Newsletter Becky Mason Canoeist About Classic Solo Canoe Courses Paddling dvds Presentations Books & Reviews Enviro notes Biography Featured Strokes Handy Tips Thoughts on Canoes Reflections Becky Mason Artist Reid McLachlan Bill Mason Paul Mason Gift Store FAQ's Contact Us Canoe ballet and solo canoeing are one of Becky Mason's favourite paddling subjects. Wooden Canoe Heritage Association and the Canoe Museum is a favourite too . Becky is a filmmaker and the instructional paddling dvd is highlighted on Becky Mason site. There are many people who write about canoeing Kevin Callan and others. Becky Mason is a superb canoe instructor and has made two films on paddling instruction. Becky Mason has a love of the wooden canoe. Her canvas wooden canoe is featured in her Classic solo Canoeing instructional videos. The dvds are lovely to watch and learn from because it teaches you how to enjoy the Canadian wilderness. You see the Canadian canoe in action spinning effortlessly on quiet water lakes which in Canada is called flatwater. Throughout Becky Mason's website she has tips and facts about canoes and paddles. Becky specializes in her Classic Solo Canoeing courses it's excellent instruction for paddling the Canadian canoe. To paddle a canoe well you'll want to take a paddling lesson or you may want to pick up a copy of Becky Mason's instructional canoe video. The on-line gift store offers canoeing dvds. Take the time to view Becky Mason on-line video trailer you will like it the superb instruction and underwater photography!

Becky Mason - Biography Becky Mason acquired her paddling skills and her fondness for canoes from her father, Bill Mason, the author and film-maker of the Path of the Paddle series. She continues the family tradition of sharing her passion for canoeing through her paddling instruction, film-making, writing and presentations as well as her professional art career. A contributor to numerous canoeing publications Becky has written for the magazines Canoeroots, Explore and Paddler among others and for books including a chapter for The Canoe in Canadian Culture and a Woman’s Guide Canoeing, text and paintings for the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society's Rendezvous with the Wild: The Boreal Forest, a chapter for Cliff Jacobsen's The Basic Essentials of Solo Canoeing and with her brother Paul she updated her father's books Song of the Paddle and Path of the Paddle. A native of Chelsea, Quebec Becky Mason continues to teach canoeing at her family home on Meech Lake. She also enjoys travelling to share her thoughts and skills on where the canoe and creative can take her. She has been through much of Canada and the Northern U.S. teaching, demonstrating and speaking and in the spring of 2010 she spent six weeks on a tour of the UK and Sweden sharing her love of canoeing with hundreds of Europeans. In the year 2000, Mason wrote, directed, produced and starred in the award winning instructional video Classic Solo Canoeing. She has also had guest appearances in the BBC production Bushcraft with Ray Mears, Justine Curgenven's 2010 release This is Canoeing and the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association's promotional DVD. Becky has also made many appearances in national, regional and local media on issues related to canoeing and the environment. Becky is a Patron of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society’s Boreal Program and a Quetico Foundation trustee. Becky is a fully accredited Flatwater Paddle Canada instructor and she enjoys teaching Paddle Canada excellent program. In 2009 Becky was honoured with the invitation and accepted  to be a patron of Paddle Canada.  Super huge thanks to these companies that currently supply me with gear that makes it easier to do what I do. Tilley Endurables hats, Grey Owl paddles, Eureka tents and Nova Craft canoes.