Kayak 2000 April 28th - April 30th Ladysmith VOLUNTEERS AND SPEAKERS WANTED Kayak 200 will involve 2 main components: paddlefest and the Kayak 2000 Conference: Paddlefest: will involve many things: a Saturday night dance in the big tent, boat tryouts, information booths for commercial and recreational groups involved in paddlesports. on land demonstrations, a cardboard kayak race, on water demonstrations by prominent paddlers , on water classes, outriggers, tours with native war canoes, and other events . The conference: This is where the Minds of the paddlesport community will meet to discuss trends, issues and the future of kayaking in British Columbia. Keynote speakers will talk about issues affecting the paddlesports industry, kayaking standards, how technology is affecting boat design, coaching , water safety trends, and carerers in kayaking . Workshops will also be held to brainstorm solutions to problems affecting the kayaking community. There will also be on site camping and RV parking. One of the goals of kayak 2000 to establish a fund for the creation of an instuctor's handbook on Kayaking. This book will be written by a number of respected kayaking instructors in B.C. and cover a wide variety of subjects. Details about the book will be presented at Kayak 2000. If you are interested in participating in this project please contact toki_at_islandnet.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Nov 17 1999 - 16:04:33 PST
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