Simon Coward - Director of Paddlesports

From:  Barwon Heads, Australia

Countries Paddled:  Australia, New Zealand, Zambia, Kenya, Bolivia, Ecuador, Uganda, Costa Rica, USA, Canada, France, Italy, United Kingdom and a couple more

Favorite River:  Upper Jondachi, Ecuador.  Miles and miles of beautiful Class IV and V boating in the jungle.

Background:  Up until 2004 had been following summers for about 7 years teaching kayaking and raft guiding.  Over the years he has led several successful expeditions to Africa and South America where the teams ran multiple class IV/V first descents in remote regions of Kenya and Bolivia.   Now a full time Calgary resident, he leads snowboarding and surfing trips in the Winter time and runs the ever expanding Aquabatics kayak school during the summer