{"id":1128,"date":"2012-05-28T14:32:32","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T14:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phpaddlers.com\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2012-05-28T14:35:54","modified_gmt":"2012-05-28T14:35:54","slug":"atlantic-paddle-symposium-2012-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/blog\/atlantic-paddle-symposium-2012-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlantic Paddle Symposium 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/phpaddlers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/APS2012-136.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1129 \" src=\"http:\/\/phpaddlers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/APS2012-136-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<dl>\n<dd>Photo of Christopher Lockyer Taken by: Clif Pratt<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>Liscombe Lodge <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liscombelodge.ca\/\">http:\/\/www.liscombelodge.ca\/<\/a> is\u00a0 hidden gem located outside a small village about two and a half hours away from Halifax.\u00a0 It is one of only three resorts owned and operated by the Province of Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n<p>On May 11 of this year 75 paddlers traveled from as far away as England and Seattle to gather for the 5<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Atlantic Paddle Symposium. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlanticpaddlesymposium.com\">www.atlanticpaddlesymposium.com<\/a> .\u00a0 Light winds, warm dry weather, and easy swell made for three extremely pleasant days on the water.<\/p>\n<p>The Atlantic Paddle Symposium is our region&#8217;s premier paddling event. \u00a0The Atlantic Canada paddling community meets for a 4-day event\u00a0focusing\u00a0on skill development, outdoor, leadership, education and paddling safety. \u00a0The Symposium facilitates relationship building, both within our regional paddling community and allows us to forge relationships with some of the best known paddlers and instructors in the world.<\/p>\n<p>The schedule, as it has been in previous years, was packed with a variety of skills sessions for all levels, covering each of the four paddling styles supported by\u00a0 Paddle Canada paddling programs. Stand Up Paddling sessions were added (and enthusiastically received) to our roster of sessions for canoe, sea kayak and white water kayak.<\/p>\n<p>The venue offered us great locations and a variery of conditions. Sean Morley, Christopher Lockyer and Mat Nelson ran rock hopping, sea kayak surfing, and Incident management sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights from this year\u2019s event were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Zac Crouse\u2019s opened the event with a presentation on the Paddle to the Ocean project\u00a0 mixing skillful muscianship with his story telling to keep the group engaged.\u00a0 Big thanks to Zac and Ian for the great music.!<\/li>\n<li>Andrew Westwood is a true ambassador of the sport of canoeing. His presentation on keeping instruction relevant, current, engaging and fun was inspiring, timely, and well received.<\/li>\n<li>Sean Morley\u2019s presentation about paddling around Great Britain, Vancouver Island as well as some of the coast of California.<\/li>\n<li>We were blessed with sun shine, light winds and a bit of swell for the event.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1130\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/phpaddlers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Ryan-Brakes-pictues-22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1130\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1130 \" src=\"http:\/\/phpaddlers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Ryan-Brakes-pictues-22-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by: Ryan Brake\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by: Ryan Brake<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Without the support from our sponsor this year we would not have been able to make the event so accessible and also would not have been able to have such a talented group of coaches.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Special Thanks to Sean Morley and Matt Nelson for making the trip to Nova Scotia. Hope to see you both back next year.<\/p>\n<p>Picture gallery can be found at:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Committed 2 the Core at Atlantic Paddle Symposium\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10150905072819706.430161.269008074705&amp;type=3&amp;l=f9877313a5\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10150905072819706.430161.269008074705&amp;type=3&amp;l=f9877313a5\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sponsor a Coach:<\/p>\n<p>Lendal Paddle (Christopher Lockyer), P&amp;H sea kayaks (Matt Nelson)<\/p>\n<p>Submitted by Christopher Lockyer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.committed2thecore.com\">www.committed2thecore.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo of Christopher Lockyer Taken by: Clif Pratt Liscombe Lodge http:\/\/www.liscombelodge.ca\/ is\u00a0 hidden gem located outside a small village about two and a half hours away from Halifax.\u00a0 It is one of only three resorts owned and operated by the Province of Nova Scotia. 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