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BC Personal Performance Award Profiles - Sea Kayaking.
Personal Performance Awards, from British Canoeing (BC)' are skills-based awards that replaced the BC Star Award system in January 2019.
The Personal Performance Sea Kayak Awards are designed for paddlers wanting to gain recognition for their learning and development.
The process of completing the awards is based on learning. The ethos of ‘supporting the paddler’ is the main focus of all the awards, encouraging individuals in their personal development.
Personal Performance Awards from BC provide a framework for individuals, in their development as sea kayakers. There are 3 levels of award - BC Sea Kayak Award, BC Coastal Sea Kayak Award and BC Advanced Sea Kayak Award.
These awards have the following syllabi:
Coastal Spirit has produced a self profiling radar tool to assist and support paddler development. Each area on the profile can be self-assessed, by the paddler, and verified by Roger.
You can download the PDF to your PC, then open the PDF (using adobe reader), you will then get an option to add your name as text, and also draw over the PDF with red dots and then resave. Once resaved the PDF can be shared via email. Or print off the PDF, write on it by hand, take a photo and email the photo.
If you download or view the PDF on your mobile phone you should be able to write on it, using your finger, safe and then share.
Sea Kayak Award
Use the self profiling model below to further guide and assist your understanding and development. It is useful to complete the model a few times during a year, as your skills develop and focus changes.
Coastal Sea Kayak Award
Use the self profiling model below to further guide and assist your understanding and development. It is useful to complete the model a few times during a year, as your skills develop and focus changes.
Advanced Sea Kayak Award
Use the self profiling model below to further guide and assist your understanding and development. It is useful to complete the model a few times during a year, as your skills develop and focus changes.
Assessment and training are continuous rather than a single day examination - so no more assessment day or weekend stress!
Your progress can be confirmed on the following courses:
All three of the Awards can be worked on and confirmed with:
Sea Kayak Award:
Coastal Sea Kayak Award:
Advanced Sea Kayak Award:
We will be based at a campsite and if the weather is super settled we can decide if we do an overnight wild camp. During the last two years we've at least managed two nights wild camping.
You need to be an experienced moderate water paddler who can manage Beaufort winds f4/5 and occasionally stronger. You're also happy paddling a loaded sea kayak for 20km
We meet up on the afternoon of the 30th of April and leave on the morning of the 6th of May 2027. Zoe Robinson and Roger will be delivering the course. Both are advanced coaches and advanced sea kayak leaders.
With Lori, Zoe and Roger as your advanced leaders. We meet on the afternoon of the 6th of June and load our sea kayaks onto 'Lady of Avenel' and kit into our cabins. You need to arrive on the 4th of June. This allows for any disruption with the CalMac ferry and a rest day, after a long drive). We arrive back in Castlebay on the 12th June.
You need to book and arrange your accommodation for the night of the 4/5th June and the 12th June.
There are two hotels, a bunkhouse in Castlebay and a short drive to Wavecrest campsite, which is where Lori, Zoe and Roger will be van camping.
St Kilda here we come!!
We've just been buzzed by two bottlenose dolphins ... 
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 "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"
