Training
Build the right foundation for paddling with our industry leading courses.
Build the right foundation for paddling with our industry leading 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.
Our industry leading safety and skills intro to paddling.
2 hours
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April – August 2023
Sharpen up your technical flatwater skill set.
Full Day
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Comox, May 14 / Squamish, April 30 | May 21, 2023
Build your expedition and coastal touring skills.
3 Days
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Comox May 26-28, July 4-6
Our fun intro to river running, safety & skills course.
3 Days
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June 9-11, 2023
A training program for your upcoming expeditions.
Online
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April – August, 2023
Basic and Advanced Flatwater Instructor Training
2 days
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TBD
A week of coastal touring level 1 and 2 skills & instructor training
7 Days
FULL
Tofino: April 28 – May 4th, 2023
Gain confidence, sharpen your sup skills and explore your coastline.
5 paddles / 2 Hours per paddle
Squamish & Vancouver Island
May – September, 2023
Explore the Howe Sound Biosphere Reserve in Squamish, B.C.
2 Hours
Squamish
May – September, 2023
Explore the shorelines of eastern Vancouver Island.
2 hours
Comox, Vancouver Island
May – September, 2023
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.
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.
“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
Paddle along the wild, remote and stunningly beautiful coastline of the North Pacific Ocean.
Build an intimate and rare connection to one of the world’s most remote ecosystems.