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2008 Instructors and Presenters |
Below is a list of presenters from the 2008 Storm Gathering. The 2009 list will be published closer to the event.
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Liz Burnside
Instructor, paddler and amateur point and shoot photographer. |
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Tim Dyer
Tim is the founder and owner of White Squall Paddling Centre and is a leader in Sea Kayak Instruction and Guiding both Ontario and Canada. Dyer has worked in the outdoor industry since the early '70's with his first start was as a canoe guide in Temagami, then as an outdoor instructor with Project DARE, on staff with Wilderness Challenge Project at Alberta Corrections, and then as a co-ordinator of the Strathcona Outdoor Leader Apprenticeship in B.C. He fell in love with coastal kayaking while guiding on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Soon after he took teacher training and arrived in Parry Sound teaching part time in both elementary and high school. Tim is a direct and effective communicator, always diplomatic, with a witty sense of humour. Staff and customers alike take a shine to him immediately.
Tim is a Paddle Canada Sea Kayak Senior Instructor and Trainer, an AECSKO full guide, a member of the National Paddle Canada Sea Kayak Certification Committee, and is trained in Wilderness 1st Aid and Swift Water Rescue. In winter, he teaches skiing at the local ski club with the Jackrabbit program and loves backcountry skiing with friends. In summer, well you know where to find him, however occasionally he escapes for a canoe or kayak getaway with family and friends, never tiring of spending time in his backyard of beautiful Georgian Bay. |
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Marlene Hume
Marlene is a teacher on and off the water and has been playing in and out of boats for over 20 years. She is a Paddle Canada Flatwater Instructor Trainer and Level II Instructor, an AECSKO guide, Wilderness First Responder, Red Cross and Life Saving Society Instructor, and NLS Lifeguard.
She has been a guide with White Squall for 20 years and an instructor with Hurricane Island Outward Bound School, Maine in the sailing and sea kayaking program for over 16 years. Presently she is a high school Geography teacher in Oakville, Ontario. Marlene has a Masters in Science and Bachelor of Education in Outdoor and Experiential Education.
The most important things to know about Marlene are, that she loves kayaking, and has a deep respect for the Earth and the power of water.
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David H. Johnston
David has been paddling a kayak for over 15 years. He is a Paddle Canada Instructor who likes to get out in really big water.
Rockhopping and kayak surfing gets him really excited with unsubstantiated reports from other paddlers of little girl screams coming from his direction when he is out messing around. Again nothing has been verified so don't believe what you hear.
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Greg Mason
Greg is a a long time kayak guide and instructor with White Squall. Holding a Level 1 Instructor Trainer and Level 3 Instructor he really enjoys bashing around in boats really close to rocks...perhaps why he also enjoys white water kayaking so much.
Greg recently became a dad and is very proud that he and his son Sam got out kayaking when Sam was three weeks old. Beyond all Greg is very involved in coastal conservation with the Georgian Bay Biosphere Reserve and is starting a new life as a private consultant working on environmental and planning projects on the coast of Georgian Bay and beyond.
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Saturday Evening Presenter:
Eric McIntyre - A 'happy lifer' with the Ministry of Natural Resources with career stops in Kenora, Nipigon and ultimately Parry Sound - where he found his 'home.' Most of Eric's Ministry career has been in fisheries related work. His passion is Georgian Bay and especially its colourful marine history. |
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Erik Ogaard
As the head instructor for Harbourfront Canoe & Kayak Centre, Erik has over 13 years experience in kayak and canoe instruction. He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce in Hospitality and Tourism, Business Management.
When not on the water, he is a professional tradesman for the past 19 years painting, plastering and carpentry.
If he was ever to take out a personal ad in the local paper, it would say, I'm most passionate about Sea Kayak Instruction and Instructor Training Development, Instructing to beginners, paddling with friends and awesome paddlers, Culinary Arts and "Foul-weather" paddling.
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David Wells
David is the founder and director of Naturally Superior Adventures and Rock Island Lodge located at the mouth of the mighty Michipicoten River on Lake Superior near Wawa. Check out our lake Superior webcam or company propaganda on Utube.
As a Paddle Canada Instructor and Trainer, David enjoys teaching at all levels and playing in the Lake Superior Surf |
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Rick Wise
Rick Wise is the owner and director of Horizons and has been paddling the North Shore of Lake Huron for 20 years. He is a Full Guide certified under the Association of Eastern Canadian Sea Kayak Outfitters (AECSKO) and a Sea Kayak Instructor Trainer for the Paddle Canada (formerly the CRCA). He has a University of Waterloo degree in Recreation and Environmental Studies
He has been involved with a number of Northern Ontario programs including part-time teaching at Laurentian University and Cambrian College. Rick is a Senior Instructor for Sirius Wilderness Medicine and is a First Aid and CPR instructor for the Canadian Red Cross. Rick happily lives in the metropolis of Whitefish, Ontario, near Sudbury where he lives with his wife, Cathy and his 12 year old daughter, Sarah and 6 year old, Katie.
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