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Vancouver, BC, Surfski
Looking Northwest at False Creek, English Bay and Burrard Inlet
Photo: tripsavvy.com - Click to enlarge
Downwind
- Bowen Island video
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- Spanish Banks Beach to Burrard Civic Marina (Vanier Park) approx. 6 km - if you can paddle upwind from Spanish Banks you can add to your downwind distance video
- Ambleside
- Burrard Inlet Run - Ambleside/Hollyburn Sailing Club - Caulfeild Cove Burrard Inlet 7.6 km Downwindfun
- Lighthouse Park to Ambleside - 8 km
- Eagle Harbour to Ambleside - 12 km video
- Gibsons, Howe Sound - See Sunshine Coast
Tidal Races
- Ambleside Park Laps A great place to surf laps in the city. After surfing up the current, turn around and go even faster back into the waves and surf down again!
Other Paddling
Video
Conditions
Weather
- AyeTides. For iPhone, iTouch and Ipad.
- Windy - Ambleside Wind Forecast w/ webcam
- BigWaveDave Mostly Vancouver Island spots, but includes Vancouver locales also
Webcams
- English Bay, Kits Beach, Vanier Park, Sunset Beach, Westend, Grouse Mountain, Ferry - updates each minute
- Ambleside Hollyburn Sailing Club this webcam is just west of Ambleside Park
- West Vancouver Kiteboarding Webcam this webcam is a little farther west than the Hollyburn webcam so the view is west of where Ambleside laps are usually run, although the laps can sometimes extend west into this area (and involve large waves)
Races
Clubs and Groups
- Club Locarno SUP, Row, Kayak, Surfski, Sail, Windsurf
- False Creek Racing Canoe Club Sprint Canoe & Kayak, OC, Surfski, Dragon Boat
- Burnaby Canoe and Kayak Sprint Canoe & Kayak
- Jericho Paddling Club OC, Surfski, SUP
- Dragon Zone Paddling Club Dragon Boats
- Pitt Meadows Paddling Club OC, Dragon Boat, Voyageur Canoe…
- Canadian Canoe/Kayak Club Finder enter your city or town in the address search box
Rentals
Vancouver is actually one of the better locations for surfski rental. General advice about surfski rental.
- Western Canoe/Kayak - Sea kayaks, sit on top kayaks, Tandem Canoes (including racing canoes for Ski to Sea Race), SUPs (unfortunately no surfskis)
Local Coaching
OC
- Kamini Jain Right Angle Performance - Coaches dragon boat, outrigger canoe, surfski and kayak racing
Sprint Kayak/Canoeing
See clubs above that have sprint kayaking and canoeing
Surfski/Downwind
- A little farther afield - Bellingham Downwind Experts
Injury and Recovery
- Greg Redman http://wavephysio.ca/
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Dealers
- Coast Outdoors These folks (along with their waterside rental and training facility at Deep Cove) are long time supporters of the PNW paddling community. They can be a very good source of information about paddle sports and paddling in the Vancouver area. And they run the annual Tuesday Night Races at Deep Cove and the Canadian Downwind Championships in Howe Sound.
Repair
- Vancouver has many boat repair companies (examples Nordmänner Marine Services, MRV Marine Services) who can probably perform simple patch jobs very well (if your job isn't too small for them), but you might want to go with a dedicated small boat shop for major structural repairs? Or one of these locals may be completely capable of major structural repairs on carbon with good paint matching etc. Do your own due diligent research and please let us know if you find someone good.
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Resources
Photo: tourismvancouver.com
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