Learn to Standup Paddle Surf

Paddle Canada SUP Surf Course
Date: November 4,5,6
Location: Chesterman Beach, Tofino, British Columbia
Price: $525 (includes accommodation)
Participants: 10 Max.
... ... Instructors: Norm Hann, Mike Darbyshire, Bodie Shandro

Course Description:
This course is designed to introduce novice paddlers to Stand Up Surfing moderate surf conditions (<1.5m). Course ratio will be kept to a maximum of 1:4 to ensure safety and increase personal instruction time. The cour...se will include land-based and water-based teaching sessions as well as video analysis during the evening. Topics covered during the course include but are not limited to:

-Surf Zone Safety
-Surf Etiquette
-Prone Surfing
-Paddling out through the surf zone
-Catching Waves
-Understanding the surf zone
-Paddling techniques
-Surf turns
-Tides

The Pacific Yellowfin

The Pacific Yellowfin

After the Mountain Surf Adventures GBR SUP Expedition, Jen and I drove back to Squamish and a day later i was on a Pacific Coastal flight back up to the central coast in Bella Bella to meet the boat Pacific Yellowfin and it's captain and crew for back to back trips. I had last guided with for captain Colin Griffinson and the boat in 2009 for the boats inaugural trip to the Greatbear Rainforest. It was great getting back to Bella Bella a day before the trip. I had a chance to visit Chris Williamson who is a woodworking teacher at the high school and who spearheaded the Bella Bella Wooden SUP project(see previous blog post). He talked about his upcoming plan to build more standup paddleboards starting in January with his new woodworking class. We also had dinner with Ian and Karen McAllister at Shearwater and did a bit of shopping at Rosie's, a cute little boutique shop that sells native jewellery, pottery and other unique coastal gifts.