Our Founder

Larry Roy, our company owner, is an original founding member of the Sea Kayaks Guide Alliance of British Columbia. Over the past twenty years the SKGABC has become a professional organization that offers courses to ensure that guides are formally trained in the necessities of working in the water environment. Larry was instrumental in developing the safety standards the SKGABC stands for. He has always embraced all the SKGABC is about and maintains the necessary standard to continue guiding at the ripe age of 60.

He has taught a vast number of people about paddling in one way or another. His passion is spending everyday with nature. He believes that harmony with nature, whether it be paddling rivers, paddling the ocean or skiing in the backcountry can be achieved. He remained committed to being a practicing professional in guiding, first aid and weather forecasting.

His experience is forever growing. International trips to Mexico, Baja and Costa Rica for both river and ocean paddling satisfied one of this life’s endeavors. He started with a whitewater background and matured into exploring most of the coastal area of Vancouver Island, Haida Gwaii and the Central Coast of British Columbia.  He then founded his company with a retail store, North Island Water Sports. He guided for eight years in the Queen Charlotte Islands, five years on the Central Coast and now twenty four seasons in the Northeastern Coast of Vancouver Island and the Inside Passage. He now backs all this with ski patrolling on Mount Washington where he can enjoy skiing and maintain an active First Aid career in the winter months.