Great guiding faces – with new staff to come!

  • Our ride
  • Jeremy
  • Bryen
  • Rachel in love
  • Sula the boat guardian
  • Isaac & Niko Dog
  • Amanda
  • Finnegan
  • Paul (and Finnegan)
  • Gina

Our team

Gina Miller: is the owner and operator of Kayak Fundy – FreshAir Adventure, based in Alma, New Brunswick, on the shores of the Bay of Fundy, located within the UNESCO Fundy Biosphere Reserve and home to some of the most extraordinary paddling in the world.

Gina grew up in Atlantic Canada and arrived in Hong Kong in 2000, where a varied and demanding corporate career ran in parallel with an equally serious life on the water. She coached the Lamma Dragons and Hungarian Dragons dragon boat teams, co-founded Lamma OCC — still one of Hong Kong’s foremost outrigger clubs — and is co-creator and Race Convenor of the Lamma 500 international dragon boat race. She competed in surfski, outrigger, and dragon boat from 2002 to 2018 before the Bay of Fundy pulled her back.

Gina holds Wilderness First Aid certification, serves on the Board of Directors of Friends of Fundy and on the committee of the Rural Upper Bay of Fundy Partnership, and leads surfski and wave-riding tours and training at Kayak Fundy – FreshAir Adventure. If you are ready for a new boat and a genuine adventure, she is exactly the person to call.

Paul Davis: is co-operator and HR manager of Kayak Fundy – FreshAir Adventure. Originally from the UK, Paul is famously prescient: he foresaw Brexit as early as 1997 and – sensibly – moved to Hong Kong to observe the dismantling of Britain’s global footprint from a safe distance and a comfortable vantage point on the water.

In Hong Kong, Paul took up dragon boat and outrigger canoe racing and developed a deep appreciation for the technical side of paddle sport. He raced competitively until 2018 and continues to serve as a judge and official at both the International Lamma 500 and the International Dragon Run in Hong Kong. Paul holds Paddle Canada Sea Kayak training and Wilderness First Aid certification.

Paul is married to Gina. He does not regret it one little bit.

Guides emeritus (they have a habit of reappearing)

Amanda Harrington, grew up in Saint John, New Brunswick, a stone’s throw from the Bay of Fundy, and has been finding reasons to be on or near the water ever since. Amanda holds a degree in Recreation and Sport from the University of New Brunswick and is a graduate of the St. Andrews Adventure Leadership Program. She is an accomplished sea kayaker and whitewater paddler, and rounds out her outdoor life with wilderness hiking expeditions, long road trips into the backcountry, and rock climbing. Amanda has led expeditions on and off the water in Australia and New Zealand, and brings a depth of guiding experience that is, frankly, hard to match. She has an infectious laugh and tells genuinely terrible jokes – we’re talking aggressively bad puns – so we schedule her tours carefully, only when group pun tolerance is confirmed to be high.

Isaac Miller returns to help guide at Kayak Fundy – FreshAir Adventure from time to time because life without sea kayaking is no life at all. (He is also obligated to appear because he’s family and we insist on seeing his handsome face a few times each summer.) Isaac worked with Kayak Fundy starting at age  15, and has paddled since he was old enough to be plunked into a boat and have his teeny fingers wrapped around a paddle. A keen white-water enthusiast, Isaac drops by often enough to make the rest of us feel wimpy. We like him anyway.

The Dogs

Finnegan the Fiery is our newest wonder-mutt: a four-year-old Red Setter, which means he arrives at full speed and operates at full volume. He is enormously affectionate but hasn’t quite mastered his own strength, so we recommend a gentle introduction for younger visitors.

Lila is our Golden Retriever, which means if you throw something for her, she will never, ever, leave you alone. You have been warned. And you will love it.

Niko & Sula flew in from Hong Kong with us in 2018 and served as Kayak Fundy – FreshAir Adventure’s official greeters for four wonderful years. Sadly, they are no longer with us, but we cannot quite bring ourselves to take down their photos.