West Coast Sea Kayak Symposium

September 19-21, 2008
Fort Worden State Park

The West Coast Sea Kayak Symposium will be celebrating its 25th Anniversary this September as the largest and oldest symposium in North America. Join us for three days of on water demos, presentations and on water instruction featuring the industry’s leading manufacturers in boats and accessories as well as speakers and instructors who want to share their expertise and love of all things paddling.

Situated on the grounds of beautiful Fort Worden State Park, participants of all paddling abilities will find something to suit them. Whether it is your first time in a kayak or as a seasoned paddler looking to upgrade your skill set in our newly offered advanced level instruction.

Friday evening will feature the Reel Paddling Film Festival sponsored by Adventure Kayak Magazine and Saturday we welcome Adventurer Jon Bowermaster as he takes us on an arm chair adventure into the wilds of Antarctica.

Join us with family and friends as we celebrate 25 years and get out on the water!!!

The Symposium will take place at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend, Washington. Here are park related links...

Fort Worden's web site and maps of the grounds.
Visitor information at Port Townsend's Chamber of Commerce website.
WSDOT has reinstated car ferry service on the Port Townsend - Keystone route. Here is a schedule.
Event Photos

Driving times to Fort Worden, excluding ferry travel, are as follows...

Port Angeles – less then 1.5 hours
Seattle – 2 hours
Vancouver or Victoria, BC – 3 hours
Portland, OR - 4 hours
Eugene, OR - 5.5 hours
Spokane - 6 hours
Boise, ID – 9.5 hours

If you are interested in volunteering for the West Coast Sea Kayak Symposium please contact...

Bambi Krieg

All volunteers receive a FREE staff T-Shirt, and registration discounts as detailed below...

One four hour shift
FREE registration that day: $70 value.
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30% off the full $150 weekend registration package: $45 value.
One eight hour shift
60% off the full $150 weekend registration package: $90 value.

We know you are excited to register for the event however we are having technical difficulties that we are working around the clock on to solve. We hope that registration will be ready to go by May 1.
We appreciate your patience as we work to deliver you this on line registration system.

The event takes place
September 19, 20, & 21, 2008.

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Nikki Rekman
   Trade Association of Paddlesports
   PO Box 243
   Milner, British Columbia, V0X 1T0
1-800-755-5228
Bambi Krieg
Volunteer Coordinator
Norm Neilson
Speaker Coordinator
Matthew Keilwitz
On Water Instruction Coordinator