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Updated March 31, 2012
2012 Spring Exams:
Level Two and Three Exams posted now! Several Dates Filling Fast!!! More...
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Updated April 30, 2012
2012 Spring Exchange: Photos Now Posted!
April 20-22, 2012 - Victoria, BC. Skill sessions, seminars, socializing!
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February 14, 2012
Updated - Water Classification Maps:
Outlining water classfications within British Columbia
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February 14, 2012
New Pro-Deal:
Killarney Kayaks joins the SKGABC Pro-Deal Program! Deals for members from companies like: Aquabound, Brooks, Broform, Delta, Level Six, Nimbus, North Water, Ortlieb, and Seaward!
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January 15, 2012
2012 Training Courses:
Guide Training Courses to get you safely on the water! More...
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October 18, 2011
2011 Annual General Meeting:
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011, Nanaimo, BC. Minutes available in the Members Area More...
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October 15, 2011
2011 Fall Exchange:
September 30 - October 2, 2011 - Tofino, BC
Photos now posted!
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July 1, 2011
Wolf Advisory: Vargas Island Park - Clayoquot Sound
Due to wolf activity on Vargas Island this spring, BC Parks has issued a Wolf Advisory More...
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June 29, 2011
Postal Disruption Over:
Mail is moving again, but submission of documents and payments can still be made online! More...
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Here is the list of events for the Guide's Olympics contest
Host: Island Escapades Unlimited, 163 Fulford Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island, B.C. V8K 2C6 Click for Map
Cost: $50 includes meals for the weekend
Meals and Lectures: Lions Club of Salt Spring Island, Hart Bradley Hall, 103 Bonnet Avenue Click for Map
Camping: Rainbow Gardens or Ruckle Park
On Water Sessions: Leave from the beach at Island Escapades.
FRIDAY
4 - 6PM Afternoon session TBA
6 - 7PM Guide Olympics. The person who accumulates the most points in these Games will win prizes donated by Nimbus, Stolquist, Extra Sport, Brooks, Current Design, Navarro, Dakine, Seal Line & Whites.
7 - 8PM Dinner:
After dinner slide show and kayak videos.
SATURDAY
8 - 9AM Breakfast:
9 - 10AM Guide Olympics . The person who accumulates the most points in these Games will win prizes donated by Nimbus, Stolquist, Extra Sport, Brooks, Current Design, Navarro, Dakine, Seal Line & Whites.
10 - 12PM Morning Session #1
Title: Managing Scenarios in Exams and in the Field
10 - 12PM Morning Session #2
Title: Strokes, Detection & Correction – On water session.
Rescues (if time allows)
12 – 12:45PM Lunch:
12.45 - 1.30PM Guide Olympics .
1.30 - 3.30PM Afternoon Session #1:
Title: Prehistory of the Gulf Islands: Settlement, Subsistence, and Technological Change.
( Handy knowledge for the interpretive guide)
1.30 - 3.30PM Afternoon Session #2:
Title: Kayak Navigation - On water and land based session.
3:30 - 5:30PM Evening Session– A series of two presentations
Title 1: Kayak Operation in theGulf Islands National Park Reserve
Title 2: Being An Interpretive Guide: Intertidal Life, Marine Mammals, Birds, Geology of the Region - Speaker to be announced
Snack served
6 - 7.30PM Equipment Demo by Current Design, Necky Kayaks & Seaward Kayaks
7.30 - 8.30PM Dinner
8.30 - 10.00PM Product knowledge session by company reps
10.00 - 12.00AM Optional Evening Social: Anise
SUNDAY
8 - 9AM Breakfast:
9 - 10.00AM Last Session of Guide Olympics
10 - 10.30AM Olympic Award Ceremonies
10.30 - 12.30PM Morning Session #1
Title: CPR Recertification
10.30 - 12.30PM Morning Session #2:
Title: Towing Session & Rope tying for on water kayaking |
