fields. BCU Level 5 Coach Sea Kayak BCU Level 5 Coach Surf Kayak BCU Level 3 Coach Inland Kayak (also 5 Star Award Inland Kayak) BCU Level 3 Coach Open Canoe (also 5 Star Award Open Canoe) He also served for many years on the BCU Sea Touring Committee, and the BCU Expeditions Sub-Committee. In 1985 he left for Iceland for six weeks, helping an expedition group from Cambridge with logistics and leading the kayaking component. He returned to start his own kayaking business. He taught local groups in Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Canada and the United States. The design label "Foster Rowe" emerged for a while as a collaboration with two other top kayak coaches, (Andy Middleton & Ray Rowe) with products such as paddling jackets, personal flotation devices (PFDs) and tow-systems designed for leading edge performance. Subsequently working alone, the "Nigel Foster" signature paddle blade was released by Nimbus in Canada, and Foster worked in a design/consultant capacity with companies including Liquidlogic, Bending Branches and Extrasport in USA. (e.g. ExtraSport Tow-system). In the late summer of 2004, accompanied by Kristin Nelson, he finally completed Baffin Island to Labrador expedition by paddling from Kuujjuaq in Ungava Bay to Nain – a distance of over of uninhabited coastline – in which there were numerous encounters with polar bears. In 2008, at the 6th Annual Induction Ceremony, Foster was inducted into the International Halls of Fame: Bicycling, Rowing, Canoeing, Kayaking as a Kayaker. Since 2007 Foster has been the head of research and development at Point65. In addition to designing products forPoint65, He also acts as a spokesperson and assists the company with PR, marketing and special events. Foster presently lives in Seattle, WA with his wife Kristin Nelson. References Published works Storry, T, Ed. (1986) Snowdonia White Water Sea and Surf Appendix 1, 'The Sea Birds of North Wales, by Nigel Foster', pp 146–151, Milnthorpe Cumbria: Cicerone Press, Storry, T., Baillie, M. and Foster, N. (1989). Raging Rivers, Stormy Seas. Dobbs Ferry: Sheridan House Inc, Rowe, R, British Canoe Union et al. (1989) British Canoe Union Canoeing Handbook. second edition, Nottingham : British Canoe Union, Foster, N. (1990) Canoeing: A Beginner's Guide to the Kayak. Arundel: Fernhurst Books, Foster, N. (1997) Nigel Foster's Sea Kayaking. 2nd ed. West Sussex, England: Globe Pequot, Foster, N. (1998). Nigel Foster's Surf Kayaking. Guilford: The Globe Pequot Press, Foster, N. (1999) Guide to Sea