British Canoe Union North America
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BCU Coaches in North America
Alaska California Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Illinois
Maine Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire
New Jersey New York N. Carolina Oregon Rhode Island S. Carolina
Which Coach can run which program?
North East RCO
Steven Maynard
Adirondack Experience
Plattsburgh State University
101 Broad Street
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Steve@BCUNA.com
South East RCO
Marsha Henson
Marsha@BCUNA.com
Phone (912) 663-3169
Central US RCO
Kelly Blades
Kelly@BCUNA.com
West Coast RCO
John Wallum
John@BCUNA.com
phone (360) 699-6447
- The RCO is your primary source of information. If the RCO can’t immediately answer your question, the RCO will find out, or direct you to the person who will be able to provide an answer.
- All forms and other paperwork is sent to BCUNA, except for log books which are first sent to the RCO for approval. Questions as to the status of paperwork in process should be directed to the North American administrator.
Tom Pogson
Coach 4 Sea
A1* Sea Assessor, Canoe Safety Test Assessor
PO Box 3547
Homer, Alaska 99602
E:mail info@alaskakayakschool.com
www.alaskakayakschool.com
Laura N. Pomeroy
Coach Level 2 Kayak
P.O. Box 3547, Homer, Alaska 99603
www.alaskakayakschool.com
E-mail: lpom@xyz.net
Ryan Collins
Coach Level 3 Sea Trainee
Palmer Alaska
907 350 2259
E-mail: paddlersrealm@yahoo.com
Anthea Rayond
Coach Level 2 UKCC
Los Angeles, CA 90026
650 Maltman Avenue #D LA CA 90026
E-mail: anthea.raymond@sbcglobal.net
Jennifer Kleck
Coach Level 5 Sea, Coastal Navigation Provider, CST Assessor, L1 UKCC Tutor
1548 Quivira Way, San Diego, CA 92109
www.aqua-adventures.com
E-mail: info@aqua-adventures.com
Jeff Laxier
Coach Level 3 Sea
Fort Bragg
(707)962-1623
E-mail: jeff@liquidfusionkayak.com
www.liquidfusionkayak.com
Debra Kettler
BCU (UKCC) Level 1 Coach, Level 2 Trainee
San Juan Capistrano, CA
949-678-5766
E-mail: socalkayakcoach@gmail.com
Greg Paquin
Coach Level 3 Sea
Killingworth, Ct 06419
www.kayakwaveology.com
Coach@kayakwaveology.com
Dominic Settle
Level 3 Sea, FRST Provider
Milford, CT
E-mail: dsettle@optonline.net
Russell Farrow
Coach Level 3 Sea, A1, Canoe Safety Examiner
E-mail: theshop@sweetwaterkayaks.com
Tom Nickels
Coach Level 3 Sea, Assessor 1 Kayak
229 North St Neptune Beach, Florida
E-Mail: bcucoach@comcast.net
www.seakayakfl.com
Jean Totz
Coach Level 3 Sea, Assessor A3 Kayak, Canoe Safety Examiner
Course Provider
E-mail:theshop@sweetwaterkayaks.com
Michael Shugg
Coach Level 2 (ukcc)
Orlando, Florida
E-mail: mshugg@comcast.net
Chad Maynard
Coach Level 2 (ukcc)
www.sweetwaterkayaks.com
Saint Petersburg, Florida
(727) 570-4844
E-mail: valleykayakdude@gmail.com
Ronnie Kemp
Coach Level 3 Sea
www.canoecanoe.com
E-mail: Info@www.SeaKayakGeorgia.com
Nigel Law
Coach Level 3 Sea
www.savannahcanoeandkayak.com
Scott Fairty
Coach Level 4 Sea, Assessor 4 Sea, Coach Level 3 Inland, Foundation Safety & Rescue Training Provider
C/O Geneva Kayak Center
Lakefront 7301 N. Sheridan
Chicago, IL 60626
www.scottfairty.com
E-mail: sfairty@genevakayak.com
John Martin
Coach Level 3 Sea
Prospect Heights, IL 60070-0319
www.SeaKayakChicago.com
E-mail: John@SeaKayakChicago.com
Bonnie A. Perry
BCU Coach 3 sea, Level 1 ukcc
4550 N. Hermitage Ave,
Chicago, IL 60640
www.genevakayak.com
E-mail: bonnie@allsaintschicago.org
Paul Redzimski
Coach Level 3 Sea
www.genevakayak.com
E-mail: ckayaker11@gmail.com
Lyn Stone
Coach Level 1 ukcc, Level 2 Training ukcc
Chicago, IL
E-mail: lwstone@yahoo.com
Tom Bergh
Coach Level 4 Sea, Assessor 4 Sea, L1 UKCC Director
E-mail: tom@maineislandkayak.com
Mark S Schoon
Coach Level 4 Sea, Assessor 3 Sea, Canoe Safety Assessor, FSRT
E-mail: mark@carpediemkayaking.com
Melinda Rice
Coach Level 3 Sea Trainee, Canoe Safety Test Assessor
E-mail: Mel@carpediemkayaking.com
www.carpediemkayaking.com
John Carmody
Coach Level 5 Sea, Assessor 1* Sea, Canoe Safety Test Assessor
PO Box 657
Boothbay, ME 04537
www.seacliffkayakers.com
E-mail: john.carmody@gmail.com
Rick Wiebush
Level 2 Sea, L3 Trainee
Baltimore, MD
410-788-1241
E-mail: rwiebush@gmail.com
Kevin Beckwith
BCU (UKCC) Coach Level 1
16 High Street
Salem, MA 01970
www.rockpaddlesurf.com
E-mail: rpskayakcoaching@mac.com
Julie Martin
Coach Level 3 Trainee Sea Kayak, A1 Kayak
extracoastalkayak.com
E-Mail: julie@extracoastalkayak.com
Bob Clarke
Coach Level 2, L3 Trainee
Gloucester, MA
E-mail: bclarke@alum.mit.edu
Kelly Blades
RCO Midwest
Kelly@BCUNA.com
Coach Level 3, A3 Sea, Canoe Safety Test Examiner
E-mail: Kelly@kellyblades.com
(313) 585-7125
29885 Glynn Lee Ct.
New Hudson, MI, 48165
Ron Smith
Coach Level 3 Sea, Assessor A1 Kayak, Canoe Safety Examiner
P.O. Box 153, Hamburg, Michigan 48139
(734) 878-3689
E-Mail: Rsmith9999@aol.com
Jeff Brent
Coach Level 2 Kayak
E-Mail: inuitpaddler@aol.com
Jed Luby
Coach Level 3 Sea, A1
Goffstown, NH 03045
603-321-9446
www.TeamNorthAtlantic.com
Bill Gwynn
Coach Level 2 Kayak
Epping, NH 03042
www.kayakseamonkeys.com
E-Mail: bill@kayakseamonkeys.com
Jack Phelan
Coach Level 4 Sea, A4 Kayak, Canoe Safety Examiner, L1 UKCC Director
Scotch Plains, NJ
E-Mail: jackjphelan@gmail.com
Steven Maynard
Coach Level 5 Sea, Assessor 5 sea, Level 3 inland, aspirant Level 3 surf, open canoe, L1 UKCC Director
East Coast RCO
E-mail: Steve@BCUNA.com
www.stevemseakayak.com
E-mail: stevemseakayak@hotmail.com
Taino Almestica
Coach Level 3 Sea, Assessor 1
Manhattan, New York
www.tainokanoa.com/
E-mail: TainoKanoa@gmail.com
Tim Gamble
Coach Level 3 Sea
Pier 40, South Side, W. Houston and West Street, New York, NY 10014
www.nykayak.com
E-Mail: tgamble@syllog.com
Alan Mapes
Level 2 Trainee (ukcc)
Delmar, NY
E-mail: alanmapes@gmail.com
Warren Parker
Coach Level 3 Sea, A1
New York, N.Y.
http://kayakermedic.blogspot.com
E-mail: wrpj@msn.com
Sid Stone
Coach Level 3 Sea, Canoe Safety Assessor
Millwood, NY
E-mail: sid@snstone.com
Lamar Hudgens
Swansboro, NC
Coach Level 4 Sea, Assessor A1* Sea
(252) 393-6457
E-Mail: dolphin@coastalnet.com
www.barrierislandkayaks.com
Karl Andersson
Coach Level 4 Sea, A3 Sea, Canoe Safety Assessor, FSRT provider
1544 SE 46th Ave Portland, OR, 97215
www.aldercreek.com
E-Mail: otterslide@aol.com
Bob Baltazar
Coach Level 2
West Linn, OR
E-Mail: bb23505@yahoo.com
Teresa Flodin
Coach Level 2
Portland, OR
www.aldercreek.com
E-mail: taf.seakayaker@gmail.com
(503) 285-0464
Daniel Haghighi
Coach Level 3 Sea
2953 Laurel Rd
Longview, Washington 98632
E-mail: dna999@adelphia.net
360-414-4350
Paul Kuthe
Coach Level 2 Kayak
250 NE Tomahawk Island Dr.
Portland, Or. 97217
(503) 285-0464
E-mail: programs@aldercreek.com
Jonathan Walpole
Coach Level 4 Sea, A1* Sea, Canoe Safety Assessor
11160 S.W. Goldfinch Terrace, Beaverton, OR 97007
www.cse.ogi.edu/~walpole/kayaking.html
E-Mail: walpole@cse.ogi.edu
Peter Casson
Level 4 Sea, Level 3 Inland Kayak, Assessor 3 Sea, Asessor 1* Inland Kayak, Canoe Safety Assessor
Course Provider
E-mail: pcasson@ems.com
Lance Elzie
520 Folly Rd., Charleston, SC 29412
843.830.4935
E-Mail: lance@oceanairseakayak.com
www.oceanairseakayak.com
Mark White
Coach Level 3 Sea Trainee, Canoe Safety Assessor
www.lunaseakayaks.com
Austin, TX
E-Mail: mark@lunaseakayaks.com
Steven Ulrich
UKCC Coach Level 2 Trainee
Houston, TX
E-Mail: sulrich.tx@gmail.com
Todd A. Johnstone-Wright
Coach 3 Sea, 5 Star Sea Leader, Canoe Safety Assessor
Saint Michael's College
Box 258
One Winooski Park
Colchester, Vermont 05439
E-mail: twright@smcvt.edu
www.smcvt.edu/wilderness
Dovid Yagoda
Coach Level 3 Sea, Canoe Safety Assessor
25 Nash Place
Burlington VT 05401
E-mail: info@vermontkayak.com
Bob Gasser
Level 1
Vienna, Virginia 22182
E-mail: gasserra@verizon.net
Kevin Black
Coach Level 3 See Trainee, Assessor 1
9737 Pine Forest Road, Bent Mountain, Virginia 24059
E-mail: kblackch10@aol.com
John Wallum
RCO West Coast
Phone: (360) 699-6447
E-Mail: John@BCUNA.com
Level 4 Sea, Assessor 1
Rob Avery
Coach Level 3 Sea
Bainbridge Island, WA
206-661-3745
www.kayakkraft.com
E-mail: rob@kayakkraft.com
Ginni Callahan
Coach Level 4 Sea
Cathlamet, WA
360-849-4016
www.columbiariverkayaking.com
E-mail: ginnical@yahoo.com
Shawna Franklin
Coach Level 4 Sea, Assessor 4 Sea, L1, L2 UKCC Director, FSRT Provider
www.BodyBoatBlade.com
E-mail: info@bodyboatblade.com
GeorgeGronseth
Coach Level 1
Issaquah Washington 98027
E-mail: george@kayakacademy.com
www.kayakacademy.com
Barbara Sherrill Gronseth
Coach Level 1
Issaquah Washington 98027
E-mail: barb@kayakacademy.com
www.kayakacademy.com
Chris Mitchell
Coach Level 4 Sea
www.secondwindsports.net
E-mail: chris@secondwindsports.net
Henry Romer
Coach Level 3 Sea Trainee
Olympia, WA
360-480-0357
E-mail: hromer@aol.com
Matthew Ross
Coach Level 2 Kayak, Coach Level 3 Sea Trainee
www.seakayakshop.com
866-445-7506
Email: programdirector@seakayakshop.com
Leon Somme'
Coach Level 4 Sea, Assessor 4 Sea, L1, L2 UKCC Director, FSRT Provider
www.BodyBoatBlade.com
phone (360) 376-5388
E-mail: info@bodyboatblade.com
Rhonda G. Schwab
Coach Level 2 Kayak
3620 Scenic Dr. SE
Washington, 98092
E-mail: rhondagschwab@comcast.net
Les Uhrich
Coach Level 4 sea, A1* Kayak, Canoe Safety Examiner
www.kayakers.net
E-mail: les@kayakers.net
Terry Miller
Coach Level 2 kayak
Olympia, Washington
www.southsoundkayak.com
E-mail: sskkayak@yahoo.com
Mark Whitaker
UKCC L1 coach, L2 trainee
Skamokawa, WA
360-849-4016
www.columbiariverkayaking.com
E-mail:mark@columbiariverkayaking.com
Brian Day
Coach Level 3 Sea, Assessor 1
1818 Fisher St., Madison, WI 53713
E-mail: yakjockey@aol.com
Doug Liphart
Coach Level 4, Assessor 4 Sea, Canoe Safety Examiner
24395 Forest Road 245
Ashland, WI 54806
E-mail: lipreed@cheqnet.net
Scott Nesvold
Coach Level 3 Sea, Assessor 1, Canoe Safety Assessor
27760 Cty Hwy C Washburn, WI 54891
E-mail: scott.nesvold@gmail.com
www.trek-trail.com
Michael Callaghan
BCU (UKCC) Level 1 Coach
E-mail : peakwavekayaking@gmail.com
Vancouver, BC
Darren Moloney
Coach Level 2 Kayak
e-mail: just.addwater@yahoo.ca
Parksville, B.C., Canada
Christine Garcia
Coach Level 2 Kayak
E-mail: just.addwater@yahoo.ca
Parksville, B.C., Canada
Joe Dicks
Coach Level 3 Sea, Assessor 1 Sea
www.explorenewfoundland.com
E-Mail: Joe@explorenewfoundland.com
P. O. Box 63
Corner Brook, NFLD, Canada
Pauline Halstead
Coach Level 2 Kayak
Kayak Paddles and Boots Inc.,
Toronto, ON, Canada
E-mail: info@paddlesandboots.net
Christopher Lockyer
Level 4 coach A1*
www.committed2thecore.com
E-Mail: Christopher@committed2thecore.com
Nova Scotia, Canada
Bryan Smith
Course Provider
Coach Level 4 Sea, Level 3 Inland, Assessor 3
E-mail: gradientseeker@gmail.com
Squamish, BC, Canada
Jacques Coulombe
BCU (UKCC) Level 1 Coach
6815 Belanger Street
Montreal, QC H1M 3E9
www.kayakdemer.ca
E-mail: jcoulombe@kayakdemer.ca
Ginni Callahan
Coach Level 4 Sea
Cathlamet, WA
360-849-4016
www.columbiariverkayaking.com
E-mail: ginnical@yahoo.co
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