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Norm Hann Expeditions offers world class SUP expeditions to the Great Bear Rainforest and throughout Canada.
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We also provide industry leading SUP instructor courses, coastal surf trips, and paddleboard touring courses.

22/10/2024

Pretty excited for this one and the guest & guide feedback have been phenomenal. Join me and the team May 12-22 for our luxury boat assisted paddle surf trip to the reef break tropical island chains of the Maldives. If you have a partner that would love to come but doesn’t surf it’s 50% off. There are some many other activities outside of surfing including world class snorkelling with chances to see whale sharks, saltwater fishing, flatwater paddling, island beach walks, on board dive master, and more.
So much more info on the trip link in bio. Have a look snd reach out if you have any questions or interest. This will be one of our highlight reel trips for 2025 and I would love to have you on board! .sup 🇲🇻

18/10/2024

Tis the season. A quick mission across the island with before the first big coastal hurricane storm event hits the BC Coast. Mountainous areas expecting 200mm of rain and 70knots of wind on the north island. Will look for some Salish sea surf later today on the east side. .sup .aus

16/10/2024

EXPEDITION READY! The .sup NH Expedition is ready for any coastal, lake or big river mission you have planned. Flat deck for ease of movement and surf landings, rockered high volume nose for ocean displacement and downwinding, and lots of tie downs for week and month long trips. Built in spectacular paulownia wood with Bo Smith Expedition Crest. PC: Bart Jarmula

03/10/2024

I love when clients/friends send me shots of their multi day trips on their Sunova Expeditions. What a beauty from Geoff Cross and Juan from the Gulf Islands. This is exactly what these boards are designed for. To help you get out and explore your coastline. sup

30/09/2024

Reflecting today and thinking of friends and family up and down the coast and across Canada. Grateful for everything I have learned from them, the stories and all of the teachings. Prayers to the children and families who had to experience the schools and those who never made it home back to their families. 🪶 🦅

25/09/2024

Another epic Rancho Paddle Surf Camp wrapped up this week. We had stellar conditions for progression at the various breaks in Tofino but really these camps are about great people, great food and great times in the surf. Big thanks to for the incredible food all week. Thanks always great coaching with you and to you and Zak for hosting us
And to our amazing clients/friends thanks for joining us again this year! .sup

19/09/2024

Morning departure on the Nisutlin River, Yukon.

17/09/2024

Just back from an incredible week of guiding in the Great Bear Rainforest and in Gitga’at and Kitasoo Territory. This was my 25th season up here and the place is just as exciting, magical and inspiring as ever. Big thanks to Captain Colin and the phenomenal crew on the and Infinity Yacht Charters for having me guide this special family. So good to be back in the rivers spending time looking for bears and wolves with Marven , watching whales, and visiting family in Hartley Bay. September is such a spectacular month to be up here as the salmon hit the rivers and supercharge the ecosystem. They are the lifeblood of the coast. Norm Hann Expeditions is part of and all proceeds go to the protection of this special coastal ecosystem. Always grateful for these experiences, the wildlife and the people of these special territories. profile pic:

07/09/2024

NISUTLIN RIVER TRIP REPORT August 28 - Sept 4th. Happy to report we had another incredible trip down the Nisutlin River with an amazing group of paddlers. We paddled 150kms over 5 days and enjoyed incredible moments along the way. Moose, black bears, eagles and beavers accompanied us along the way as we paddled from campsite to campsite. Two days were spent not seeing another person until we ran into a Teslin Klingit Darcy Dewhirst who was setting up his hunt camp at 30 Mile Creek. He was somewhat surprised to see us travelling by sup but he wished a great journey. The light here was magical, one of my favourite sections on the trip, as we paddled past his camp, the river picking up in speed bringing ease in the final hour of a 40k day. There is something special about the Yukon light and how it plays on the land during sunrises and sunsets.

I am really proud of this group as they added up the miles, often times into a headwind. Paddling a river is somewhat like our life’s journey and usually culminates in personal growth, a deeper connection to the land and our role and place within this special ecosystem. Always gratitude for these experiences.

Big thanks to our paddlers who joined us this year. I never take for granted the opportunity you provide me to do what I love to do. Thank you for the outstanding backcountry food, always made with care and love. Thank you for supporting Sarah and the group from helm of the ol Prospector Canoe. And thanks to our Whitehorse and Yukon host and guide, and for the continued support and service. Great guiding with you. Thank you to the land of the Teslin Klingit.

I am already looking forward to our trips in 2025.

14/08/2024

It’s been a minute since I’ve been on the rods guiding. Great to be back on the water and the west coast of Vancouver Island guiding out of Thanks to Michael Barker and his team for having me up for the week.

26/07/2024

Not a bad way to wake up on the central coast. Pc:

27/06/2024

Expedition camping under the setting sun on the remote islands of the Broughton Archipelago this past week. We had stellar conditions that allowed us to explore further and farther and to camp in some new spots. At this spot we woke to a Humpback whale lazily cruising by as we launched our paddleboards for the day ahead.

26/06/2024

We just wrapped up our second Broughton Expedition and we were blessed with some incredible paddling conditions allowing us to explore long days through this paddling paradise and to camp in some new locations in Kwakwaka’wakw territory. Big thanks to our adventure team for joining and I on this one. Thanks to with the drop and pickup. Reach out if you would like to get on the list for next years trip.

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Raven’s Flight Path headed south on our Bella Bella to Port Hardy Trip. Thanks @brucekirkby #centralcoastsupexpedition2022

Day 7: Central Coast Expedition. Final Day and completion of an inspiring journey on our coastline. @blackfish_paddles @sunova.sup @mustangsurvival @brucekirkby #centralcoastsupexpedition2022

Day 6: Central Coast Expedition. Getting around Cape Caution. @sunova.sup @blackfish_paddles @mustangsurvival @brucekirkby #centralcoastsupexpedition2022

Day 5: Central Coast Expedition. Tough day of paddling but we got to some incredible beaches but we set ourselves up for our move around the cape. @sunova.sup @mustangsurvival @blackfish_paddles #centralcoastsupexpedition2022

Day 4: Central Coast Expedition. Big day, epic day with a sweet finish. @brucekirkby @mustangsurvival @sunova.sup @blackfish_paddles #centralcoastsupexpedition2022

Central Coast Expedition: Day 3. @mustangsurvival @blackfish_paddles @sunova.sup @brucekirkby #centralcoastsupexpedition2022

Day 1: Central Coast Expedition. Headed south. @brucekirkby @mustangsurvival @blackfish_paddles @sunova.sup

Excited to share our Central Coast Expedition we got back from last week. Thanks to @brucekirkby for putting this series of videos together to share our journey. @sunova.sup @blackfish_paddles @mustangsurvival #centralcoastsupexpedition2022

Still processing an incredible week on our Vancouver Island Sup Guide course. Our team went from Comox to Surge Narrows Marine Park and wrapped up with a 2 night 3 day expedition on Vargas Island. Self and group leadership, Skills and some sweet discussions around beach campfires has us all wanting to not come back home. Thanks to the crew that joined us this past week. @supbearfoot @wildwestcoast @sueshih @fermentedyogi @courtoutdoors @jenbrown41 @bluejellyfishsup video: @courtoutdoors

A great way to end our 5 Day SOAR River Skills and Instructor Camp on the Cowichan River here on Vancouver Island. We packed a lot in and asked a lot from our river instructor candidates and skills participants but everyone rose to the occasion. Skills, teaching models, high level technical coaching, leadership, group and risk management were all take aways. Personal growth and transformation, and connection to the spirit of the river will carry us forward. Big thanks to @supbearfoot for co leading and providing such sound coaching and technical feedback. #normhannexpeditions #cowichanriver VC: @supbearfoot

Coach Neil, @supbearfoot with a little taste of coastal navigation that you will learn plus much more on our upcoming Coastal Navigation Course March 22 in Comox. Sign up by hitting the Training Link in our Bio. #normhannexpeditions #exploreyourcoastline Posted @withregram • @supbearfoot Here is a repost on some navigation concepts I did back in the fall! Check this out and then check out the Sup Navigation course that I will be running along with Norm Hann at the end of March! As paddlers, we are often “guilty” of what I would call “point and shoot” navigation. In other words we can see where we want to get to, we point at it, and then we paddle until we get there. And for short distances and many recreational paddling situations maybe that’s just fine. However, in a touring situation, the point and shoot technique (if you can call it that) can result in more distance, more time, more paddle strokes and more energy than you might think. And my little video shows you how… The pink line shows our ideal “course” as we travel from Yeatman Bay over to the nice little sand/gravel cove on Maurelle Island up near Surge Narrows. In point and shoot Nav we simple point and paddle and hope we get there expeditiously. However in most situations we are dealing with the effects of wind or current that want to blow us off course. Thus see the nasty orange lines that want to push us northwest and off course. If we simply point and shoot we will travel the course in blue. To us on the board it will look like we are pointed towards our destination the whole time. But our actual course becomes a downwind or down current arc. A considerably longer path than our idealized course. And in this example we are actually carried away from our destination and have to crawl back up the shoreline to get there! Whose done that before? So… what do we do about that? Well stay tuned for more over the next few days and we’ll see! @normhann @coastalstokesup @alanakai8

Always fortunate when our clients get to experience these gentle giants on our trips. Just last week on our Ocean Camp! 2 SPOTS just opened up for our final trip of the year to Surge Narrows on September 28th. Sign up with our link in the bio. Thanks to our @chefjennibunyan for the great video! And to @tortugacreativestudio for the repost and edit. #normhannexpeditions #humpbackwhale #discoveryislandoceancamp @alanakai8 @chefjennibunyan

Happy World Ocean Day! Hanging out with a Grey Whale on the West Coast Trail in Huu-ay-aht territory.

Stoked for women on the water! “Our first drop in the Mustang Survival’s women’s line is here! Products designed for women, by women. Get the story behind the line, meet the team who brought it to life, and shop the gear engineered for women hitting the water.” To celebrate we are giving away a Women’s Callan Jacket and Pant. Just sign up for our Wild Coastlines Newsletter , Link in Bio and go to mustang survival.com to check out the new line!