Nick is an ACA Level 4 Open Water Kayaking Instructor, a Sea Kayak Team Paddler for Werner Paddles, and an ambassador for Level Six. He previously served as Lead Instructor at Whidbey Island Kayaking and as a guide at Kayak Trinidad. At 3 Raccoons, he supports research and development initiatives with instrumentation, analytics implementation, and statistical modeling. He holds a BS in Physics from the University of Puget Sound and is a published co-author in the Journal of Geophysical Research.