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Author happy in Ecuador
Rafting Life Curator/ Photographer/ Writer
BIO of Dave Prothero
- Organizes, Curates and post stories to Raftinglife.ca
- Is a member of the Western Canoe and Kayak WhiteWater Kayak team
- Local Organizer of Puntledge River Paddle Festival which has attendance of 120-180 paddlers from BC, Alberta, and the Pacific Northwest
- Helps to spread word of paddling opportunities through media and sponsorship of the festival
- 10 year co-instructor of the “Whitewater” section of the COLT program at Strathcona Park Lodge
- 10 year co-instructor of the Whitewater Program for the ROAM/PASS program at School District 69
- Kayaks and Rafts an average of 100 – 150 days a year
- Promotes local and international rivers through Raftinglife.ca
- Participates in other festivals – Spending time at Gordon River Creek Comp, NWCC, VKC festival, Puntledge Festival, Ashnola Festival, Clearwater Festival
- Have kayaked and rafted across Canada and in 25 countries on 6 continents
- Paddled over 250 rivers worldwide
- Volunteered with high schools giving power point presentations about employment in the outdoors
- Travelled to Ecuador in January of 2018, paddling rivers around Tena, Jonadachi, and Bezas
- Board Member of SIP Global
- Director of the Vancouver Island Whitewater Paddling Society
- 3 years of working with Mike Neville in Co-instructing the Rafting portion of the North Island College Adventure Guiding Certificate
- Volunteer with Cowichan River Youth Kayak Festival