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Maine Kayak staff are highly skilled paddling enthusiasts with extensive training and experience and have a true love of the outdoors that they live to share.

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Take a look at the Maine Kayak team.  We are truly passionate outdoor enthusiast who believe getting in the outdoors help the body and sole recharge and rejuvenate.

This page is a little information about the people who keep Maine Kayak running. We employee elite outdoor enthusiasts who love getting people in the Maine outdoors. Maine Kayak offers employment for professional Registered Maine Guides, Office and kayak rental shop staff.

Welcome to Maine Kayak staff page! We believe getting people outdoors helps the body and soul. Participation in kayaking trips allows people to commune with nature and relax and recharge in a serene environment. Maine Kayak is the first kayaking company in Maine to offer participants an option to choose from a variety of Maine kayaking vacations. We provide everything people need to enjoy a relaxing day on a picturesque Maine lake, a serene day exploring Maine’s rocky coast or a thrilling day tackling some of Maine’s finest whitewater.

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Meet Our Staff

Alvah Maloney

Master Maine Guide – Program Director

Alvah Maloney is the owner of Maine Kayak, based in the beautiful mid-coast region of Maine on the Pemaquid Peninsula in New Harbor. Born and raised in a one-room log cabin, Alvah’s love for the outdoors was instilled at a young age through his parents whitewater rafting company. After working summers on the river and spending winters backpacking and paddling through Costa Rica and Chile, the latter as part of the National Outdoor Leadership School semester in Patagonia, Alvah graduated from Unity College with a B.S. in Outdoor Recreation. He began Maine Kayak as a whitewater instruction program in 1999 but quickly expanded to sea kayaking and lake touring in 2003.  Maine Kayak gives Alvah the opportunity to share his love of the outdoors and the beautiful paddling environments of the great state of Maine every season.

Certifications: Master Maine Guide holding endorsements in sea kayaking, recreation and is a level 2 whitewater Maine raft guide. He also is an ACA level 4 whitewater kayak instructor, British Canoeing 4 Star Sea Leader, Wilderness First Responder and Bachelor of Science in Outdoor Recreation.

Kelly Maloney

Maine Sea Kayak Guide

Kelly Maloney is the Assistant Program Director at Maine Kayak and a Registered Maine Sea Kayak Guide and Advanced Underwater Naturalist SCUBA certified. Kelly spent many seasons as the Office Manager for a whitewater rafting company while enjoying winters in the Caribbean. Kelly helped design the programming for Maine Kayak’s sea and lake touring trips and is the resident chef for Maine Kayak’s overnight trips. You’ll find her helping out around the shop on weekends.

Certifications: Registered Maine Guide, Masters in Environmental Policy, Master Chef of the Camping Culinary Arts

Hauns Bassett

Maine Guide

Hauns Bassett is a wicked proud Mainer who graduated Unity College with a BS in Environmental Education in 1997, which is where he took his first sea kayaking course in Muscungus Bay. Both during and after college Hauns lived on Little Cranberry Island where he worked building lobster traps and serving as a sternman on his cousins lobster boat, ‘Just a Pluggin’. Hauns has been a Registered Maine Guide since 2003 and has led numerous trips on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, the West Branch of the Penobscot River, St. Croix River, Flagstaff Lake and hikes in Baxter State Park and on various sections of the Appalachian Trail.

Certifications:  Registered Maine Guide with endorsements in sea kayaking and recreation.

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John Hayden

Maine Sea Kayak Guide

John loves adventure, travel, and spending time outside. Last winter he kayaked in the Everglades and this winter Baja, Mexico. With degrees in Biology and Ecology he loves to learn about interactions between all of Earth’s inhabitants (human and non-human). In his prior career as an educator, international consultant and organic farmer, John’s focus was on healthy soil, biodiversity, and local food systems. He still gardens, but is now spending more of his time exploring the ocean in beautiful Mid-Coast Maine. He is a Registered Maine Guide and his favorite part of guiding is helping people to reconnect with themselves and their environment by getting out on the water in a kayak.

Certifications  – Registered Maine Sea Kayak Guide, Wilderness First Aid

 

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Andrew Villalobos

Maine Sea Kayak Guide

Andrew is a recent State University of New York at Plattsburgh graduate where he received his BS in Expeditionary Studies with concentrations in paddle sports and climbing. Raised in Mahopac, New York he found his love for outdoor adventure and exploring. This will be Andrew’s first season with Maine Kayak and is enthusiastic to be joining us! His adventure sport coaching philosophy is to be inclusive and create an environment that is fun, empowering and supportive.

Certifications  – Registered Maine Sea Kayak Guide, Wilderness First Responder, BCU Sea Leader Training.

Matt Lutkus Maine Kayak Staff

Matt Lutkus

Maine Sea Kayak Guide

Matt has been paddling for two decades and previously had been certified as an advanced level coastal kayaking instructor though ACA. He is an avid reader when it comes to the history of the Midcoast islands and has a keen interest in the birds and other wildlife in coastal Maine. Over the years he has taught many paddling classes with an emphasis on self-and assisted- rescues and basic and advanced paddling skills. He recently retired from local government management and has now begun to focus on using his many years of experience on the water in a second career as a Maine Guide.

Certifications  – Maine Sea Kayak Guide, American Canoe Association Level 3 Coastal Kayaking Instructor

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