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Richard Alexander
Richard is Past President of Paddle Canada (formerly the CRCA), the body governing the sport of recreational canoeing and kayaking in Canada. He is also a graduate of the College of the North Atlantic’s outdoor recreation program and founding Presidents of both the Provincial Kayaking/Canoeing Association (the NLPA) and the Provincial Kayaking Club (Kayak Newfoundland and Labrador). In 2002 he successfully completed a sea kayak expedition up the West Coast of Greenland finishing in the community of Aasiaat, 400 Miles above the Arctic Circle. The film documenting the expedition subsequently won its division in the Water Walker Film Festival. He is also the author of the Paddle Canada National Coastal Canoeing Program. He holds a Sea Kayaking Level 4 skill, Level 4 instructor and Level 3 Instructor Trainer designations -- the highest sea kayaking certifications available. He also holds Instructor Trainer Status in the Coastal Canoe Program and Advanced Lake Tandem and Advanced Lake Solo Canoe certifications. As the owner and director of the Newfoundland Kayak Company, he has been responsible for introducing hundreds of people to the joy of sea kayaking and canoeing. 
Craig Burden
Spending most of his summer on the water, Craig leads sea kayak trips in various locations around the island. If he is not out on the water involved in a sea kayak trip chances are he is planning or packing one. He likes to think that he has mastered the art of sea kayak tripping. A graduate of Memorial University's Outdoor Pursuits degree program, Craig holds valid instructor certifications in the disciplines of canoeing, track skiing, telemark skiing, avalanche safety, and of course sea kayaking. Craig has a level 2 instructor's and a Level 4 skill designation from Paddle Canada. In his professional life he is a police officer for animals (better know as a National Park Warden) : ) 
Dan Miller
Dan's paddling career began at age eight (circa 1867 - Ha! Ha!) when he passed the 200-yard swimming test at a Y camp and was able to participate in the camp's canoeing activities. Since then he has always had a close association with the water spending 32 years as a DFO fisheries biologist much of it on a research ship off the east coast of Newfoundland. He built his first wooden kayak in 1969 and has expeditioned in areas as far away as the Belize Cays. Dan has embraced the Paddle Canada kayaking program taking Flatwater, Sea Levels 1 and 2, River Level 1, and Level 1 Sea Instructor courses. In 2003 and 2004 he served as President of the provincial kayaking association. Paddling a kayak gives him a sense of pleasure and freedom unlike any other activity he has tried and imparting his knowledge of how to do this safely has become his priority. 
Ian "The Machine" Fong AKA - The Fong Man!
Ian Fong has been sea kayaking for more than 10 years and instructing since 2000. He holds the world record for the "Kayak Caber Toss" and has the largest collection of broken paddles east of Montreal. He is also one of the most active instructors in Newfoundland and is know for his approachable nature and caring attitude. A graduate of Memorial University in Recreation, Ian is now working on a Master’s in Physical Education and is conducting his thesis research on sea kayaking safety. He is a Level 1 Instructor Trainer with Paddle Canada, as well as a Level 3 sea kayak instructor with Level 4 skill certification. 
Christopher Lockyer
Our guest instructor for 2009 with be Nova Scotia's own Christopher Lockyer. Chris is the driving force behind Committed 2 The Core Coaching. He has been paddling since 1994 and has paddled in UK, New Zealand, Iceland, Norway as well as countless places in North America. He graduated from Acadia University with a Recreation Management degree with a major in Outdoor Recreation and Environmental Education in 2000. Chris holds certifications with the BCU, Paddle Canada, Wilderness Medical Associates, Canada Ski Patrol, and is an Emergency Health Services first responder. |
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