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    • INSTRUCTOR TEAM
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    • Skill Building >
      • SUP Basics - Flatwater
      • Flatwater Skills for Rivers or Races
      • River SUP Intro
      • YOU CAN RVR >
        • You CAN RVR SUP
        • You CAN RVR SURF
        • You CAN RVR SUP SEND IT
      • TEEN FLAT TO FLOW CAMP
      • Video Coaching with Reta
      • Private Lessons
    • Guided Trips >
      • Intro to River SUP Touring 2023
      • Kootenay River 2023
    • INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT >
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CAN RVR SUP INSTRUCTORS

We are a team of Paddle Canada Certified instructors working together to bring you progressive paddling skills from flat water to flowing rivers. Our instructors work together to continually develop and bring you the most current trends in SUP instruction.  Join us and get introduced to the sport of Stand up Paddling or progress your existing river skills to take you on new adventures. 
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Reta Boychuk

CANRVRSUP's Creator, Instructor trainer
The CANADIAN RIVER STAND UP PADDLING was founded by Reta in 2021.  The goal: bring instructors together to grow a safe community of River Stand Up Paddlers through quality instruction and training. 
Heading into its third summer the stoke is high as Amanda Lapshinoff takes on a mentorship and instructor role alongside Reta. This dynamic duo enjoys training, teaching, racing and surfing anywhere there’s flowing water.
Bio
Reta is a paddling enthusiast that specializes in whitewater stand-up paddling. 

This Badfish Athlete is the 2X Defending GoPro Mountain Games SUP Cross Champion and Whitewater SUP Slalom Canadian National Champion.
She has paddled on rivers throughout North and South America. Of all of these places, her favourites are the Kananaskis Valley in Alberta, the Trail Wave on the Columbia River in British Columbia and the Tana River in Ecuador.
In addition to SUP, you’ll find Reta going with the flow; singing her way down a river behind the oars, working on crushing bigger lines in her kayak or trying to roll an OC1. Reta just wants to be on the water!

 Reta fell in love with SUP after she was first introduced to it in 2010.  She believes it is a sport that anyone can enjoy and it’s as challenging as you want it to be. Progressing from flat water on lakes to whitewater on the rivers. As a River 1 Paddle Canada Instructor Trainer and Raven Rescue Swiftwater Instructor, she is competent and calm in any situation presented to her with her wide skill set.
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MEET RETA THE ATHLETE
1st SUP CROSS GOPRO MNT GAMES- 2019/ 2022 
1st SUP DWN RVR GOPRO MNT GAMES- 2019/ 2022  
1st SUP Slalom NATIONALS  CANADA 2022
​1st SUP Slalom Alberta Provincials 2022
Certifications
Certifications:
​Paddle Canada
Advanced Flatwater Instructor Trainer
River 2 Instructor
River 1 Instructor Trainer
Touring 2 Instructor
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Rescue 3 - Raven Rescue
Swift Water  Rescue Technician Instructor
Swift Water  Rescue Technician Advanced Water / Rope
​Ice Rescue Technician
Technical Ropes Operator
Wilderness First Responder

Additional:
ICS-200

2023 Comp Results
1st Down River Sprint ANIMAS RIVER DAYS, Durango CO
1st SUP SURF ANIMAS RIVER DAYS, Durango CO
QUARTER FINALIST R2 CROSS GOPRO MNT GAMES Vail CO
3rd SUP Downriver GOPRO MNT GAMES Vail CO

1st SUP CROSS GOPRO MNT GAMES Vail CO- DEFENDED 2019 • 2022 •2023
Semi FINALIST 8Ball Kayaking GOPRO MNT GAMES Vail CO
2022 Comp results
1st place SUP Short Slalom Harvie Passage Classic  CALGARY AB
1st place SUP Surf Harvie Passage Classic  CALGARY AB
2nd place SUP Long Slalom Harvie Passage Classic  CALGARY AB
2nd place K1 Advanced Slalom Harvie Passage Classic  CALGARY AB
1st Down River Sprint ANIMAS RIVER DAYS, Durango CO
2nd SUP SURF ANIMAS RIVER DAYS, Durango CO
1st Down River Sprint Vail Town Series Vail CO
QUARTER FINALIST R2 CROSS GOPRO MNT GAMES Vail CO
2nd SUP Downriver GOPRO MNT GAMES Vail CO

1st SUP CROSS GOPRO MNT GAMES Vail CO- DEFENDED
2nd Colorado SUP Championships FIBARK  Salida CO
2nd SUP Skills For Bills FIBARK  Salida CO
4nd SUP Dual Slalom FIBARK  Salida CO
2nd SUP Downriver FIBARK  Salida CO
1st SUP Downriver Brierlies Fest Rocky Mountain House AB

1st SUP Cross Brierlies Fest Rocky Mountain House AB
1st SUP Surf Brierlies Fest Rocky Mountain House AB

1st SUP Slalom NATIONALS  HARVIES PASSAGE AB
1st SUP Downriver CLEARWATER PADDLE FEST BC
1st SUP Downriver KANFEST  KANANASKIS AB
​1st place SUP Slalom Alberta Provincials  KANANASKIS AB
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Amanda Lapshinoff

CANRVRSUP's HEAD INSTRUCTOR/ GUIDE
This year AMANDA takes on the role of Head Instructor after being with the company since its inception. She is passionate about downhill skiing and the outdoors. A well-rounded athlete and professional, her background in lifeguarding, first-aid, and water safety help you feel confident while on the water. Her easy calm presence and smile put you at ease while trying new skills.
Bio
Meet Amanda Lapshinoff, Whitewater SUP Athlete and one of the few female River 2 instructors in Canada. She began her SUP journey in 2015; on the shores of Lake Edith. Standing up on the pristine mountain lakes of Jasper, it was love at first paddle.The lake was her first love, but after she got a taste of the river she discovered her soul's purpose was to go with the flow.
Although she “knew” of Reta, it wasn’t until she attended a session with her that these two connected and Amanda felt like she found her flow sister. Under Reta’s mentorship, Amanda has grown exponentially in SUP and has become a legend at CANRVRSUP for her surfing skills. In 2022 she travelled thousands of miles paddling, surfing, competing, and teaching alongside Reta throughout North America. 

Amanda’s goals for 2023 are to start taking the Lead Guide role on multi-day trips, learn to row a raft, and make it to the SUP Cross Final at the GoPro Mountain Games in Colorado.
Certifications
Certifications:
​​Paddle Canada
Advanced Flatwater Instructor
​River 2 Instructor

 
​Rescue 3 - Raven Rescue
Swift Water Rescue Technician 
Raven Medical Wilderness First Responder

Lifesaving Society
Lifesaving Instructor
Standard First Aid Instructor
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Additional:
ICS-200

CANRVRSUP TEAM
Instuctors / Athletes

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Rebecca
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AMANDA A
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SAM
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CANRVRSUP
CONTACT US
1-825-994-3SUP (787)
CANRVRSUP.CA

Based in COCHRANE, Alberta
Teaching SUP Lessons in the Bow River Valley from Kananaskis to Calgary.
CANRVRSUP GST/HST # 82697 6839
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