

Images from the symposium below.

Ehud & Steve Good surf for the first two days of the event

Assessment Day

For more pictures you can go to: http://picasaweb.google.com/gilramister/KayaksInRoshHanikraWithJeffJustineHadasYossaleRami

First Aid Courses for the winter Months

Just thought i would let you all know we are trying something new this winter. To help expand paddler's knowledge in first aid, we shall be running a series of first aid courses during November and December.

The courses will be specifically targeting sea paddlers needs and shall be a series of progressive course modules.

Emergency, Advanced and Expedition awards, equivalent to the R.E.C. 2,4 & 5 modules.

SKC will be teaming up with Training Expertise to deliver these awards.

http://www.training-expertise.co.uk/first-aid.shtml

For anyone interested in signing up go to our courses page for further information.

http://www.seakayakingcornwall.com/courses.html

Madagascar New update

(see Madagascar page for details)

BCU Skills symposium at Sea Kayak Georgia

Lunchtime break near the Triangle

Hi Guys, just returned from Sea Kayak Georgia, first of all I have to make a very big thankyou to Marsha & Ronnie for inviting me over this year...Thanyou! I had an absolutely wicked time. Your hospitality and the organisation of the weeks activities were brilliant. The weather for the week wasnt its best but this did nothing to dampen the event. Listening to comments from both students and instructors alike the symposium was enjoyed by all.

Hadas Feldman over from Israel gave an inspired lecture on her recent circumnavigation of Newfoundland with Tomer .

Russell Farrow from Sweetwater Kayaks and Phil Eccles over from North Wales gave us an hilarious account of their recent paddling trip to the Hebrides, there were talks each evening and everyone of them was good.

Halloween saw many getting changed into fancy dress and the party sponsored by Danny Mongo & Werner paddles was great fun.

To all the instructors and students I met, it was great to meet you and I hope we get to paddle again together in the future.

(More pics to follow)

Simons away!

Its only 7 days till Simon heads off to Madagascar.  Life will continue here in Cornwall with Jeff running a variety of courses over the winter. Keep an eye on the website for updates on course dates and the Madagascar expedition