It's all about water
Larry Ausley is an ACA certified whitewater kayaking instructor trainer, whitewater (L4) and coastal kayaking, river safety and rescue (L3) and canoe (L1) instructor. He is the 2012-2013 Chair of ACA's River Kayak Committee, is a past member of the national Board of Directors and past-Secretary of the American Canoe Association. He is an affiliate instructor for Canoe, Kayak and Paddle Co. (an ACA Pro School) in Vienna, VA, teaching from the Research Triangle area of NC. He is a past-president of the Carolina Canoe Club. Larry is a retired State of North Carolina water quality biologist with a degree in Marine Biology, is a Certified Public Manager and is broadly published on water quality monitoring and aquatic toxicology.
Monthly Archives: January 2012
ACA River Kayak Committee
After serving for two years on ACA’s River Kayak Committee, I’m proud to announce that I’ve been elected the 2012-2014 Chair of the Committee, the body responsible for developing curriculum for skills courses, assessments and instructor certification criteria for River … Continue reading
Posted in ACA, Instruction, News, Whitewater Kayaking
Tagged ACA, Instruction, River Kayak Committee
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Roanoke River Platforms
Knock one more from the bucket list. After a couple of years of woulda-shoulda-coulda we finally found the perfect long weekend to make it to North Carolina’s Roanoke River Paddle Trail and the camping platforms managed by Roanoke River Partners. … Continue reading
Posted in Destinations, Kayak Camping, North Carolina Paddling
Tagged camping, kayak touring, platform, roanoke
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Ringing in the New Year
New Year weekend with water. Yes! The holiday and recent rains west and north of here gave me a chance to hook up with some good friends from Virginia for 3 great days of paddling. Day one was up to … Continue reading
Posted in Destinations, Whitewater Kayaking
Tagged kayak, Maury, New Year, Nolichucky, Tellico, whitewater
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2011 Retrospective
Year-end retrospectives are all the rage, so I may as well fall in line. In no particular order: Work with the ACA 2011 was my final year on the ACA Board of Directors. I hope I acceptably lived up to … Continue reading
