2 days
FEE: US $280.00
DATES: (2010) May 1-2, May 29-30
PREREQUISITES: Foundation skills/ BCU 1 Star award plus some time in your boat, comfortable with a wet exit.

This course is about understanding cause and effect, ease and efficiency. Learn to move your boat with the least amount of work, while maintaining a sense of stability. This is the foundation all other boat handling skills are built on. At any skill level, this is a great course to revisit for refining skills consider taking it every year!

2 days
FEE: US $280.00
DATES: (2010) March 20-21 (Call our office for additional class dates not yet listed. 360-376-5388)
PREREQUISITES: BCU 2 Star Award or experienced paddler with strong skills but no BCU training, and be comfortable with a wet exit.

Effective, efficient, and easy - this class is the mastery of boat handling skills intended for experienced paddlers looking to hone their skills to a high level of performance in dynamic environments. We combine an understanding of how the environment (wind, waves, currents) can affect our boats with the skills of solid edge control and subtle, dynamic blade awareness, and an active posture, allow you to move your boat and blade as true extensions of your body. Our goal is a "skills proficiency" (maximum certainty, minimum energy expenditure, and minimum movement time) that allows you to take your paddling in new directions.

5 days
FEE: US $695.00
DATES: (2010) June 20-24, July 25-29, August 15-19
PREREQUISITES: Paddler with experience on the water, looking for in-depth knowledge, or 2 Star skills or above. Must be comfortable with a wet exit.

This is our most comprehensive course. For 5 days, you will be immersed in sea kayaking. We will use the pull of the moon to go from one island to another, faster and with less effort. We will learn how to go from a "low oxygen environment" to a "high oxygen environment" with the sweep of a paddle blade. We will eat seaweed, see awesome wildlife, and roast marshmallows by the campfire. This is a learning vacation! With other paddlers and great coaches, you will learn about: boat awareness, strokes, rescues, rolling, towing, reading and predicting currents, and navigation. If you are passionate about kayaking, have the stamina to play hard for five days in a row, and love to learn, this is a great class for you!

1 days
FEE: US $160.00
DATES: (2010) September 16 (Call our office for additional class dates not yet listed. 360-376-5388)
PREREQUISITES: BCU 2 Star skills or above, safety and rescue class, must be very comfortable with wet exits.

With a lower current speed than our Ocean Currents II class, this is a confidence building one-day course for paddlers who want to try out their skills in moving water. Deception Pass is an incredible learning environment and playground with eddy lines and upwellings that will help you develop the feel of your kayak in dynamic water.

2 days
FEE: US $280.00
DATES: (2010) March 26-27, May 25-26
PREREQUISITES: BCU 2 Star skills or above, safety and rescue class, must be very comfortable with wet exits.

Deception Pass is famous throughout the Northwest for its 8-knot currents, drastic eddy lines, incredible whirlpools, and large upwellings. Many paddlers look at this pass with fear, but with the right coaching and leadership it becomes a playground and an incredible learning environment. We will spend two days using both the ebb and flood to work on applying a full range of strokes efficiently to moving water, ferry gliding, sneaking up current lines, entering current backwards, rescues, rolling, and dealing with messy water. This class offers tremendous opportunities for the intermediate paddler and will take advantage of everything Deception Pass has to offer.

3 days (option A) / 5 days (option B)
FEE: US $435.00 (option A) / US $695.00 (option B)
DATES: (2010) April 24-26 (option A), June 6-10 (option B), September 20-24 (option B), October 2-4 (option A)
PREREQUISITES: BCU 3 Star Award. If you hold all the prerequisites for the New BCU 4-star training (www.BCUNA.com) This course will meet the required hours of formal training needed to attend an assessment.

The open oceans are the most beautiful, life-filled, dynamic bodies of water on earth. To spend a single day on the open ocean being lifted and lowered by the swell, catching glimpses of a whale's fluke or the glide of a Brown Pelican inches above the waves can become one of the most awe inspiring days of your life. The ocean can also be awesome as the birth place of hurricanes and tsunamis. As we are drawn to its beauty we must approach the ocean with great caution and awareness.

In this class you will learn the skills and knowledge needed to journey on the sea. You will develop a heightened awareness of the hazards to avoid or seek out for play. This course is designed to develop your personal skill level and leadership abilities to lead a group or journey as a team in moderate coastal waters. Emphasis will be on judging the conditions and the abilities of the group to make appropriate decisions about planned routes along with the need to modify plans as needed.

This course has two options
Option A: 3 days on the outer coast with no overnight camping.
Option B: 5 days in the inner tidal waters with four nights camping.
Call body boat blade at 360-376-5388 to discuss the best option for you.

4 days
FEE: TBA (Due at time of enrolment. Non-refundable unless we fill your spot.)
DATES: Call us at the office for up coming dates. 360-376-5388
PREREQUISITES: BCU 4 Star Award with coastal paddling experience, up-to-date First Aid certificate.

This training is intended for experienced paddlers who journey on the open sea where tidal races, headlands, open crossings, swell, strong winds, and challenging coast lines may be encountered. You need sufficient skill, knowledge and expertise to lead groups safely in demanding conditions. From our travelling experience, we believe the Pacific Northwest offers the best 5 Star Training in North America.