Jérôme Le Ray

British Canoe Union (BCU) 5 stars sea and French coach qualification.

He lives in Brittany, in the northwest of France.

Jérôme has been sea kayaking for about twenty years. Younger, he also practiced whitewater kayaking (slalom kayaking).

He shares his passion by intervening during symposiums in Europe (Spain, France and Great Britain), ensure various training courses and stays in Brittany for European kayakers (French, Spanish and British).

He has been president of the CK/mer association for 6 years. CK/mer is a French national association whose aim is to promote and transmit the knowledge and skills of sea kayaking.

For CK/mer, he runs courses on different themes. Incident management and safety, rock-hopping, tide-races, Greenlandic paddle techniques.

According to Jérôme What I like about sea kayaking is the diversity of possible practices that complement and enrich each other:

There is the "fun and committed" side with surfing and "rock-hopping" trips
There is the "fitness" side with long and "endurance" outings over one or more days
There is the "roaming" side, in my opinion the very essence of sea kayaking
There is also the "contemplative" side, when you are amazed by the raw beauty of nature

I like to share my sporty and technical sea kayaking.