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Written by Graham Ketcheson on Wednesday, 05 January 2011 23:00

Published in Latest Paddle News

We are excited to inform you that we have opened the registration for the 2011 Atlantic Paddle Symposium.

Paddle Canada, together with its Atlantic regional members, encourage you to make plans to attend the 2011 Atlantic Paddle Symposium. This event brings together some of the nation's top instructors to explore current developments in paddling and celebrate paddling in Canada. Join us for a weekend of skill development, stories, entertainment, paddling, and most importantly, fun. The symposium will focus on all disciplines of paddling including sea kayaking, river kayaking and canoeing. This event is open to all paddler’s… not just instructors.

Registration Pricing structure is as follows:

$160.00 CAD Symposium Fee, 2 Suppers for Paddle Canada, CKNB, CKNS, Tumblehome or KNL Members
$120.00 CAD Symposium Fee, no meals for Paddle Canada, CKNB, CKNS, Tumblehome or KNL Members
$200.00 CAD Symposium Fee, 2 Suppers for Non members
$160 CND Symposium Fee, no meals for Non members

To register for the event please follow the link below. Remember to not miss out on the early bird sign up date to have your name entered into the grand prize draw. March 1, 2011

http://www.atlanticpaddlesymposium.com/Atlantic_Paddle_Symposium/Registration.html

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Coaching Staff We are happy to announce the following special Guests:

Brenna Kelly – Member of the Canadian White water freestyle kayak team
Mark Scriver – World C1 freestyle champion, stand up paddle board pioneer and avoid paddler
Maligiaq Padilla- World Greenland rolling champion
Kevin Callan – Publisher and outdoor enthusiast

For a full list of the confirmed coaching staff for the 2011 event please follow this link. http://www.atlanticpaddlesymposium.com/Atlantic_Paddle_Symposium/Coaches.html

Car Pool and Transport

For those of you who plan on flying to the event there are few options in place. The Outfitters an outdoor shop based in St. John’s will be offering a shuttle service and boat rental option. Please visit this link for more details http://www.atlanticpaddlesymposium.com/Atlantic_Paddle_Symposium/shuttle.html

If you would like to have your own boat at the event there will be several trailers coming from NS and from NB. We are still working out the details. There will be a $35 transport fee per boat round trip.

If you want to car pool to the event we have set up a discussion page on our Facebook site. If you are not on Facebook please e-mail us and we can post your contact info on the page so people can get in contact with you.

Support

We would like to thank the provincial paddling organizations for there continued finical support. Without the support form Paddle Canada, KNL, CKNS, Tumblehome Canoe club and CKNB this event would not happen.

We are very excited about this year’s event and it sounds like it is going to be the biggest one yet.

Please visit our webpage for all the details for the event. http://www.atlanticpaddlesymposium.com

Christopher Lockyer and Corey Locke 2011 Co-chairs

http://www.atlanticpaddlesymposium.com
2011 Atlantic Paddling Symposium
May 20-23 2011
( (902) 247-5095
Terra Nova, Newfoundland

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