Justine Curgenven
Sea Kayaking
| Age | 38 |
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| Hometown | North Wales, UK |
| Experience | I’ve been paddling 14 years; mostly sea kayaking, ranging from remote multi-week expeditions to an afternoon surfing in the North Wales tidal races. I first started in Jersey canoe club in the British Channel islands and soon fell in love with journeying to amazing places. A few years later I quit my job as a multi-skilled program maker in the TV industry to focus on making adventure films. Sea kayaking is my first love but I also really enjoy kayak surfing, occasional river paddling and open canoeing. I enjoy filming them all so I can afford a kayaking lifestyle! |
| Achievements | First sea kayak paddle around the entire coast of Tierra del Fuego (2011 & 2012) Circumnavigation of the South island of New Zealand (2008) Team circumnavigation of the Queen Charlotte Islands (2007) Leader of first all-female team to circumnavigate Tasmania (2004) Island hopping across the Bass Strait, between Tasmania and Australia (2007) Solo circumnavigation of Iceland’s remote West Fjords (2002) Expedition up the remote Kamchatka peninsula with Hadas Feldman (2003) Member of the England World Surf Kayak Championships team (2001) Adventure filmmaker and creator of the inspiring and exciting sea kayaking DVD series, “This is the Sea”, “This is Canoeing” and the new instructional DVD, “This is the Roll”. My films have been shown on the BBC and National Geographic Channels and won ‘best adventure film awards’ at major film festivals including Kendal Mountain Film Festival (2008), Banff Film Festival (2003), and four time winner at the Reel Paddling Film Festival. I am lucky to have lots of great sea kayaking friends all over the world. |
| Biggest Adventure | Paddling 2400km around the South Island of New Zealand in 67 days with Barry Shaw. I got sick and had to be evacuated by helicopter from remote fiordland. A week later, we walked back to our kayaks and carried on. Changeable weather, winds we could barely paddle against, incessant sandflies and near-constant surf made this the most challenging trip we have undertaken. Every day our stomachs would be knotted with the worry of not knowing where we’d be able to land. Although we weren’t racing and we took a few days off to sightsee, we paddled hard when the wind was behind us which meant we inadvertently completed this journey very quickly. One day we paddled 92km in 11 hours, an average of over 8km/hour (including breaks). You can see the multi-award winning film of this adventure on the DVD, “This is the Sea 4”. |
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Team Kokatat
- Jesse Coombs
- Christie Glissmeyer
- Ruth Gordon
- Eric (EJ) Jackson
- Dane Jackson
- Chris Korbulic
- Anna Levesque
- Adriene "Lil A" Levknecht
- Darin McQuoid
- Ben Stookesberry
- Clay Wright
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