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’s qualifications include American Canoe Association Level 3 Coastal Kayaking Instructor. 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. He completed the UF/IFAS Florida Master Naturalist Program’s Environmental Interpretation course, with 24 contact hours, on November 4, 2026.
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.
Team Topa Honu
Sean’s vision for Team Topa Honu connected expedition paddling with opportunities for people living with limb loss to take part in adaptive sport. Read the team history, 2007 Pinellas account, and 2009 Keys archive alongside our expedition reports. Old fundraising requests are closed.
Follow Sean Fitzgibbon’s Solid Ground Survival and Bushcraft on Instagram (@solid_ground_sb) for his outdoor skills and bushcraft work.
Wilderness First Aid teaching: Jeff Fabiszewski teaches Wilderness First Aid as a member of the Greater Tampa Bay Area Council Wilderness First Aid teaching team. Billy McCracken serves as Course Director. Jeff’s WFA teaching role is distinct from his Wilderness First Responder qualification and does not establish authorization to teach or certify WFR courses. Jeff and Billy are developing Wilderness First Aid for Kayakers as a proposed program, with a goal of launching within the next year. Enrollment is not open and no launch date is confirmed. The proposal is separate from existing council courses; council sponsorship or approval is not claimed. See the official council WFA event listing for that event’s registration and requirements.
Calusa Blueway expedition interview
Watch the interview about Sean Fitzgibbon and Jeff Fabiszewski’s 2011 Great Calusa Blueway expedition. Read the expedition account, dispatches and historical coverage for the journey’s written record.
Invite Jeff to your event or publication
Explore guest instruction, expedition talks, podcast interviews, and writing assignments. Choose a program and send the audience, dates, and goals for your inquiry.
