Sponsored paddlers

Sea Kayaking UK are proud to sponsor some of the Worlds greatest paddlers. Other highly experienced paddlers are using Nigel's boats as they have been specifically designed for advanced conditions. This has led to the set up of Sea Kayaking UK's Sponsored Paddlers. The Sponsored Paddlers give valuable feed back on their practical experience so a continuous process of development can take place. An example of this is Chris Duff who circumnavigated Japan and New Zealand's North Island and put the Explorer through some of its most severe testing.

Owen Arkinson

TBC
Paul Bramble

Paul Bramble - Welsh Surf Kayaking Team member

I work and live in Pembrokeshire as a guide and coach. I have been paddling since I was 7 years old and I still love it to this day! Living
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Paula Riegel

Paula is strong, word class, international female coach, an ambassador for female coaches.

Her credentials are one of the early females in North American to obtain the BCU 5 Star leader
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Pete Jones

Latest expedition: Greenland Exped 2006

Peter Jones was the chief kayak instructor at the Anglesey Sea & Surf Centre in Anglesey. He now works freelance in North Wales....
Philip Clegg

Phil Clegg runs Sea Kayaking Anglesey a small sea kayaking provider based on the Isle of Anglesey, in North Wales, UK.

He has
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Richard Griffiths Hughes

Rich first got involved with the outdoors in his early 20’s, after a trainee year at a centre in Cornwall, followed with completing a BSc (Hons) degree in Sport & Exercise Science and Outdoor
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Roland Arnison

Roland has been a sea kayaker for many years and already paddled an Explorer which was a little beat up from years of use. In 2023 he contacted Sea Kayaking UK to tell us about his planned
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Rotem Ron

Born in a seaside kibbutz in Israel, Rotem grew up as a professional swimmer. A lover of the outdoors, she did quite a bit of hiking and rafting until she discovered kayaking. She has never
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Rowland Woollven

Rowland Woollven started paddling whilst at school and progressed through the disciplines of downriver touring and racing, canoe polo, slalom, sprint, marathon and long-distance racing before
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Saggi Nechushtan

Saggi Nechushtan went on his first kayak expedition in 1988 in the cold waters of Alaska, and has since returned on numerous occasions to lead kayak trips. He's a level 4 BCU instructor with many
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Shawna Franklin

Hometown: Orcas Island, WA

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Simon Osborne

Hometown: Falmouth, Cornwall, UK

Experience: Simon started kayaking when he was 7 years old. His introduction to the world of kayaking was through white water however after
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Sonja Ewen

TBC
Steven Hobert

46 years old, from Belgium

Physiotherapist (manual therapist, sports therapist)

First aid teacher Belgian red cross

Sea kayak coach since 2004 in Belgium, later in Uk and
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Stuart Leslie

Stuart started paddle at the ages of 15, doing all types of paddling from sea kayaking, white water, canoeing and wave ski. His real love for sea kayaking came from the Anglesey SeaKayaking UK
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Sue Honan

First Irish Female attempt at Iceland Circumnavigation by sea kayak May - July 2024 How the expedition began. Both Sue and Caoimhe had independently thought about an attempt at circumnavigating
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Tom Thorpe

Based: South West UK

Favourite paddling locations: Landsend, North Devon, West coast of Scotland

About: Tom is an enthusiastic outdoor pursuitsprofessional. Tom specialises in sea
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Trys Morris

Qualifications:

* BCU Level 5 Coach Sea (A5 Assessor Status), Level 4 A4(Inland), Level 3 A2 (Open)
* ML Winter, SPSA
* BCU Injury Prevention in Paddlesport Course Provider...