NOTE: The events on this calendar should be of interest
to sit-on-top paddlers. They will include sit-in-side kayaks as
well. Most of these events are "demo days" where you will
be able to try a variety of kayaks. Some of these events will have
an educational aspect. If you know of an event that is noteworthy
to sit-on-top paddlers let us know. If you are a shop or school
currently providing sit-on-top kayak instruction, let us know.CALL
AHEAD to confirm the event, check if there is a fee, and that it
will be suitable to your needs. California
Kayak Friends Has a wonderful list of ongoing
events for instruction & fun for kayakers open to both SOT's
and closed deck boats. http://www.ckf.org |
"Getting The Paddlesports Education You Need: How To Find Sit-on-top Kayak Lessons"
*In New England - Tom's Kayak Lesson Schedule*
Calendar of Events - 2011 - 2012
To Submit Your Event
send to AhoyThere @ TopKayaker.net
CALL AHEAD to confirm the event, check
if there is a fee,
and that it will be suitable to your needs.
September 24th - Newburgh, NY
Newburgh Rowing club is hosting a 5 mile kayak challege / race on the
Hudson Rriver on sept 24th to commerate a great race that took place
there in 1867. http://www.newburghrowing.org/
October 8th - Texas - Artisit Boat of Galvenston, Texas is holding their annual fund raiser "Float The Boat" featuring a kayak raffle.
2415 Avenue K, Galveston, TX 77550, (409) 770-0722
http://www.artistboat.org/
Artist Boat Press Release: For Galveston area kayakers late August is a time when the possibility of winning one of the country's most popular ocean-going kayaks looms large in anticipation of the annual Artist Boat kayak raffle. On Tuesday, a small team mounted this year's kayak just below ceiling height at the popular MOD Coffee House, 2126 Post Office Street in downtown Galveston. "It's become an annual event," says MOD owner Ken McManus, when area kayakers start coming in to view this year's entry and hopefully buy the winning ticket." The 14 foot Manitou Kayak is valued at $1,000. Sea Kayaker Magazine calls the Manitou 14 comfortable and easy handles well in all kinds of sea conditions.. The kayak, which is built entirely from recycled materials, was donated by Necky Kayaks. 
It will be raffled at Artist Boats annual "Help Float the Boat" festival and fund raiser. Tickets are $10 each - 3 for $25 - and can be purchased at MOD, the Artist Boat office at 2415 K Street, and at many cooperating areas merchants. The raffle will be held at Eibands, 2201 Post Office Street, Galveston, TX 77550 from 6 to 9 PM on Saturday, October 8. Event Helps Area Kids - "The work that Artist Boat does is great for the community and important to our Island. MOD is proud to be a part of the Float the Boat kayak raffle and auction," says McManus. "My wife Holly and I have a background in youth services and we know first hand what organizations like Artist Boats means to local kids. He notes that MOD is a value-led business. That's why we recycle, hang local artists, promote local musicians, and support organizations like Artist Boat". Jeff Herman, a representative of the Necky Kayak Company based in Old Town Maine adds that the company donated the Kayak because of the work that Artist Boat does to safeguard the well-being of the Gulf's coastal and marine environments. "Artist Boat is good for kayaking, it's good for kayakers and is also good for our business," he says. Over the past three years, Artist Boat has conducted kayaking tours for almost 24,000 middle school students and trained more than 1,300 teachers to conduct integrated art- and science learning programs. The organization also helped students and teachers restore more than 15 acres of dunes, prairies and wetlands damaged by Hurricane Ike. To date Artist Boat has served over 45,000 participants. Photo caption: This year's Artist Boat kayak, now on display at MOD Coffee House, will be raffled at the organization's annual Help Float the Boat Fund Raiser on the evening of August 8 at Eibands. Shown here: MOD's Ken McManus (right) and Necky Kayak representative Jeff Herman mounting this year's kayak at the MOD Coffee House on Post Office Street.
- Read more about Artist Boat here at Topkayaker.net.
Nov. 3 through Nov. 6 - FLORIDA
Calusa Blueway Paddling Festival This 6th annual "signature eco-event" celebrates Southwest Florida's 190 mile marked paddling trail, The Great Calusa Bluewaywhich meanders from its southern tip at Bonita Springs to its northern-most points around Pine Island Sound and up the Caloosahatchee River.
Paddlers, competitors, families and outdoor enthusiasts from around Southwest Florida, the state and the nation attend this one-of-a-kind eco-event.
Festivities include competitive canoe/kayak races, a kayak fishing tournament, paddling clinics and demonstrations, seminars, family activities, archaeological and environmental events, guided tours, and more celebrations along The Great Calusa Blueway.
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Your local kayak shop may be holding demo days not listed here. Demo
days are the best way to try out a kayak before you buy. Give your local
shop a call for information on their planned events this winter season.
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