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