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Texas Vermont Virginia/Washington, DC Washington Wisconsin
Canada Mexico
What Level program can a Coach run?
Which Coach can run which program?
Regional Coaching Officers
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
Alaska
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
California
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
Connecticut
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
Florida
Russell Farrow
Coach Level 3 Sea, A1, Canoe Safety Examiner
www.SweetwaterKayaks.com
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
www.SweetwaterKayaks.com
E-mail:theshop@sweetwaterkayaks.com
Michael Shugg
Coach Level 2 (ukcc), Moderate Water Endorsement Sea
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
Georgia
Ronnie Kemp
Coach Level 3 Sea
www.canoecanoe.com
E-mail: Info@www.SeaKayakGeorgia.com
Nigel Law
Coach Level 3 Sea
www.savannahcanoeandkayak.com
Illinois
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
Maine
Tom Bergh
Coach Level 4 Sea, Assessor 4 Sea, L1 UKCC Director
www.maineislandkayak.com
E-mail: tom@maineislandkayak.com
Mark S Schoon
Coach Level 4 Sea, Assessor 3 Sea, Canoe Safety Assessor, FSRT
E-mail: mark@carpediemkayaking.com
www.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
Maryland
Rick Wiebush
Level 2 Sea, L3 Trainee
Baltimore, MD
410-788-1241
E-mail: rwiebush@gmail.com
Massachusetts
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
Michigan
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
New Hampshire
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
New Jersey
Jack Phelan
Coach Level 4 Sea, A4 Kayak, Canoe Safety Examiner, L1 UKCC Director
Scotch Plains, NJ
E-Mail: jackjphelan@gmail.com
New York
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.
kayakermedic.blogspot.com
E-mail: wrpj@msn.com
Sid Stone
Coach Level 3 Sea, Canoe Safety Assessor
Millwood, NY
E-mail: sid@snstone.com
North Carolina
Lamar Hudgens
Swansboro, NC
Coach Level 4 Sea, Assessor A1* Sea
(252) 393-6457
E-Mail: dolphin@coastalnet.com
www.barrierislandkayaks.com
Oregon
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
Rhode Island
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
South Carolina
Lance Elzie
520 Folly Rd., Charleston, SC 29412
843.830.4935
E-Mail: lance@oceanairseakayak.com
www.oceanairseakayak.com
Texas
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
Vemont
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
Virginia/Washington, DC
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
Washington
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
David Thompson
Coach Level 1, Level 2 trainee
Orcas Island, WA
406-581-0041
E-mail: david@altakayak.com
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 L2, Moderate Water Endorsement
Skamokawa, WA
360-849-4016
www.columbiariverkayaking.com
E-mail:mark@columbiariverkayaking.com
Wisconsin
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
Canada
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
Mexico
Ginni Callahan
Coach Level 4 Sea
Cathlamet, WA
360-849-4016
www.columbiariverkayaking.com
E-mail: ginnical@yahoo.co
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