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BC Advanced Sea Kayak Leader Training
- tidal Water
with Night Navigation.
Four days at £440 with your sea kayak or £480 if you need a sea kayak.
Four days allow more time to explore techniques, polish skills, paddle in varied conditions and time to reflect.
Successful performance at this level indicates that you have a high level of performance, knowledge, and judgement, involving a high level of personal skill and leadership in advanced situations. This is a leadership award and the appropriate course for paddlers who wish to lead groups in advanced tidal waters and in dynamic weather conditions typified by the Climate of the British Isles. The night navigation session will be on the best weather evening/night.
Action Centred Leadership, The Chimp Paradox and the principles of CLAP are just a few of the theories that will be put into practice over the time you're working with Roger.
The Advanced Sea Kayak Leader has the skills and judgement to select appropriate tidal trips for various ability levels; however, it is not a coaching award. This award is intended for paddlers who journey on the sea in areas where tidal races, headlands, open crossings, swell and challenging coastlines will be encountered.
A leadership award with the appropriate training for paddlers leading groups in advanced tidal waters and dynamic weather conditions. The course includes feedback and an opportunity to talk through your action plan.
Roger is an active BC level 5 coach, an advanced trainer, and an assessor who has many significant big trips, where he has also worked closely and led others towards a successful performance and outcome. Roger has been running courses professionally since starting Coastal Spirit in 2007 and has delivered unique adventures and opportunities, such as a one-month-long expedition around Wales in 2011 and the Roof of Britain four times.
If you want this course to be registered with British Canoeing so you gain 20 Continuous Professional Development (CPD) points, let Roger know. British Canoeing Awarding Body will automatically update your record with CPD points. More info is here.
British Canoeing Advanced syllabus and more guidance can be found here and here (towards the bottom of the website).
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Self Profiling Target Model
Use the profiling target model below to further guide and assist your understanding and development. It is highly likely that your profiling target model may need to be completed a few times as your skills develop.
We will beach surf or choose a downwind paddle if it is windy. If calm, we will choose one of the many tide races to work with.
This course is aimed at Intermediate and moderate water paddlers who are comfortable in F4 winds, a 1-metre swell, and 2 knots of moving water, as a minimum.
Delivered by Roger
We will beach surf or choose a downwind paddle if it is windy. If calm, we will choose one of the many tide races to work with.
This course is for moderate water and advanced paddlers who are comfortable in F4 winds, a 1-metre swell, and 2 knots of moving water and tidal currents, as a minimum.
Delivered by Roger
We’ll use venues around the Anglesey coast so you can progressively experience dynamic water at a pace and level to suit you and the group best.
Our Intermediate course aims to enable you to gain confidence, have fun, and develop skills and awareness in a gentle dynamic water environment.
This course is delivered by Roger
With Roger.
Great day with Sally working on boat handling, reading the water and its ok to feel uncomfortable.
Cemaes to Bull Bay was perfect, with wind with tide and then wind against by the afternoon so we got a few waves and a nice push along the coast.
It was nice to see Rob again too. Thanks for helping with the shutle! 
Great team and super time on our Shetland Adventure with the tall ship Lady of Avenel Sailing. Otters, Puffins, Orca and MuckleFlugga!
Thanks to Zoe Robinson and Hamish Leslie for their support and inputs.
Photos from Tracy, Zoe and Hamish.
P&H Sea Kayaks
NRS Europe 
Surf & tide race course, with a good blend of dynamic water over the three days. With Rhoscolyn and the Beacon, Cemaes to Bull Bay via Middle Mouse and the Swellies. We had some super rock features on the north coast on Friday and just the right amount of swell. My highlight was this interesting water spout - it was so much fun!
It was a pleasure paddling with you all and thanks to Craig Young for his support.
NRS Europe
P&H Sea Kayaks "I've just completed a two day 4* Sea kayak training course with Roger. Having been coached by Roger in the past, I choose to do this course with Roger because I knew I would get a great deal from the course. My expectations were certainly well and truly met"
"And I'm probably learning more from his mentoring now, as my paddling horizons expand, than ever before. I can't count how many questions I've asked... and he's answered. Roger has the knack of making that suggestion that radically changes your thinking and moves your paddling on in leaps and bounds."
"There are a number of wonderful things about Roger. He has a very light touch in his coaching, and he's always smiling and encouraging you to relax into the enjoyment of the day"
