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9:00 AM - Strokes Tune-up & Practice session - CANCELLED

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7:30 PM - June club meeting with Elizabeth Purdon - 7:30

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12:00 AM - Safe Surf Launching and Landing Course | Course Registration - June 4-5 2024

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1:30 PM - Introduction to Greenland Paddling Clinic (2025)

5:30 PM - Introduction to Greenland Paddling Clinic (2024) - Cancelled

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8:30 AM - Howe Sound day trip - (3B)

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10:00 AM - Cate's Park World Ocean Day Clean up Walk

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9:00 AM - Rescue & Rolling Practice Session - Sunday June 9 2024 - Registration

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12:00 AM - Safe Surf Launching and Landing Course | Course Registration - June 15-16 2024

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12:00 AM - Indian Arm overnight 13NM (2C)

8:45 AM - White Rock Crabbing Paddle - 2B

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9:00 AM - Widgeon Creek invasive plant removal - 1A

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8:00 AM - Porteau Cove to Gambier - 18 NM (3D)
Remote First Aid (20 hr course) - May 31 (evening) + June 1 & 2

Fri, May 31, 2024 - Sun, Jun 2, 2024

12:00 AM

Training Course

Remote First Aid is practical, hands-on training designed for casual campers or day hikers. Gain the confidence you need to make informed decisions in emergencies [...]

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Strokes Tune-up & Practice session - CANCELLED

Sun, Jun 2, 2024

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Batchelor Cove

Training Course

Stroke tune-up session. Registrants will be vetted for prior stroke courses.

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June club meeting with Elizabeth Purdon - 7:30

Mon, Jun 3, 2024

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Meeting

We welcome guest speaker Elizabeth Purdon who will be speaking about her 14 trips to Baja. As always the public is welcome to join in. [...]

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Safe Surf Launching and Landing Course | Course Registration - June 4-5 2024

Tue, Jun 4, 2024 - Wed, Jun 5, 2024

All Day

SKILS website - Ucluelet

Training Course

This course will give you the basic skills and knowledge to land and launch safely on surf beaches and increase your confidence in rough water. This is not a course on surfing.

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Introduction to Greenland Paddling Clinic (2025)

Wed, Jun 5, 2024

1:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Jericho Beach Kayak Centre

Training Course

Are you looking for guidance on how best to use your Greenland paddle? This clinic will review types of Greenland paddles, paddle grip, forward stroke, [...]

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Introduction to Greenland Paddling Clinic (2024) - Cancelled

Wed, Jun 5, 2024

5:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Jericho Beach Kayak Centre

Training Course

Are you looking for guidance on how best to use your Greenland paddle? This clinic will review types of Greenland paddles, paddle grip, forward stroke, [...]

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Howe Sound day trip - (3B)

Fri, Jun 7, 2024

8:30 AM - 2:00 PM

Porteau Cove Provincial Park

Trip

Visit rock art and fish trap in Howe Sound. Learn about the Indigenous past of our area and also proper etiquette related to archaeology sites. [...]

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Cate's Park World Ocean Day Clean up Walk

Sat, Jun 8, 2024

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Cates Park - Beach Launch

Trip

World Ocean Day is Saturday 8 June 2024. Come contribute to One Ocean, One Climate, One Future. Join Sea Kayaking Association of BC on World [...]

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Rescue & Rolling Practice Session - Sunday June 9 2024 - Registration

Sun, Jun 9, 2024

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Whytecliff Park

Training Course

Rescue and Rolling practice session. Please indicate what you want to focus on in the comment field. This will help the Facilitators plan the session.

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Safe Surf Launching and Landing Course | Course Registration - June 15-16 2024

Sat, Jun 15, 2024 - Sun, Jun 16, 2024

All Day

SKILS website - Ucluelet

Training Course

This course will give you the basic skills and knowledge to land and launch safely on surf beaches and increase your confidence in rough water. This is not a course on surfing.

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Indian Arm overnight 13NM (2C)

Sat, Jun 22, 2024 - Sun, Jun 23, 2024

All Day

Deep Cove

Trip

Weekend long trip with camping at Granite falls at Indian Arm and cooking session by Vincent. Saturday afternoon we will paddle into the river once [...]

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White Rock Crabbing Paddle - 2B

Sat, Jun 22, 2024

8:45 AM - 5:00 PM

White Rock Beach at Anderson Street - Lot 4750

Trip

Postponed due to weather - new date June 22. We will be kayaking from White Rock West Beach to set traps for Dungeness crabs [...]

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Picnic at Locarno Beach

Mon, Jun 24, 2024

5:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Locarno Beach Trimble Street Parking Lot

Meeting

Social

Our evening picnics are a perfect opportunity to welcome new members and reacquaint yourself with friends in a beautiful beach setting.

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Widgeon Creek invasive plant removal - 1A

Fri, Jul 5, 2024

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Yellow gate, Quarry Road, Coquitlam 5100 Quarry Road, Coquitlam, BC

Trip

SKABC Conservation Volunteers needed Friday 5 June 2024, 9 am until noon at Widgeon Creek, to be accessed from Coquitlam BC. Help SKABC in partnership [...]

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Porteau Cove to Gambier - 18 NM (3D)

Sat, Jul 6, 2024

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Trip

Description: Cross over to Defence Islands, follow the mainland south, cross over to Gambier, follow Gambier coast line south east, lunch on Gambier, cross to [...]

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Events on Fri, May 31, 2024

Remote First Aid (20 hr course) - May 31 (evening) + June 1 & 2

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Events on Sun, Jun 2, 2024

Strokes Tune-up & Practice session - CANCELLED

2 Jun 24

West Vancouver

Events on Mon, Jun 3, 2024

June club meeting with Elizabeth Purdon - 7:30

3 Jun 24

Events on Tue, Jun 4, 2024

Safe Surf Launching and Landing Course | Course Registration - June 4-5 2024

4 Jun 24

Events on Wed, Jun 5, 2024

Introduction to Greenland Paddling Clinic (2025)

5 Jun 24

Vancouver

Introduction to Greenland Paddling Clinic (2024) - Cancelled

5 Jun 24

Vancouver

Events on Fri, Jun 7, 2024

Howe Sound day trip - (3B)

7 Jun 24

Squamish

Events on Sat, Jun 8, 2024

Cate's Park World Ocean Day Clean up Walk

8 Jun 24

North Vancouver

Events on Sun, Jun 9, 2024

Rescue & Rolling Practice Session - Sunday June 9 2024 - Registration

9 Jun 24

West Vancouver

Events on Sat, Jun 15, 2024

Safe Surf Launching and Landing Course | Course Registration - June 15-16 2024

15 Jun 24

Events on Sat, Jun 22, 2024

Indian Arm overnight 13NM (2C)

22 Jun 24

Deep Cove

White Rock Crabbing Paddle - 2B

22 Jun 24

White Rock

Events on Mon, Jun 24, 2024

Picnic at Locarno Beach

24 Jun 24

Vancouver

Events on Fri, Jul 5, 2024

Widgeon Creek invasive plant removal - 1A

5 Jul 24

Coquitlam

Events on Sat, Jul 6, 2024

Porteau Cove to Gambier - 18 NM (3D)

6 Jul 24
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