Summer is winding down, but Liquid Fusion Kayaking is winding up for sea kayak classes on the Mendocino Coast.

Sea kayak rock garden instruction on the Mendocino Coast

Coming in September, we have our 5 day Art of Sea Kayaking Mendocino Series. This summer we ran The Art of Sea Kayaking Mendocino as a monthly series. This Labor Day weekend, we teaching it as a comprehensive 5 day class and also allowing people to select ala carte the courses that they want. This gives paddlers the opportunity to customize their Mendocino sea kayaking experience. For those interested in sea caves, we have a full class dedicated to sea kayaking in Mendocino's sea caves. For rock gardeners, we have classes dedicated to rock gardening but also specifically playing in rock gardens (The Art of the Pour-Over). Surfzone training is also a part of the series. We still have a couple of spaces remaining so check it out and sign up so that you don't miss out.

The Art of Pour-Overs - a class focused on rock garden play in sea kayaks

The second weekend, we are joining the Headwaters Kayak Shop and Headwaters Adventure Company for their Albion Bash Weekend. We will be doing a presentation on Saturday Evening. On Saturday, we will be teaching a rock garden safety and rescue class. On Sunday September 13, we will be guiding a coastal exploration with rock gardening tour.

Sea kayak classes and tours in the Albion area of the Mendocino Coast

As we head into September, our daily schedule becomes more flexible for private lessons and custom tours in sea kayaking, whitewater river kayaking, rock gardening, and surf kayaking. We call our custom trips - Mendo Your Way. Dream up a Mendocino kayaking adventure and let's make it happen.

Ladies sea kayak rock garden tour on the Mendocino Coast

As fall and winter approach, start making plans to join us for whitewater kayaking, surf kayaking, and our Whitewater and Surf Safari's.

Whitewater river kayaking on Mendocino's Eel River

What are your paddling plans for March? We have been hunkered down working on our website and other business aspects of Liquid Fusion Kayaking. Now, it is time to turn our attention to teaching.

This Weekend we are excited to be coaching at the Storm Gathering USA in Trinidad, CA. We will be teaching a variety of courses including sea kayak surfing, incident management, whitewater of the sea, rock gardening, and surf kayaking. We are particularly excited to get to see Justine Curgenven's presentation on Kayaking the Aleutian Islands.

The Second Weekend of March is the Annual Santa Cruz Paddlefest. Formerly called the Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Festival, this is a fun event for both spectators and participants. See some of the best high performance surf kayakers shred on a world class surf break - Steamer's Lane. The Cowell's Classic is a fun event for novice and intermediate surf kayakers to participate and surf the typically crowded Santa Cruz break with only 3 others.

Jeff in the 2007 Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Festival  photo by Alex Chong — Jeff in the 2007 Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Festival photo by Alex Chong

The Third Weekend in March (March 21-22), Jeff will be coaching a 3 Star Sea Kayak Training in the Monterey Bay Area. He did one of these in January and is back by popular demand. We have a couple of spaces available if you are interested. Here's a link to the syllabus.

On Monday March 22, Jeff will be conducting a 3 Star Sea Assessment. The BCU 3 Star Sea Award is an internationally recognized achievement of sea kayaking skills.

Whitewater River Kayaking on the Eel River

And finally the last weekend of March, both Cate and Jeff will be teaching Whitewater Kayaking Class 3. This class is for paddlers who have class 3 kayaking skills and experience but want to perfect and better their skills to run cleaner lines, surf more waves, carve in and out of eddies, and possibly boat on harder waters. We will be teaching this on a Northern California Whitewater River - location to be determined based on water levels - course guaranteed to be fun and skill building.

Whew - definitely looking like a busy month for us - sharing what we love with others in the sea, river, and surf. Hope to see you on the water!

Sea Kayak Classes on the Mendocino Coast

Summer is winding down, but Liquid Fusion Kayaking is winding up for sea kayak classes on the Mendocino Coast.

March - Sea, River, Surf Kayaking