I have a great fondness for the West Michigan Coastal Kayakers’ Association and Symposium. WMCKA is one of the great clubs in the mid-west and probably the US. Their annual symposium is next weekend, Memorial Day Weekend. May 25-28. This event has been described as 1 part kayaking symposium, 1 part summer camp, and one …
Tag Archive: WMCKA
Apr
24
Diane Carr Michigan Kayaker and Artist
Diane Carr of Traverse City Michigan attends the WMCKA Symposium every year as an instructor. She is also an artist. I was trying to look up her e-mail address to make sure she got the invite for the Instructor Update. So I google her. This is what comes up when you google Diane Carr! Just …
Feb
12
Jeff Allen Keynote Speaker for WMCKA Symposium 2009
Jeff Allen renown expedition paddler, BCU Coach, and contributor to the increasingly awesome Ocean Paddler magazine will be the WMCKA Keynote Speaker for our 2009 symposium. Jeff Allen is one half of Sea Kayaking Cornwall. Simon Osborne being the other half. Jeff has a vast experience with long trips and a life long love affair …
May
29
WMCKA Sea Kayak Symposium 2008-My Home is The Sea
WMCKA Sea Kayak Symposium 2008 My Home is the Sea Every year I attend the WMCKA Sea Kayaking Symposium it takes me a few days to absorb the impact of what it means to me. It is easy to say this happened and that happened. It is also easy to say this is the one …
Apr
07
Flotnar 4th Annual Ice paddle on Lake Michigan South Haven
Flotnar 4th Annual Ice paddle on Lake Michigan in South Haven Jim Viviano and I decided to try for an Icepaddle two weeks ago. The ice cliffs on the Lake Michigan piled quite high this year. The ice cliffs on the Great Lakes form as the warmer water begins to erode the edges of the …
Oct
02
Wind, Waves, Wine 2007
This year’s Wind, Waves, and Wine event was moved to Lake Michigan Recreation Area north of Ludington. Blessed with fortune I left work on Friday to arrive at exactly the same time as Henry Davies. We drove over to the beach and quickly assessed that surfing was out, but paddling would happen. We set up …
May
30
The Romantic Journey-WMCKA Symposium 2007
I picked Jon Turk up at the Kalamazoo airport on Friday after work. I’d heard that he wasn’t as chatty and vivacious as some of the younger pups we’d had to symposium over the last few years. Simon and Justine definitely are very fun and very very social, which is great. Jon Turk though is …
Jan
28
Into the blue
I am more accustomed to the smell of chlorine these last few weeks than the smell of fresh air. The lakes have finally started to freeze over. I am blessed with three pools to visit. Two of which allow kayaks, the third being the YMCA. The “WMCKA”:http://wmcka.org pool sessions are fun, but crowded. We are …
