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Our kayaking club and it's members are located in the Tampa Bay area of Florida, USA. Our primary goal is to help people enjoy the sport of sea kayaking in a fun & safe manner.  Members enjoy over 50 Organized Paddle Trips each year, free kayak skills training, monthly "paddle picnics", a monthly newsletter, and monthly meetings featuring information on kayaking and related topics by speakers from across the area,

...and a great social network of Sea Kayakers !


  Join us for the next TBSK Meeting

at Bill Jackson's on Monday July 8 at 7:00 pm.



Off Anclotte Key '08


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Club Presidents' Comment
by Jim Greenhalgh


Photo of the Month
President's Message

Your TBSK board is currently working on an effort to provide more trips and training on a regular basis. We are setting a goal of offering a minimum of one to two trips every week, and increasing our offering of training. This effort will involve better coordination of our existing pool of trip leaders and instructors as well as recruiting new trip leaders. We have amended a policy by which any trip leader, leading or co-leading, four trips per year will get free annual membership. With proper coordination our goal can easily be achieved with each trip leader leading as little as four or five trips per year. If you are interested in assisting with this goal, please contact a board member. For the rest we ask for your patience as we organize this effort.
We are now entering the hot weather season in Florida so beware of overheating as you are paddling. Drink plenty of water and maintain electrolytes. Beware that high air temperature, high humidity, and low/no wind can act together to quickly overheat a paddler. Warm water will make it difficult to reverse a process which could progress to heat exhaustion or stroke. Paddle safe and smart.
-- Jim

TBSK July Meeting Speaker - Matt Keene, Florida Adventurer

We have with us, at the July monthly meeting Matt Keene, a true Florida paddling adventurer. Matt has paddled over 2,000 expedition miles throughout Florida. In 2009, he became the first person to complete the Circumnavigational Trail - a 1,515 mile paddle around the state. Since then he has gone on to paddle the length of the St Johns River and Ocklawaha River. He has used these trips to raise awareness about environmental issues and recreational opportunities in Florida. His presentation will highlight moments from his paddles, as well as provide an opportunity for an audience-driven question and answer session on various aspects of kayak camping, long-distance paddling, and the planning and preparation that go into long-distance adventures. Join us Monday evening, July 8, 7 pm, Bill Jackson's


        TBSK Sponsored Paddles this Month  


Date           Location     Contact
Saturday, June 1
      Crisp Park, Anclote River
   Tom Sobocinski
Saturday, June 1       Essential of Kayak Touring
   Jean Totz
Saturday, June 1
      Rainbow River
   Charlene Proeger
Wednesday, June 5
      Emerson Pt. to Ana Maria Island
   Terry Proeger
Wednesday, June 5
      Anclote River
   Hank Brooks
Wednesday, June 5
      TBSK Intro. To Kayaking
   Terry Hobbs
Saturday,  June 8
      Intermediate/Advanced Skills
   John Marek
Wednesday,  June 12
      N. Ozelo to the Suncoast Keys
   John Ennis
Wednesday, June 12
      TBSK Intro. to Kayaking
   Terry Hobbs
Saturday,  June 15
      Dunedin Cswy to Caladesi Island
   Susie Evans
Saturday,  June 15
      TBSK Central Fl Picnic
   Curt Gashlin
Wednesday, June 19
      TBSK Intro. to Kayaking
   Terry Hobbs
Saturday,  June 22
      Ft. De Soto
   Paddle Picnic
Saturday,  June 29
      Weedon Island
   Hank Brooks