Sea Kayaking Finland

Our Coaches

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Our coaches and quides are for the most part internationally certified Sea Kayak Coaches by world's strictest certification organication: The British Canoe Union (BCU). We are some of the few people in Finland, that can teach BCU accredited skills classes and hold Star tests.

Guides and certifications:

Jukka Linnonmaa

British Canoe Union: 5 Star Sea/Level 3 Sea Coach, 3 Star Open Canoe

American Canoe Association: Open Water Coastal Kayak Instructor

Nordisk Instruktörlicens (NIL): Instructor

Eva-Lotta Backman-Winquist

British Canoe Union: 5 Star Sea Leader/Coach Level 2

Nordisk Instruktörlicens (NIL): Instruktör/Examinatör

Eeva Hagel

British Canoe Union: 3 Star Kayak / Coach Level 2

Jyri Heilimo

British Canoe Union: 3 Star Sea / Coach Level 2

Finnish Canoe Federation: Paddling guide, Accredited guide trainer and accessor

Kai Koch

British Canoe Union: 3 Star Sea

Pasi Nuutinen

British Canoe Union: 3 Star Kayak / Coach Level 2

Ilkka Salmi

British Canoe Union: 3 Star Sea / Coach Level 2

Finnish Canoe Federation: Paddling guide

As all of us have a day job, involving travelling at times. Therefore we may occasionally use other coaches that we know to be good.

Keirron Tastagh

British Canoe Union: 5 Star Sea / Coach Level 4

Keirron is our 'BCU mentor', who has been involved in our training as BCU Coaches. He comes occasionally to Finland to run such classes and tests, that we are not yet certified to do ourselves.

Antti Linnonmaa

British Canoe Union: 4 Star Sea Leader, 3 Star Open Canoe, Coach Level 1

Nordisk Instruktörlicens (NIL): Hjälpinstruktör

Antti runs many classes and does a lot of other work necessary to keep Sea Kayaking Finland running: Website Design, Kayak Repair, Invoicing, etc.

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