 Kampar River - Broken Dam | Its been awhile since i did the BC 4* Sea Training in Koh Chang with my paddling buddies, Madi and Nate, but after 4 years, on June 2018, we all finally passed the assessment. *hip hip hooray!* The assessment was actually the easy part. ...Organising it, was an adventure itself! Since the training in 2014, we've been putting the assessment on hold a number of times, plus we were in a region where the BC 4 star sea assessment was not widely organised. So in 2018, we thought, "hey, why not organise one ourselves, before our training expires for good!" .......Read more |
Madi leading a surf landing. With Nate in action! ...I have no idea what am I doing!
 BC 3 star whitewater candidates | So off we went organising it. The problem was, Nate was in Singapore, Madi was in Johor, I was in Tanzania and the assessor, Dave, was in Wales. Luckily whatsapp, emails and google drive exists. Next We had to find a way to bring down the costs (especially the assessors flights), so we thought we should invite more people to do the course....ses! In the end, there was a 3 star sea, 4 star sea training, 4 star sea assessment, Coastal Navigation course and a 3 star whitewater course, held at 2 different locations, Sibu island and Gopeng. |
 After all that trouble, the postman folded my certificate! | And of course, there was the issue of participants, some pulling out, some unsure, accommodation issues, transportation issues, payment issues, a second assessor issue, and all that jazz. In the end, we had a total of 23 pax, 5 different courses at 2 different locations, and a community of passionate and enthusiastic paddlers, with BC standards ...and are hungry for more! Thank you @kulark , @barefoot_frye and @acwaterra for making it happen! For further inquiries on BC training and assessments, contact Dave Brown at: http://www.acwaterra.co.uk/ Or search for: AcwaTerraDaveBrown on Facebook ***photo credits - Dave Brown |
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