This is the November 2021 OOPS General (virtual) Meeting presentation by Calvin Croll.
you can find the Q&A for this session here: • OOPS Presents Calvin Croll Q&A
In January of 2018 Calvin set out to try and become the first person to circumnavigate Vancouver Island by sea kayak in the winter. The journey ended successfully after snow, rain, record-breaking wave heights, and a January transit of the west coast of the island. Come by to hear about how Calvin prepared for and executed this expedition.
Learn more about Calvin and Future Water Paddlesports at https://futurewaterpaddlesports.com/
Calvin Croll is the head coach at Future Water Paddlesports, LLC. Since 2001, he has been engaged in different outdoor education pursuits. In the past 20 years he has worked for university outdoor programs, multiple Outward Bound wilderness schools across the country, and spent two years coaching paddlesports full-time for Body Boat Blade when it was located on Orcas Island.