 The Kayaking British Columbia Team
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| Out For Adventure Wilderness Trips - Team members |
Our guide team is the pride of Out For Adventure Wilderness Tours. Once your adventure tour is underway it is your guide that is at the helm to steer you through the most incredible adventure vacation ever. Our guides are only the best of the best and if that sounds like a mother bragging about her children... well we can live with that. The bottom line is that Out For Adventure Wilderness Tours has assembled an incredible guide and support team that is absolutely committed to providing the best adventure vacations in the business. Here are some of the Professional guides and staff.
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| Robyn Crisford
OFA Guide Hailing from New Zealand, Robyn also is a Canadian citizen. Having spent much time guiding sea kayaks tours in New Zealand's wild places, Robyn has earned her solid reputation as leader and sea kayak guide and has proven herself to be one of the best! Robyn also helps with our GTC program to train new guides to Out For Adventure. |
| Mike White
OFA Guide After many years of sea kayak guiding Mike has knows his way around British Columbia's coast line as if it were his backyard. Mike is renowned for his charming witty persona that coupled with his intimate local knowledge ranks him as one of the best guides on the coast. Watch your coffee though, he loves the stuff. The photo is the whole White family - they're all kayakers! |
| Matt Rowley
OFA Guide Matt is a very experienced sea kayak guide and adventurer. Just before this season began he has completed a sea kayaking trip in the far north. His globe trotting adventures and stories that follow are enough to keep all ears entertained. |
 | Kyle Mulinder
OFA Guide
Kyle hails from New Zealand but is a familiar face to Out For Adventure from previous seasons. Always a huge hit with clients of all ages Kyle is a full-on pro guide with a heavy dose of humor that's keeps everyone up. So popular with our previous clients Kyle even had one couple name their first born after him - no joke! Ask him to tell you the story. |
| Lauren Hammond
OFA Guide
Lauren continues to rank at the top of the guide roster with a solid set of skills and certifications. Clients just love her guiding style, finding her very friendly, helpful and accommodating. Lauren is passionate about paddling, especially on our wonderful BC coast. She spends much of her guiding time in Desolation Sound and Johnstone Strait. |
| Amanda Mercer
OFA Guide Any one who has been out with Amanda can't help but notice that extra flair in the kitchen, and an organizational ability that could challenge a computer program. Since 2000 Amanda has been leading Canoe trips in Ontario and Quebec, and OFA sea kayak trips in British Columbia. Amanda has spent time sea kayaking in Nova Scotia and on the Sea of Cortez in Baja. |
 | Sam Woods
OFA Guide Sam is a certified graduate of the globally recognized COLT program through Strathcona Park Lodge on Vancouver Island. Sam has a passion for learning which really shows in his enthusiasm to share this knowledge with others. |
 | Beth Martin
Reservations To anyone who has booked a tour with OFA, Beth hardly needs introduction. She handles the day to day office details of Out For Adventure Wilderness Tours Ltd. With many years experience in business and management she has spent the last ten years involved with the tourism industry. |
 | Jim Martin
OFA Head Guide Jim is one of the founders of Out For Adventure Wilderness Tours. He spends as much time as he can guiding groups on various adventures from Algonquin Park and the Halliburton Highlands to the West Coast of British Columbia because it's what he loves the most. Jim has been paddling a canoe since he was old enough to walk and migrated to sea kayaking later on. |
 | John Bestfather
OFA Guide John is natural leader and excellent guide. His great sense of humour, calm demeanour and guiding knowledge base makes him one of the best. John holds many certifications including Wilderness First Aid, Level 3 SFRT, ORCA Flatwater Instructor, ORCA Level 1 Moving Water, ARCA Tandem River Instructor, Mountain Bike Trail Guide cert, Bronze Medallion, CSIA Level 1, and OFA Nature Interpretation. |
 | Lewis Bot
Prep/Detailing Lewis works behind the scenes prepping and detailing for our British Columbia trips. He excels in organization and attention to detail which our sea kayak guides count on for a successful trip. A great team member and hard worker, Lewis Bot has earned a reputation for being consistently reliable. |
 | Mack Thompson
Prep/Detailing
Mack is a real local Quadra Island guy. He has spent his entire life here on Quadra Exploring and growing up. He spends his time off enjoying sea kayaking, hiking and paintball. His forte' is an eye for details and organization which guests will experience in the trips Mack works on. |
| | Maygan Sharpe
Prep/Detailing
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