Training
Build the right foundation for paddling with our industry leading courses.
Our progressive training programs help you develop the skills, knowledge and experience that you need to explore your coastline or to join us on one of our multi day expeditions.
Coastal Skills Training
- Develop strong technical flatwater paddling skills.
- Join our CoastalFit Training program to get in expedition paddling shape.
- Learn from our knowledgeable and highly experienced Paddle Canada Instructors.
- Understand how to keep yourself and others safe in a dynamic ocean environment.
- Build your decision making, navigation and coastal touring skills.
- Learn how to pack and outfit your touring board for multi day trips.
Coastal Skills Training
- Develop strong technical flatwater paddling skills.
- Join our CoastalFit Training program to get in expedition paddling shape.
- Learn from our knowledgeable and highly experienced Paddle Canada Instructors.
- Understand how to keep yourself and others safe in a dynamic ocean environment.
- Build your decision making, navigation and coastal touring skills.
- Learn how to pack and outfit your touring board for multi day trips.
Coastal Skills Training
- Develop strong technical flatwater paddling skills.
- Join our CoastalFit Training program to get in expedition paddling shape.
- Learn from our knowledgeable and highly experienced Paddle Canada Instructors.
- Understand how to keep yourself and others safe in a dynamic ocean environment.
- Build your decision making, navigation and coastal touring skills.
- Learn how to pack and outfit your touring board for multi day trips.
Join One of Our Training Courses
We promise to make you a better and safer paddler with these courses. Our small group sizes allow us to give you personalized coaching to improve your paddling skills. We invite you to join us on the water.
Intro to Stoke
Our industry leading safety and skills intro to paddling.
2 hours
Now booking:
April – August 2023
$150 + gst
Advanced Flatwater Skills
Sharpen up your technical flatwater skill set.
Full Day
Now booking
Comox, May 14 / Squamish, April 30 | May 21, 2023
$250+ gst
Coastal Expedition Skills
Build your expedition and coastal touring skills.
3 Days
Now Booking
Comox May 26-28, July 4-6
$825 + gst
River Skills
Our fun intro to river running, safety & skills course.
3 Days
Now booking
June 9-11, 2023
$799 + gst
CoastalFIT
A training program for your upcoming expeditions.
Online
Now booking
April – August, 2023
$300 + gst
Flatwater SUP Instructor
Basic and Advanced Flatwater Instructor Training
2 days
Now booking
TBD
$600+ gst
Vargas Island Guide Course
A week of coastal touring level 1 and 2 skills & instructor training
7 Days
FULL
Tofino: April 28 – May 4th, 2023
$1700 + gst
Explore Pass
Gain confidence, sharpen your sup skills and explore your coastline.
5 paddles / 2 Hours per paddle
Squamish & Vancouver Island
May – September, 2023
$300 + gst
Howe Sound Tour
Explore the Howe Sound Biosphere Reserve in Squamish, B.C.
2 Hours
Squamish
May – September, 2023
$150 + gst
Salish Sea Tour
Explore the shorelines of eastern Vancouver Island.
2 hours
Comox, Vancouver Island
May – September, 2023
$150 + gst
Talk to us
We know a SUP expedition is not the kind of decision you make everyday. Norm is here to help answer any questions you have.
No pitch, no pressure. We can help match you to a trip that fits, so you can soak it all in once you get here.
Meet Norm Hann
Norm discovered the sport of stand up paddleboarding in 2008. He knew that the paddleboard was going to be an incredible way to intimately experience coastlines around the world, and wanted to facilitate experiences for people that would move them and challenge their way of thinking. From there, Norm Hann Expeditions was born. Norm is currently a certified Paddle Canada Instructor.
Norm brings his lifetime of coaching, teaching and expedition guiding experience to every tour. His goal is to help you become a better paddler while providing the opportunity to build your own connections with wild and remote paddling destinations and cultures.
“I do it out of my passion for the ocean and the coastlines, for the powerful connection between people and our environment, to be able to facilitate the experience and growth for others.”
You’re in good company
“This course was such an incredible opportunity for learning. I was hoping for more awareness around skill development by learning to teach the skills, but it was so so much more! All the great tips, tricks and reminders on teaching will be so useful for me personally as a coach. Norm’s passion and willingness to share his knowledge is next level. I thoroughly enjoyed the content and delivery.
– Sarah McCaw, 2021
“This was the highlight of a two week vacation in BC. Tina is an amazing teacher – able to handle the different skill levels of our group from novice to experienced paddle boarder and my 15 year old had as much fun as his parents. We learned so much about the history and wildlife as well as paddleboarding skills, highly recommend this to all.”
-Phillipa Rubins, 2022
BC + Yukon
Paddle along the wild, remote and stunningly beautiful coastline of the North Pacific Ocean.
Great Bear Rainforest
Build an intimate and rare connection to one of the world’s most remote ecosystems.