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Date: 10 Jul 2005 14:51:15
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Subject: longer sea kayak course/education
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Hello fellow paddlers!
I am a fairly inexperienced paddler that have paddled sporadically and
in an unorganized fashion for the past four years or so. I'm finishing
my degree in about a year, and was thinking about taking a gap year,
when the idea popped up in my head that pursuing sea kayaing in depth
for a while might be a fun way to spend some time.
Thus my question: does anyone know of a longish (say somewhere between
a month and a year) course in sea kayaing being conducted anywhere?
Perhaps some kind of programme leading up to a sea kayak instructor
certificate.
Europe would be preferable, but seeing the world wouldn't be such a
bad thing either.
I'm from Sweden, and have been looking into the courses given by the
"folkhögskolor" (Folk High Schools, a swedish education form that
usually consists of a small school giving a one year course in an
obscure handicraft or sport such as textile weaving, wood carving,
rock climbing, photographing or somesuch, with the only purpose being
the fun and enlightenment of the participants of the course), but
couldn't find anything suitable. Might there be something similar in
another country?
Thank you for any and all tips and recommendations
best
Gustaf Rydevik
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Date: 16 Jul 2005 04:58:44
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Subject: Re: longer sea kayak course/education
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On 10 Jul 2005 14:51:15 -0700, gustaf.rydevik@gmail.com wrote:
NOLS in the US offers sea kayak instructor classes, but they're fairly
exclusive (like 10 students/year).
>Hello fellow paddlers!
>
>I am a fairly inexperienced paddler that have paddled sporadically and
>in an unorganized fashion for the past four years or so. I'm finishing
>my degree in about a year, and was thinking about taking a gap year,
>when the idea popped up in my head that pursuing sea kayaing in depth
>for a while might be a fun way to spend some time.
>
>Thus my question: does anyone know of a longish (say somewhere between
>a month and a year) course in sea kayaing being conducted anywhere?
>Perhaps some kind of programme leading up to a sea kayak instructor
>certificate.
>Europe would be preferable, but seeing the world wouldn't be such a
>bad thing either.
>
>I'm from Sweden, and have been looking into the courses given by the
>"folkhögskolor" (Folk High Schools, a swedish education form that
>usually consists of a small school giving a one year course in an
>obscure handicraft or sport such as textile weaving, wood carving,
>rock climbing, photographing or somesuch, with the only purpose being
>the fun and enlightenment of the participants of the course), but
>couldn't find anything suitable. Might there be something similar in
>another country?
>
>
>Thank you for any and all tips and recommendations
>
>best
>
>Gustaf Rydevik
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Date: 16 Jul 2005 05:19:18
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Subject: Re: longer sea kayak course/education
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ejcookso@hotmail.com wrote in message news:<ju4hd15gqkm7q01c9o6mvof219tmv9nijd@4ax.com >...
> On 10 Jul 2005 14:51:15 -0700, gustaf.rydevik@gmail.com wrote:
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> NOLS in the US offers sea kayak instructor classes, but they're fairly
> exclusive (like 10 students/year).
>
Thank you for your tip. I got a private email recommending them as
well, so I took a look at their webpage. It seems as if the instructor
course might require a touch too much paddling experience compared to
what I have. Has anybody here attended their "lower" courses? If so,
what was your impression?
/Gustaf
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