TRAK Pilot Ambassadors

Dec 30, 2025

After 12 years in the Canadian Armed Forces, Cornel made a career switch into the outdoors and found himself in the Canadian Outdoor Leadership Training Program (COLT) at Strathcona Park Lodge on Vancouver Island. It was here where he discovered his passion for everything paddling...

British Columbia Canada

Dec 29, 2025

Zarar Hafeez

If you'd asked me five years ago where I'd be today, I honestly wouldn't have expected to be here, paddling along some of the most beautiful coastlines, becoming an instructor and guide, actually managing to roll a kayak.

And yet, here I am...

Canada Ontario

Aug 07, 2025

Ralph Gardave

My introduction to paddling started at the age of 7 when my parents dropped me off at Camp Hurontario in Georgian Bay. This was several days before the other campers arrived. The councillors needed to find ways to keep me busy so they taught me how to paddle and stern a canoe.

Canada

Apr 22, 2025

Brad Atchison

Brad Atchison is a retired senior business CEO, Certified Management Consultant, entrepreneur, university professor, and post-graduate Biologist. He has spent countless hours in Nature as a pioneering outdoor recreationalist and environmental activist to honour and help heal our planetary ecosystems...

ACA Canada Hong Kong

Jan 09, 2025

Jake Taylor

Jake is an adventure sports coach, outdoor educator, and all-round outdoor enthusiast. He is a multi-disciplinary paddlesport instructor along with climbing, sailing, wilderness medicine, LNT, and expeditioning.

Canada Ontario

Dec 17, 2024

Jonathan Brouwer

My paddling story began in my youth, with scouts and family camping trips sparking an early connection to the water. Those formative experiences created the foundations for a meaningful interest in paddling, although the rigors of life pulled me away for a while.

Canada

Oct 28, 2024

Dan Wong

Dan grew up in Yellowknife, where he lives today. He is grateful for true wilderness access and is a proud northerner. As one of the most experienced paddling guides and instructors in the Canadian North, he will always get excited to explore a new remote route by sea kayak.

Canada

Oct 28, 2024

Francie Petit

For me, Kayaking is all about connecting with the elements, particularly water and having a mindful inner journey while having a great time paddling and connecting with Nature. The TRAK portable kayak allows me to do this.

Canada Quebec

Oct 25, 2024

Catherine and Maryse

Our love for kayaking began over 20 years ago. After purchasing our recreational
vehicle in 2018, we were looking for a way to combine our passion for kayaking
and RV travel without compromising the pleasure of paddling a high-performance
sea kayak, of excellent quality and navigable on various bodies of water.

Canada Mexico

Oct 16, 2024

"Necky Dave" Vanderveen

Dave has an extensive history in the kayak industry ranging over 35 years going back to his early days at the Necky Kayaks factory where he found his passion for kayaking which has included touring, whitewater, surf and racing. Fast forward to the present and he is a well respected paddlesports sales rep in Western Canada for an array of reputable brands.

Canada

Oct 15, 2024

Simon Naylor

Simon is a water athlete, educated as an Army Aircraft Engineer who transferred into the Royal Army Physical Training Corps and developed into an adventurous training and resilience leadership professional.

Canada Vancouver Island

Aug 08, 2024

Rita "Blackfish" Slanina

Rita is one of the lucky born and raised in Victoria B.C. on Vancouver Island. In middle school she had the opportunity to try sea kayaking during field trips and decided to participate in elective adventure-based leadership classes in high school that had a large focus on sea kayak touring.

Canada Vancouver Island

Feb 20, 2024

Jordan Johnson

Jordan's journey with kayaking began on the Canadian prairies over 10 years ago and has come to bear fruit since moving to Vancouver Island. The TRAK 2.0 was his first kayak and he was drawn to it for its portability and compact storage profile.

British Columbia Canada

Feb 18, 2024

Martin Feuchtwanger

When pondering what would be my new direction after a career in software development and having only dabbled in many outdoor activities for much of my life I decided to take the plunge into a new career in outdoor adventures. After some intensive outdoor leadership training (the 3-month COLT program) on Vancouver Island in 2017, I began kayak guiding and instructing and then alpine ski instructing in Vancouver.

Canada

Feb 01, 2024

Thomas Brissiaud

Thomas hails from France, but now resides in and paddles out of Toronto. He was looking for a solution to the compact lifestyle that goes hand in hand with living in a major city, and landed on the TRAK 2.0 as the solution.

British Columbia Canada

Nov 06, 2023

Duncan Bray

Duncan lives in North Vancouver and has supported numerous new TRAK owners at various events over the years, and enjoys taking his TRAK into the Gulf Islands and Desolation sound for his own adventures in order to take a break from his responsibilities as a healthcare professional.

Canada Vancouver Island

Apr 22, 2022

Sandy Gibson

Sandy, a telecom entrepreneur from Victoria, BC, started his TRAK journey at the 2020 Pacific Rim Surf Camp, and has kept paying it forward in the community...

Canada

May 02, 2019

Cole Wilde

I’m Cole Wilde I’m a certified sea kayak guide with the S.K.G.A.B.C as well as a level 2 Paddle Canada instructor.

Canada

May 08, 2018

Mike Jackson

I am an avid paddler from Victoria, BC and try to get out on the water as often as possible. I am a SKGABC level 2 sea kayak guide and a founding director and current president of SISKA, Victoria’s sea kayaking club. I like to paddle everything from flatwater to tideraces, surf and rock gardens, and the TRAK does all of these! When I travel, my TRAK allows me to paddle in places that would otherwise be off limits, and to paddle a kayak that performs!

Check out my paddling blog at mhjpaddling.blogspot.ca

Canada

May 01, 2018

Zack Kruzins

Zack has been paddling since he was very young. Educated in Outdoor Recreation, Zack found his true passion for sea kayaking on the beautiful freshwater Canadian north shore of Lake Superior.

Canada

May 01, 2018

Keith Braun

“A bad day of paddling is better than a good day at work!” Truer words are seldom said; Keith’s motto speaks to most paddlers. Keith, who spent many years as a paramedic, knows how important it is for us to take a step back from the mundanity and minutiae of our “conventional” lives and unleash ourselves into the world.

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