PALMER FEST – Sea Kayak Symposium

PALMER FEST UPDATE — CANOE 09 & National Sea Kayak Symposium

CANOE 09 & NaSKS REGISTRATION CLOSES May 3rd — Only 10 days left!!! Registration for CANOE 09, the Canadian Canoe Symposium and NaSKS, The National Sea Kayak Symposium, May 8-10, 2009, closes May 3rd at midnight.

Learn to paddle in our beginner and intermediate weekend-long clinics for sea kayaking and canoeing or enrole in our specialty clinics including:

* Greenland paddling
* Sea kayak surfing
* Tides and currents
* Beginner and advanced rescues
* Canadian classic solo, with Becky Mason
* Stand-up canoeing, with Mark Scriver
* Hands-on navigation and communication clinics
* ORCKA certification available for canoe clinics

Register today to ensure you get enrolled in the clinics of your choice. Register today at www.palmerfest.com.

CANOE 09 & NaSKS CANOE and KAYAK DEMOS — Looking to buy a new canoe, sea kayak or piece of equipment this spring? How about taking a course or paddling vacation? The following industry leading companies will be featured in the HUGE Exhibitor Alley:

Kayak Demos

* Bear Mountain Boatworks
* Current Designs
* Dagger
* Impex Kayaks
* Perception
* Wilderness Systems

Canoe Demos

* Bluewater Canoe
* Esquif Canoes
* Handcrafted Canoe Worx
* Mad River Canoe
* Scott Canoe

Paddling Equipment

* TEVA
* Kokatat
* Level Six
* SPOT
* Werner Paddles

Specialty Retailers

* Mountain Equipment Co-op
* Trailhead Kingston

Schools/Outfitters/Paddling Organizations

* Madawaska Kanu Centre
* 1000 Islands Kayak Centre
* White Squall
* Coastal Spirit Adventures
* Ontario Recreational Canoe and Kayak Association
* Paddle Canada

Kick-off your paddling season the right way. Register today at www.palmerfest.com.

***More Event Details***

The eight annual Palmer Fest is a laid-back social, instructional and fun two-weekend event kicking off with the National Sea Kayak Symposium (NaSKS) and CANOE 09 – The Canadian Canoe Symposium on May 8-10, followed by the classic Whitewater Weekend including the Single Blade Symposium 6 on Victoria Day Weekend. Both weekends offer a wide variety of beginner to advanced women’s-only paddling clinics.

Palmer Fest is held at the Paddler Co-op boathouse and campground on the Madawaska River in beautiful Palmer Rapids Canada’s most beginner-friendly class I-III section of whitewater. The Madawaska River also offers plenty of protected lakewater paddling opportunities for introductory sea kayaking and lakewater and classic solo canoe clinics. Plus we can offer intermediate and advanced sea kayak skills clinics using the deep river features as ocean features, such as surfing, tides, currents and paddling in boils.

Arrive and camp on the Friday nights. Saturdays and Sundays will be the canoe and kayak demos and on-water clinics—two per day. The clinics run from 10am to 12pm and then again from 2pm to 4pm. You select all your clinics in advance when you register.
We are very proud that Palmer Fest is a family friendly event. In addition to our kids paddling clinics (age 7 and up) we provide daycare so that parents can escape to the water for the action.

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Media Contact
Scott MacGregor, Palmer Fest Event Director, (613) 758.2042 scott@rapidmedia.com