Kayak Adventures of Jacksonville Staff

Rachel Austin - Lead Guide and Owner 

• ACA Level 3 Coastal Kayak Instructor
• Wilderness First Aide SOLO
• Florida Master Naturalist

Rachel not only loves kayaking but fills her days being a mom, opporationg Kayak Adventures, and creating her new buisness Natural Teams. She has recently partnered with long time friends Ray and Jody Hetchka owners of Kayak Amelia to create Natural Teams a Eco Teambuilding Comany. One of her favorite things about her job is that she gets to create unique outdoor experiences for people. She is experienced in private and corporate event coordination and catering, having worked for TPC Sawgrass in the Food and Beverage, J. Johnson's private chef catering gallery openings, and working in fine dining resturants around Florida, and in Europe she has a unique way of bring it all together in her outdoor creations.  As a yoga instructor and massage theripist she cares deeply about her clients comfort and is able to help them understand the intracacy of accurate paddle technique and body mechanics when guiding or teaching kayak instruction. 

Walter Bunso

• Master Naturalist
• Fishing Guide 
• BCU Canoe and Kayak Safety
• Wilderness First Aid

Walter has dedicated himself to helping people get out and enjoy being in the great outdoors. He has spent a great deal of his life advancing his own professionalism and his students knowledge in the field of Sea Kayaking

Pat Clements

• British Canoe Union 3 star and 4 star training
• BCU canoe and kayak safety
• ACA safety and rescue
• Paramedic

Pat is in pursuit of his 4 star BCU and ACA Open Water Instructor. He has been paddling for most of his life. He grew up in Hawaii so being on the water is second nature to him. The times that he is not on the water he is saving and changing lives every day. 

Nicole Evans

• Biologist and Guide
• Wilderness First Aid

Nicole is our Eco Story Teller. She also works with the FCCJ Outdoor Center doing Team Building Events, guiding canoeing and hiking trips.