Jeff Fabiszewski and Sean Fitzgibbon founded Liquid Rhythm Kayaking in 2007, when Jeff created the website and they began using that name. Their professional partnership began in April 2001 at Osprey Bay Outdoors in Clearwater, Florida, where they worked as kayak instructors and monthly guided day trip leaders. They continued guiding trips for the store’s owners, Kim and Tom, through 2014, and maintained ties afterward through guest lectures and promoting the store on expeditions. Today they teach coastal kayaking in the Tampa Bay and Pinellas County area, drawing on expedition paddling, outdoor education, and campcraft.
Expeditions behind the instruction
Their shared paddling history includes the Pinellas County Blueways, the Florida Keys, the Suwannee River, and the Great Calusa Blueway. These journeys connect classroom skills with route planning, navigation, equipment care, rescue preparation, and looking after a group.
Explore the expedition archive for the journeys, photographs, and field lessons behind their teaching.
Jeff Fabiszewski
Jeff holds current American Canoe Association Level 3 Coastal Kayaking Instructor certification. His teaching background includes coastal paddling, rescues, rolling, traditional Greenland qajaq techniques, and adaptive paddling. His former British Canoe Union Level 1 Coach qualification is part of his professional history.
He is a Wilderness First Responder trained through NOLS Wilderness Medicine and a Wilderness First Aid instructor. An Eckerd College graduate, he also completed a certificate of study in existential philosophy at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge. His outdoor writing has appeared in Canoe News, Paddling.net, Florida Outdoor Adventures Magazine, and Onshore Offshore Magazine.
Jeff is an Eagle Scout, a Vigil Honor member of the Order of the Arrow, and a recipient of the Scouting Medal of Merit for a Suwannee River rescue. His outdoor education includes youth leadership, emergency preparedness, and backcountry cooking.
Read Jeff’s professional biography.
Sean Fitzgibbon
Sean is a founding partner of Liquid Rhythm Kayaking and the founder of Solid Ground Survival and Bushcraft. His background includes surfing, expedition kayaking, kayak instruction, park ranger work, and practical wilderness skills.
His experience as a paddler with a prosthetic limb and his former work in orthotics and prosthetics inform his approach to equipment fit and adapting instruction. His teaching philosophy, “Challenge by Ability,” begins with the learner’s experience, mobility, and goals.
Read Sean’s professional biography for his outdoor teaching, adaptive experience, and fieldwork.
Writing and manuscripts in development
Jeff is developing manuscripts on backcountry cooking and outdoor life. These books remain in development; publication dates have not been announced.
Learn with Liquid Rhythm
Instruction emphasizes practical boat handling, sound judgment, rescue skills, and preparation. Lessons are matched to the student’s experience, goals, equipment, and conditions.
View kayaking classes, prices, and equipment information. For lessons, group instruction, speaking, or media inquiries, contact Jeff.
