The following are classes and events that are already on our calendar. If you don't see what you are looking for, please contact us, and we will add an event that fits your schedule and interests. Sea Kayaking Instruction, around Bar Harbor, Mount Desert, Stonington, Acadia and beyond. ACA and BCU certified instructors.
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![Downeast Skills and Leadership Weekend [FULL] - Lubec, ME]()
This course is fully enrolled. Cancelations are not uncommon, so if you would like to be added to the waitlist, please register and precede the course name with “Waitlist …”
Year three of this smash Downeast hit! Todd Wright (Synaptic Sport) and Nate Hanson are taking you back to the end of the earth (err . . . the end of Maine anyways), for a versatile skills and leadership training event. With awesome venues such as Cobscook Reversing Falls, Quoddy Head, and the Bold Coast in easy reach, how could it not be a great time?! Click on Course title for more details
![3-day Rough Water Development - Mount Desert Island, ME]()
Three days of comprehensive skills development for competent ocean paddlers who are looking for new challenges. Each day we will choose a venue based on conditions, to make the most of the learning opportunities that surround Mount Desert Island. Paddling environments will likely include reversing falls, coastal tide-races and rock gardens. Click on course title for more details.
![Rough Water Play -FULL- Ellsworth, ME]()
This Course is Fully subscribed. For similar challenges, consider Rough Water Safety on 7/27-28, or Paddler Development on 8/7-8/9.
Todd Johnstone-Wright (Synaptic Sport) and Nate Hanson join up to create two days focused on Sea Kayak Play in Rock and Current environments.
This course is focussed on the fun - making more of your rough-water play in sea kayaks, with more finesse and less stress. Click on Course Title for details
![Rough Water Skills with SMSKN [FULL] - Midcoast, ME]()
This course is fully enrolled. Cancelations are not uncommon, so if you would like to be added to the waitlist, please register and precede the course name with “Waitlist …”. That dynamic strip of real-estate where the land and sea mix it up is full of opportunities for improving boat control, and having a good time. The cliffs, caves, slots, and countless variety of rock features surrounding Maine’s glacially-carved islands provide the perfect venues to refine these skills. As with all of Nate’s kayak coaching, our path to greater ease and success in challenging environments will be through a combination of understanding how to move in concert with the environment and refining our techniques to maintain efficiency and safety. For details, click on the course title.
![Downeast Skills and Leadership Weekend [FULL] - Lubec, ME](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5282d336e4b043b800ef6ff1/1678392710768-CBYFFPJEUXRRRWWDNOKC/Rock%2Bplay%2BLubec.jpg)
![Rough Water Skills with SMSKN [FULL] - Midcoast, ME](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5282d336e4b043b800ef6ff1/1678563368013-UIO3T5EQR0P3SHBFRSGF/surf%2Bpaddleout.jpg)