Kayaking Film Festival.
Join us for an evening of socializing and video viewing. Fest opening ceremonies, and selected clips of new instructional and recreational paddling videos from Cackle Productions, Performance Video and Kent Ford, Lindgren Productions, Teton Gravity Research, Starling Productions, John Heath's Amphibious Man, Lunch Video Magazine, and locally produced video of Kachemak Bay kayaking and more.

28 May, Friday 7-9 PM
Where: Alice's Champagne Palace
Donation at Door

Kayak Test Drive - Demo Event
Test a wide array of modern kayaks in the controlled environment of the Barge Basin with support from experienced kayakers and instructors. Dress in layered insulating clothing, synthetics best, with a waterproof outer layer, such as a rain jacket. You will receive a safety orientation before launching.

29 May and 5 June, Saturday, 9 AM-5 PM
30 May and 6 June, Sunday, 9 AM-5 PM
Where: Homer Spit Marine Terminal Barge Basin
Fee: $10/person/day

Kayaking Skills and Rescue Demonstration
Come watch local kayak coaches and instructors demonstrating the art of kayaking: sea strokes and maneuvers, balancing and preventing capsizes, recovery strokes, Eskimo rolls for regaining balance, and efficient assisted and self-rescues.

29 May and 5 June, Saturday, 11 AM-12 PM
Where: Homer Spit Marine Terminal Barge Basin
Fee: FREE

Sea Skills I - Introduction
Learn and practice the basics of sea kayaking in an afternoon of games, drills, races and instruction. Safe carrying and lifting, launching and landing, safe capsize and wet exit, balance, propulsion, stopping, turning, hypothermia and clothing, group awareness, kayak, paddle, and more. Novice to Intermediate paddlers. Space limited. All equipment provided, including Kokatat Gore-tex dry suits

29 May and 5 June, Saturday, 1-5 PM
Where: Homer Spit Marine Terminal Barge Basin
Fee: $55

Sea Skills II - Beginner/Intermediate Skills
Reinforce sea kayaking basics (sea skills I) and improve the efficiency of your strokes, maneuvers and rescues in an afternoon of games, drills, races and instruction. Safe capsizes and wet exit, precise efficient strokes, fast effective rescues, and towing. Great follow-up course to Sea Skills I. Beginner to Advanced paddlers. Space limited. All equipment provided, including Kokatat Gore-tex dry suits

30 May and 6 June, Sunday, 1-5 PM
Where: Homer Spit Marine Terminal Barge Basin
Fee: $55

Group Paddle - Homer Spit.
Have your own boat and gear (or rent to participate) and want to see how far we can go as a group in one hour? Not a race, it’s a time and distance navigation game! We'll be back to enjoy the tail gate party at 6:30 PM. Group dynamics, paddling speeds and formation paddling will make the hour fly by. Must sign up for trip by 430 PM, Sunday 30 May. The Kayak School may be able to rent equipment for you, but please contact us in advance.

30 May, Sunday, 530-630 PM
Where: Homer Spit Marine Terminal
FREE (but must sign Alaska Kayak School waiver).

Sea Skills I & II: Beginner & Intermediate Skills.
Learn and practice the basics of sea kayaking in a full-day day of drills, games, competitions and fun. Safe carrying and lifting, launching and landing, safe capsize and wet exit, rescues and capsize prevention, use of the body to power and maneuver the kayak, towing, stopping, turning, group awareness, kayak, paddle, and more. Novice to intermediate paddlers. All equipment provided, including Kokatat Gore-tex dry suits. Space limited.

31 May, Monday, 9 AM-5 PM.
Where: to be announced
Fee: $85

Sea Kayak Safety and Rescue.
Learn about safety and design features of clothing, PFDs, paddles, & kayaks. Learn about signaling equipment, hypothermia prevention and clothing, group awareness, clean wet exit, swim with your kayak, cowboy scramble, t-rescue, x-rescue, Eskimo rescue, on the water first aid, on the water boat repair. Beginner to Advanced paddlers. All equipment provided, including Kokatat Gore-tex dry suits. Space limited.

1 June, Tuesday, 9 AM - 5 PM.
Where: to be announced
Fee: $85

Sea Kayak Navigation Workshop.
Introduction to sea kayak navigation. Practice and learn basic chart and compass skills, and plan a kayak day trip. Hands on learning. Students should bring compass, map or chart of Kachemak Bay, 12" piece of string, pencil and ruler. Practice laying a course, estimating time and distance, identifying of marine hazards and escape routes. Learn about tides, currents and marine weather for your trip planning. Develop a plan for a day trip. Basic skills all paddlers need to have.

1 June, Tuesday, 7-9 PM.
Where: Captain's Coffee,
Fee: $20

Wind and Waves.
Controlling your kayak in conditions. Increase your confidence and ability to paddle in open water conditions where wind and waves strongly affect your kayak. What is weather cocking? How do you counter act it? Where do wind and waves come from? Are they predictable? If your rudder breaks (yoicks!), how can you maneuver your kayak without it? Surf zone skills if conditions develop. All equipment provided, including Kokatat Gore-tex dry suits. Space limited.

2 June, Wednesday, 9 AM - 5 PM.
Where: Captain's Coffee, Pioneer Ave. 9 AM
Pre-requisites: Previous sea kayaking skills and rescue training, or permission.
Fee: $85

Tides and Currents.
Halibut Cove Lagoon. What are the differences between tides and currents? What are tidal streams? Tidal Races? Overfalls? Increase your confidence and ability to paddle in tidal channels, tidal races, and overfalls where the speed of the current is faster than you can paddle! Practice wet exits and rescues, and learn to make "whitewater" moves in a sea kayak: eddy-turns, peel outs, ferries, etc. Great place to put your pool roll to the test! All equipment provided, including Kokatat Gore-tex dry suits. Space limited.

3 June, Thursday, 9 AM-5 PM
4 June Friday, 9 AM-4 PM
Where: Mako's Water Taxi, Homer Spit 9 AM.
Pre-requisites: previous kayaking experience and confident wet exit.
Fee: $125