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Kayaking Clubs
- Atlanta Kayakers a self-confessed "disorganised crowd of sea kayakers", they none-the-less organise plenty of trips.
- Bore Riders. The official home of tidal bore surfing in the UK.
- California Floaters Society (CFS) is a paddling club in Northern California for all types of river craft, including kayaks, rafts, catarafts, canoes, river boards, and whatever else may come along.
- California Kayak Friends (CKF) is a club for paddlesport enthusiasts located in southern California. Most of their activities involve sea kayaking, but river runners and canoeists are welcome to join in the fun.
- Chicago Area Sea Kayakers Association has promoted sea kayaking in the Chicago area for over twenty years. CASKA welcomes paddlers of all experience levels and promotes save paddling practices.
- Coastal Kayaking Association is a paddling club for experienced paddlers in S.E. Georgia.
- Florida Sea Kayaking Association (FSKA) is a state-wide kayaking club.
- Gold Country Paddlers in Sacramento focuses primarily on whitewater paddling.
- Great Lakes Sea Kayaking Association is a non-profit organization, founded in 1989, whose aim is to promote and enhance the enjoyment of coastal kayaking in the Great Lakes area.
- Greenland Kayak Association (or "Qaannat Kattuffiat" if you prefer) has an excellent web site with loads of information on Greenland-style paddles.
- Gulf Area Sea Paddlers (GASP!) is a club dedicated to sea paddling (particularly sea kayaking) in the entire Gulf of Mexico area, from Texas to Florida and points farther south including the Caribbean, and also covering coastal surfing.
- Humboldt Sea Kayak & Canoe Association. Explore North Coast is an association of paddlers created to organize regular paddling events, promote paddling safety and education, and explore improvements to bay and coastal access through stewardship of our coastal environment.
- Il Kayak da Mare, an association of sea kayaking enthusiasts in Italy.
- KASK is the Kiwi Association of Sea Kayakers in New Zealand.
- Knik Canoers & Kayakers (KCK) is an Anchorage, Alaska based non-profit paddling club with members throughout Alaska and beyond.
- Maatsuyker Canoe Club has lots of pictures from kayaking around Tasmania, a relatively small island state, 200km south of the rest of Australia. With a diverse coastline, ranging from drowned river valleys to sweeping sandy beaches, it is a sea kayakers' paradise.
- Maine Island Trail Association (MITA) maintains the the oldest and one of the largest water trails on our continent offering many different adventure opportunities along the Maine coast.
- Metropolitan Area Sea Kayakers (MASK) is on the East Coast and organizes trips from Maine down to the Chesapeake.
- New South Wales Sea Kayak Club of Australia has an on-line newsletter with tons of articles.
- North Shore Paddlers Network is a New England club centered in the North Shore area of Massachusetts with members from Rhode Island to Maine.
- Oregon Ocean Paddlers Society. OOPS! is the acronym of the Portland paddling club, a large and active club with a good emphasis on safety, proper gear and skills development and engaged in a rich variety of sea kayak activities at all levels.
- Paddle Florida! is a canoeing, kayaking and camping guide to Florida rivers, streams and creeks. Canoeists and kayakers can find descriptions of Florida waterways, pictures, maps, weather and other trip-planning information.
- Rocky Mountain Sea Kayak Club is in Colorado. Huh?
- Sacramento Sea Kayakers is located in Sacramento (duh!) and has beginners to very experienced paddlers. They paddle local lakes, rivers and the Pacific from calm protected water to the open coast of northern and central CA.
- San Diego Kayak Club in Southern California has an extensive web site.
- San Onofre Surf Kayak Association (SOSKA) is committed to the promotion of the sport through education, brotherhood, and the exhibition of ever-better radical surf maneuvers. If you're a kayak surfer, read the articles on Right Of Way and Kayak Surfing Rules Of The Road. Great pics too.
- Sandlapper Seayackers is a sea kayaking club for the Carolinas and Georgia.
- Santa Barbara Kayak Association (SBKA) members correspond via the email and paddle all over the South and Central California area: Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Los Angeles counties. Very informative web site.
- Santa Cruz Rowing Club isn't kayaking, but here they are.
- Sea Kayak Association of British Columbia (SKABC) runs an impressive training program for its members.
- Stanford Kayak Club is mainly whitewater.
- Twin Cities Sea Kayaking Association (TCSKA) is based in Minneapolis, MN.
- Washington Water Trails Association (WWTA) maintains a set of launches and camping spots reserved for human powered watercraft and promotes responsible use.
- Western Sea Kayakers is a club with members that live in and around San Jose, CA.
- Yonkers Paddling and Rowing Club is a club near on the Hudson River just north of New York, providing access to the river, boat storage, boat building and paddling activities.