Current Sponsored paddlers

Sea Kayaking UK are proud to sponsor some of the Worlds greatest paddlers. Other highly experienced paddlers are using Nigel's boats as they have been specifically designed for advanced conditions. This has led to the set up of Sea Kayaking UK's Sponsored Paddlers. The Sponsored Paddlers give valuable feed back on their practical experience so a continuous process of development can take place. An example of this is Chris Duff who circumnavigated Japan and New Zealand's North Island and put the Explorer through some of its most severe testing.

Nathalie Antognelli
Nathalie, with an enthusiasm and extraordinary energy for exploring areas which are off the beaten track.
- has been sailing in a sea kayak for almost 15
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Nico Middelkoop

For many years Nico combined cycling and nature observation. He cycled all the roads in the Netherlands, but also cycled down under in New Zealand and Australia.

In 1990 he changed the
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Nigel Dennis

Nigel Dennis started his kayaking career by the circumnavigation of Great Britain in 1980 with Paul Carffyn. This expedition was the first successful circumnavigation of Scotland, Wales &
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Nigel Robinson

Nige Robinson was born and raised on the spectacular Pembrokeshire coastline and has been paddling and coaching for over 25 years. During that time he has collected two Level 5 coach awards (sea
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Omer Singer

Omer was certified as a level 4 BCU kayak instructor in Wales. He has led numerous kayak expeditions in Greece, Ireland, Scotland, Norway, Egypt, Alaska, Seychelles...He is a surf kayak , Wave
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Paula Riegel

Paula is strong, word class, international female coach, an ambassador for female coaches.

Her credentials are one of the early females in North American to obtain the BCU 5 Star leader
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Pete Jones

Latest expedition: Greenland Exped 2006

Peter Jones was the chief kayak instructor at the Anglesey Sea & Surf Centre in Anglesey. He now works freelance in North Wales....
Philip Clegg

Phil Clegg runs Sea Kayaking Anglesey a small sea kayaking provider based on the Isle of Anglesey, in North Wales, UK.

He has
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Roland Arnison

Roland has been a sea kayaker for many years and already paddled an Explorer which was a little beat up from years of use. In 2023 he contacted Sea Kayaking UK to tell us about his planned
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Saggi Nechushtan

Saggi Nechushtan went on his first kayak expedition in 1988 in the cold waters of Alaska, and has since returned on numerous occasions to lead kayak trips. He's a level 4 BCU instructor with many
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Simon Osborne

Hometown: Falmouth, Cornwall, UK

Experience: Simon started kayaking when he was 7 years old. His introduction to the world of kayaking was through white water however after
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Steven Hobert

46 years old, from Belgium

Physiotherapist (manual therapist, sports therapist)

First aid teacher Belgian red cross

Sea kayak coach since 2004 in Belgium, later in Uk and
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Stuart Leslie

Stuart started paddle at the ages of 15, doing all types of paddling from sea kayaking, white water, canoeing and wave ski. His real love for sea kayaking came from the Anglesey SeaKayaking UK
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Sue Honan

First Irish Female attempt at Iceland Circumnavigation by sea kayak May - July 2024 How the expedition began. Both Sue and Caoimhe had independently thought about an attempt at circumnavigating
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