Outdoor Fitness

Look for your Life’s a Beach kids day camps and week-long camps coming in August 2014! Bring the kids down to the beach everyday for some fun in water and in the sand. The days of fun with friends and enthusiastic camp leaders include beach play, skills and learning, games, surfing, body boogie boarding and skim boarding, paddle boarding, ocean safety, oceanography, ocean safety, kite flying and any other fun things the kids can dream up for a fun morning in the great outdoors! Bring the kids to join us into growing into mermaids and watermen! For ages 6-10. *If you have a child 11 years or older, we will be accepting applicants for volunteer ‘junior councillors’ to join our camps free of charge. When: 9am – 1pm Daily – August 1 – August 31 (July 1 – August 31…

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Join Tofino Paddle Surf and Coastal Bliss Yoga for an epic weekend at the beach and on the water.  Fun and fitness are the goals and there is no better way to spend a weekend then having a guide lead you through beach yoga, flat water and SUP surfing, a fitness adventure and a SUP Yoga class*. All classes accommodate men and women with experience at all levels, from absolute beginners to advanced.  *optional – the SUPyoga class can be swapped out for a yoga class at Coastal Bliss Yoga Studio When: Every Weekend July and August Weekend Itinerary Saturday: 8-9 am Beach Yoga 9-11 am Intro Standup Paddleboarding Instructional Tour (flatwater- beginner to advanced) 2 – 4:30 pm SUPSurf Lesson (see info above) Sunday: 8-9 am SUPYoga class OR a  2 hour Paddleboard and Paddle Rental between 9am-6pm 2-4 pm Fitness Adventure or Yoga Class at Coastal Bliss Studio (times TBA)…

Advanced Flatwater SUP Class 9am – 12pm $85 all equipment included SUP Yoga Class 2:30 pm- 4 pm $20 with your own equipment $30 includes board and paddle   *PADDLE CANADA SUP instructor and SUP Yoga Instructor Courses also running this weekend

Join Tofino Paddle Surf and guest instructor, Norm Hann, racer and long distance paddler, for our Advanced SUP Paddling Clinic.Offered throughout  the year, these clinics are designed for paddlers who want to take their SUP skills, paddling techniques, and racing, touring, surfing or fitness to the next level. These clinics will help you develop a more powerful and efficient forward stroke while improving pivot turns, surf stances, and paddling in dynamic conditions. We focuses on a combination of dry land and on water instruction and feedback that will immediately improve paddling and help you achieve training and paddling goals. If you love to paddleboard and want to maximize efficiency and the fitness benefits of paddling, this course is a MUST!  The proper and efficient forward stroke is the foundation of all paddling fun, whether in flat water, racing or surf.  Paddle…

Basic Standup Paddleboard and Advanced Flatwater Instructor Course The Paddle Canada Basic Standup Paddleboard Instructor  and Advanced Flatwater Instructor Courses are comprehensive 2 day courses with Tofino Paddle Surf in Tofino, BC. It is designed to provide a national certification for paddle board instruction. This 2 day course teaches paddleboard instructors the skills and knowledge required to teach Paddle Canada Basic Standup Paddleboard and Advanced Flatwater SUP courses. We spend time working on advanced flat water skills and knowledge, group management, teaching theory, course planning, and help you develop and organize your own course cirriculum and offer time to practice your teaching skills. As a Certified Paddle Canada Advanced Flatwater Instructor and a Paddle Canada member you will also be covered by Paddle Canada’s 3rd party liability insurance. For more information or feel free to contact me or refer to Paddle Canada’s webpage at www.paddlecanada.ca. The prerequisite Advanced Flatwater SUP Course will be…

Global BC Community Central Jump into spring and Explore More Tofino! Tune into the Morning News from through 13th for your chance to win the following prize package: – 3 nights in a 2 bedroom Luxury Beach House at Pacific Sands Resort – Paddleboard lessons for 4 with Tofino Paddle Surf – Hot Springs Cove tour for 4 with Jamie’s Whaling Station & Adventure Centres – Dining gift certificate at Shelter Restaurant Click below for your chance to win this $2,500 value – good luck! CONTEST!!!!! ENTER HERE

Stand-up paddleboarding & seaweed – just another uniquely Tofino FeastBC event with Tofino Paddle Surf and Tofino Urban Farm Co from 2013. Be sure to check out this year’s festivities from May 1-29: www.feasttofino.com Feast! Tofino Paddle Surf VIDEO

Paddle from China Creek till Canal Beach in Port Alberni – about 9km. Fun race for people that are just starting out – at the beach Kids race Food vendors at the beach Draw prizes BBQ

Advanced Flatwater SUP Course – Every Thursday!! Tofino Paddle Surf is excited to now offer the Paddle Canada Advanced Flatwater SUP Course. This 3 hour course offers a large range of paddling skills to build on skills and knowledge learned in the intro to SUP course. Participants will be introduced to more challenging conditions and to more advanced paddle boarding skills. For paddlers with some experience looking to expand their SUP, navigation, and trip planning skills and knowledge. This course is a perfect way to increase your SUP experience and explore the Tofino shoreline. Dates:  EVERY THURSDAY 9am – noon (June 5 – August 28) Price: $85.00 + GST Includes: All equipment included & expert instruction. Paddle CanadaAdvanced Flatwater Standup Paddleboarding Certification upon request. Prerequisite:  Basic Standup Paddleboard Course or equivalent Includes components of gear education, safety orientation, etiquette guidelines, beach instruction and warm up and practice on…