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: February 2012
Outstanding article
I usually try to place some kind of new spin on information and posts I place on this blog but in this case I’m going to take yet another new path and just point to another site to highlight an … Continue reading
Posted in Kayaking 101, Whitewater Kayaking
Tagged article, climbing the ladder, Leland Davis
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Kayak Rolling: The First Step?
I have several first-time students contact me every year wanting to learn to roll their kayaks. As with any of these first contacts, I’ll try to get an idea of what their experiential background with, and goals for kayaking are. … Continue reading
Posted in Instruction, Kayaking 101, Sea Kayaking, Whitewater Kayaking
Tagged kayak, rolling, Teaching
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Teaching Kayaking
Today I’m debuting a new series of posts and tools geared to teaching kayaking with #1 in a series of short YouTube videos. This first one: “Enhancing torso rotation” will be an example of these tightly scoped topics that speak to … Continue reading
Been there, done that….and I’ll be back
Last Saturday was the annual incarnation of the “Hypothermia Challenge”, an annual trip held by good paddling friends David and Merridee from SC who always post it as a joint trip of the Carolina Canoe Club and Foothills Paddlers. It’s … Continue reading
