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Friday Evening – register from 5:30 pm – content starts at 7 pm – don’t miss this |
| Australia to Japan — a Quest |
Satoru Yahata (assisted by Iwao Fujii) |
| The dream of exploring many coastlines, many peoples with many maritime cultures — from Australia,
through Indonesia, the Philipines, Taiwan, Okinawa and on home to Japan — has led Satoru to
paddle accross this vast strtch of Ocean — connecting the dots between. |
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| Saturday – content starts at 08:00 – don’t miss this |
| Theme: Embracing Risk |
Mark Jones |
Balancing Enjoyable Risk against disaster...
Mark sets the stage for the weekend, with a wake-you-up-and-make-you-think session.
Mark spends his days teaching the next generation of Outdoor Professionals at AUT.
He also leads from the front with kayaking adventures as a member of the Adventure
Philosophy trio that have kayaked Antarctica and circumnavigated South Georgia –
world firsts. A man who studies limits and then pushes them. |
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| Sessions at 08:45 – choose between 1 – 4 |
| [1] Europe’s TID – Tour of the Danube |
Max & Jenny-Lee |
Every summer for 55 years, the world’s longest regular paddle has been organised and run –
down the length of the Danube. From Ingolstadt, Germany to Silistra, Bulgaria; this little jaunt
is 2516 km long and provides a fascinating (and very low-cost) way of seeing a wonderful slice
of ten countries.
Paddlers from around Europe (and the world) join for a week, a month or the whole journey.
Over the past 10 years, a number of New Zealanders have come back enthused and keen to shout its merits.
We now have the man who runs it, Max Scharnböck (Germany) & his partner Jenney Lee (Australia)
who met Max on the TID last year. They will give you a tour of the tour. |
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| [2] Visualisation |
Paul Caffyn |
Paul Caffyn has many amazing kayak expeditions to his credit and he did them before anyone else
had proved them possible. Those who have come after have had the benefit of his books and very
often his personal advice and help.
One of the skills that made such wave-breaking trips possible is Paul’s passion for practical
trip-planning carried to almost Zen levels – which he calls visualisation. Every situation that
you have thought through, in detail and before you face it, is a situation which you are better
equipped to survive.
If you can’t visualise surviving a scenario – that is a handy piece of information for your planning stages. |
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| [3] Paddles – North of Ngauruhoe |
Lynnis Burson |
A hand-picked selection of destinations, from a paddler who has explored from East Cape to Reinga.
Photos and commentary by Lynnis will spotlight her favourite bits of NZ’s wonderful North Island
coastline, both salty & fresh.! |
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| [4] Boat Fit – Make it Respond |
David Winkworth |
Most of us would benefit hugely from making our kayaks fit us a little more snugly. An airy and
cavernous cockpit may make a kayak easy to sell to a newbie with fears of entrapment, but it doesn’t
help you stay upright in clapotis or surf and it makes rolling just that much harder.
Dave will discuss the advantages of using a bit of spare camp mat (or fancier foams) to achieve a
customised seat & cockpit that pleases your taste for boat control.
Dave is a very experienced kayaker from Australia. He’s designed and built kayaks commercially
and journeyed far in them. Of recent years, he’s been working on ways of letting us kayak ‘smarter’
with clever ideas for pumps, wheels, etc. |
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| Sessions at 10:55 – choose between 5 – 8 |
| [5] Baja California |
Rick Wiebush |
Rick will tell us of his 750 km, month-long, self-supported expedition on the Sea of Cortes in
Baja, Mexico. This is a magical, remote & stunningly beautiful place where the desert & mountains
meet the sea and wildlife abounds.
Some of the trip’s biggest paddling challenges will be highlighted and (so he says) greatly exaggerated.
Rick is from Baltimore, on the U.S. east coast. He holds the (old) BCU 4 Star award and is a BCU Level
2 Coach. He has been to Baja 5 times, once to Greenland & teaches at symposia in North Carolina & Maine. |
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| [6] Advanced Navigation |
Miles Usher |
Miles has had three lifetime passions – kayaking, sailing and flying. In each he has found a use
for navigational skills. Whether in the front seat for Air NZ or in the cockpit of a sea kayak,
he has figured out how to find his way.
Come and listen to a very practical take on technology and methods modern and traditional –
for finding your way and your way back again. |
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| [7] Perfect your Stroke |
Conrad Edwards |
Conrad has a number of fast kayaks and a number of fast paddling companions. He has worked
hard at getting the basic paddle stroke up to a level that complements this.
As a paddler with a proven ability to cross Cook Straight with seeming ease and keep pace
with Mr Caffyn, he has no lack of credibility when he talks about how to propel a kayak.
I know a couple of very competent Auckland paddlers who have heard Conrad give this talk –
and they were impressed. Now you have that opportunity. |
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| [8] Free Period |
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| Sessions at 11:50 – choose between 9 – 12 |
| [9] Antarctica |
Lawrence Geoghegan |
You may have met Lawrence in Justine’s 3rd DVD of sea kayaking adventures. He was one of the
three Australians who journeyed 800km down the lonely Antarctic Peninsula in 2006 and filmed their fun.
From Ushuaia at the tip of South America through the ice and weather of the adventure, Laurie
will give you a look at the rough as well as the smooth of demolishing comfort zones. |
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| [10] Kayak Medic |
Andrew [Mo] Kennedy |
| An informal lecture on remote and emergency medicine as it relates to the wilderness setting
as a kayaker. With advice from Mo’s experience as a Medic in the NZ Army added to real life
situations from his kayak expeditions and guiding experience in places including Norway, India,
Nepal and North America. Discussions include emergencies in a kayak, long term patient care,
wilderness evacuation considerations and anything more people wish to cover! |
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| [11] Free Period |
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| [12] Food Fun Kayaking |
Rachel Bunt & Tony Morris |
Join Rachel & Tony, two amusing and skilled food people to discuss something near to both their hearts.
Veggies & Peskatarians a speciality. This session will be a chance to share ideas and
tastes in a cooking demonstration. We will show you some of our favourite flavoursome products
on the market. Home-made creations and recipes also included. All dishes can be made
on the camp stove, are healthy and nutritious catering for those of us that aren’t meat lovers
This will definitely be a ’look & touch’ session. |
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| Sessions at 13:45 – choose between 13 – 16 |
| [13] Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea |
Paula Renouf |
| Paula is an Auckland paddler who has spent the last year exploring some of the world’s paddling
possibilities. She has put together a session highlighting Sicily (at the toe of Italy) and will
describe a beautiful destination from a kiwi perspective. |
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| [14] Beam Me Up: Emergency Communications |
JKA |
John will look at the bits of electronic gear that we use to prevent disaster or to bail us out
when it strikes. With a nod to the philosophy of conducting yourself so that it isn’t needed.
John Kirk-Anderson is an immensely experienced and skilled kayak instructor and paddler –
with a strong interest in safety. Working as a Press Photographer, he sees quite enough drama. |
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| [15] Build Your Own Kayak |
Pete Notman |
Pete will explore the three common ways of building your own kayak. From Skin-on-Frame (SoF),
and Cedar Strip to Stitch-and-Glue plywood, he will look at the strengths of each method and
the rewards you can expect.
Pete earns a living in or under the water – but spends a great deal of his leisure time on it,
in a selection of kayaks he’s built using all of these methods. |
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| [16] Practical Kayak Repair & Maintenance |
Wade from Q-Kayaks |
How to keep your kayak happy. Not to mention you !
Wade looks at fixing plastic kayaks & maintaining and repairing composite kayaks. This covers
safe storage, removing dents and repairing gouges / holes in plastic kayaks, fibreglass repairs
& more. Presented by Wade from Q-Kayaks in Ashurst, this will be a ’look & touch’ session. |
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| Sessions at 14:40 – choose between 17 – 20 |
| [17] Canada’s BC Coast |
Patti Stevens & Yves Aquin |
This is a salute to the stunning coastline of BC – Canada’s province of British Columbia – with
specific reference to Haida Gwaii Haanas National Park in the islands that are also known as
the Queen Charlottes.
Patti Stevens & Yves Aquin hail from Canada and live in Victoria, on BC’s Vancouver Island.
Currently enjoying a sabbatical break from work, they have escaped the Canadian winter to cycle
in NZ for a few months. They agreed to stop at Coastbusters to tell us about their great 2009
adventure – paddling for 3 months in the Canadian summer.
They have been paddling for 7 years on the BC North Coast and are both Paddle Canada sea kayak
instructors and volunteer their time instructing at the Canadian Navy base in Esquimalt BC and
at the Victoria Canoe & Kayak Club. |
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| [18] Designing Clever Kayaks |
Gerry Maire, Renton Hunger, et al |
What is your dream kayak ?
How would you describe it to a kayak designer ?
He’d ask you questions like “What do you plan to use it for ?” and “What kayaks have you paddled ?”
Gerry hosts a panel of local designers, who will look at the process of balancing the trade-offs
in choosing a kayak – a kayak that excels at what YOU feel is supremely important. |
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| [19] Building a Super-City Kayaking Paradise |
Hugo Meares; |
When human habitation began with the arrival of the Polynesians, Tamaki Makarau was a vibrant
crossroads of trade and social interaction where the waka was vehicle of the day.
With the arrival of the Europeans in the 1800’s, the rowboat, sailboat and later steamboat
expanded the region’s city’s ‘nautical village’ framework with populations expanding in
ports such as Albany, Onehunga, Waiuku, Howick, Devonport, St Heliers and Riverhead.
The arrival of the car was a step backwards in this efficient nautical network and soon
the waterways were being neglected. In the 21st Century three factors are combining to
provide an opportunity to re-establish the waterways of Auckland.
Come to the session to listen to and have input into the opportunity to influence the
Super City to create the most kayak friendly city in the world. |
| [20] Fishing |
Mike Scanlan |
Snapper Fishing using Artificial Soft Baits from Sea Kayaks
Four years ago Mike had never caught a snapper. Now he lands over 300 each year from his sea kayak.
Join Mike for a workshop on the latest soft-bait technology, outfitting your boat and then
chasing the fish. This will be a ’look & touch’ session. |
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| Later Saturday – Universal Sessions (for Everyone) |
| 16:00 – Kayaking Ocean Rock Gardens |
Eric Soares & Jim Kakuk |
Eric & Jim founded the Rangers and have led them safely through years of extreme sea kayaking.
What may look like madness and mayhem to our eyes has been a lifelong passion and a science to them.
Watch with awe and take away a better appreciation for what is possible with skills and experience
– both of which you can work on. If you are feeling suicidal. |
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| 16:55 – Lake Edge Session – Kayak Dancing |
Numerous & Skilled |
| Boat Control for fun & safety |
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| 17:35 – Lake Edge Session – Destination Dreaming |
TBA |
| multiple open Q&A discussions about destinations |
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| 18:00 – Wooden-Boat Exhibit – Main Hall |
Carl Brown et al |
| A goodly number of wonderful hand-crafted kayaks will be on show for most of Saturday – with
basic details of their designs & building projects. Included will be plywood, cedar-strip and SOF
(skin-on-frame) boats with a wide diversity of design goals and construction difficulty. This time period is
an opportunity to come and ask the builders questions – and to tell them how well they’ve done. |
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| 19:40 – After-Dinner Key-Note – Main Hall |
Paul Caffyn & Conrad Edwards |
Paul and Conrad Edwards spent August 2008 paddling on the exposed east coast of Greenland, made
famous 70 years ago by Gino Watkins and the British Trans-Greenland Expedition. With photos and
stories, Conrad and NZ’s living-legend stretch the limits yet again.
An undertaking of daunting difficulty and extreme beauty.
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