Jeff Raymond BCKC member since 2003 Current Position: Club Commodore

In Jeff's own words:

During my time at BCKC, I have spent 1 year as the boathouse co-manager and 5 years as the Commodore, which is the club's president. The Commodore is one of the four Director positions at BCKC which are required by our being a registered non-profit society within BC. The other Director positions at BCKC are Vice-commodore, Treasurer and Secretary.

I came to BCKC from a sea kayak touring background. My partner Katja and I got into sea kayaking in 1999, quickly becoming enraptured with our newfound freedom to paddle BC’s coastal waters. As our passion for paddling grew we began challenging ourselves by participating in local kayak races. Over the years we found ourselves getting more and more involved with kayak racing until in 2003 we competed in the Yukon River Quest, a 740 km race from Whitehorse to Dawson City. In the fall of that same year we discovered the Burnaby Canoe and Kayak Club which opened up an entirely new form of paddling to us. Since then we have competed in the World Masters Games at Edmonton, Canadian National Championships and CanMas (for 25 yrs and over paddlers) at Halifax, Montreal, Regina and Ottawa, and we are preparing for the 2009 World Masters Games at Australia. In addition we have become very active in the surfski racing community, taking part in races throughout BC, Washington State and California…so far.