Israel Symposium 2007
Last week Justine Curgenvan and I headed off to Israel to the first open symposium organised by Hadas Feldman of Optimist Marine Equipment based in Hadera and hosted by Ehud and his son Yosale. http://www.optimist.co.il/

Do you think the world of sea kayaking was ready when Mother nature gave birth to
Justine Curgenvan(as you've never seen her before).

Hadas did a really good job of organising the event which consisted of skills clinics in Incident Management, Core stability workshops, 3 & 4 star assessments and Surf training. There were about 30 paddlers at the event, an event which was made open to all paddlers in Israel. I was very impressed with the standard of skills displayed by both the students and instructors who attended the symposium. This was particularly evident in surf conditions. See below for links to other schools participating.

http://www.gilkayaking.com/

http://www.levyam.co.il/

http://www.kayak4all.com/

http://dor-kayak.co.il/

Images from the symposium below.

Ehud & Steve Good surf for the first two days of the event

Assessment Day

For more pictures you can go to: http://picasaweb.google.com/gilramister/KayaksInRoshHanikraWithJeffJustineHadasYossaleRami