We will have a full coaches list as the event approaches. The following staff have been confirmed for the Gales Storm Gathering.

Lead Instructors

Ryan Rushton

L5 ACA Sea Kayak Instructor/IT, BCU 5 Star Sea Leader Award Owner and Co-sponsor from Geneva Kayak Center

Keith Wikle

L4 ACA Sea Kayak Instructor BCU 4 Star Sea Award, Surf Kayak Kamikazee and Co-sponsor from Go Kayak Now!

Sam Crowley

L5 ACA Sea Kayak ITE (Instructor Trainer Educator) and Yooper native who circumnavigated Ireland.

Scott Fairty

Credentials too long to list, Scott probably invented kayaking.

Kelly Blades

Black Belt in Fun from Kayaking University.

Alec Bloyd-Peshkin

L4 ACA Sea Kayaking Instructor, the smallest and most powerful man alive

Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin

L4 ACA Sea Kayaking Instructor, the most powerful woman alive, size irrelevant.

Jim Tibensky

L5 ACA Sea Kayaking Instructor, slalom coach, and winner of the recent Boatercross competition at Geneva Kayak Center.

Mike McDonald

L4 ACA Sea Kayaking instructor and L5 aspirant, accomplished Greenland mentor, call him “the Captain” because he is always willing to go down with the ship.

Doug Van Doren

A legend, this man can roll with anything you hand him.

Paul Redzimski

L5 ACA Sea kayaking instructor and BCU  coach 3 is as quiet as he is awesome on the water.