PORT ANGELES — Whatever floats your boat, the Port Angeles Kayak & Film Festival will offer something for everyone next weekend.
The third-annual event begins Friday with a film festival and continues Saturday and Sunday with a wide array of classes taught by expert paddlers and a demonstration beach near Port Angeles.
Award-winning adventure filmmaker and expedition kayaker Justine Curgenven will deliver the keynote presentation at this year’s Port Angeles Kayak & Film Festival.
“Sea Kayaking the World” will feature clips from Curgenven’s films highlighting paddling excursions along the coasts of Russia, Antarctica, New Zealand, Patagonia and the Aleutian Islands.
The presentation will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday at Peninsula College’s Maier Performance Hall, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.
Tickets are $10 and will be available at the door or can be purchased at www.portangeleskayakandfilm.com.
“We are honored to host one of the world’s most accomplished expedition kayakers,” Tammi Hinkle, co-organizer, said in a news release.
“Justine is an adventurer’s adventurer, and she’s done it all. Her stories are captivating.
“She will arrive at the festival having just completed a 700-mile kayak expedition from the city of Sorong in the Eastern Indonesian Province of West Papua to Jayapura, on the Island of New Guinea.”
Curgenven also will host a Sunday morning paddle around Port Angeles Harbor and teach a two-hour seminar on kayak-based videography.
Check the event website for class information, schedules, prices, locations, availability and registrations.
Outdoor films
Other outdoor and adventure films, including one by Sequim producer John Gussman, will be shown at a pre-registration party from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at Barhop Brewing, 124 W. Railroad Ave., Port Angeles.
Gussman also will teach a new class on kayak photography.
Other new classes for 2016 include advanced rescue, selecting your first stand-up paddle board, how to choose and rig your fishing kayak, a surfski clinic and yoga for kayakers.
The demo beach will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at Hollywood Beach.
Passes to test drive the kayaks are $10.
Represented brands at the demo beach include Hobie, Delta Kayaks, Dagger, Wilderness Systems, Werner, Perception, Eddyline, Epic, Swift Paddles and Kokatat Watersports Wear.
Special pricing will be available.
A portion of the proceeds from the Port Angeles Kayak & Film Festival will benefit the Feiro Marine Life Center in Port Angeles.
The festival is organized by two Port Angeles kayak companies: Sound Bikes & Kayaks and Adventures Through Kayaking, which is owned by Hinkle.
The event is sponsored by Barhop Brewing, Feiro Marine Life Center, Harbinger Winery, Immersion Research, Olympic Peninsula Paddlers, Olympic Peninsula Tourism Commission, Peninsula College, Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce and Werner Paddles.
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Reporter Rob Ollikainen can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 56450, or at rollikainen@peninsuladailynews.com.
