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.
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“I don’t get it”
One of the more difficult transitions in becoming a paddlesports instructor is the ability to place one’s self back into the mind of the beginning paddler. For those want-to-be instructors who have been in a boat for a long time, … Continue reading
Posted in Instruction, Kayaking 101, Uncategorized, Whitewater Kayaking
Tagged beginning paddler, Instruction, Teaching
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Some people can be so creative
Sometimes you see something that you have to buy just to reward someone for their creativity in having designed it. The Noteboard struck me as that kind of product. I saw an immediate use for this in being able to easily … Continue reading
Posted in Equipment, Instruction, Sea Kayaking, Uncategorized, Whitewater Kayaking
Tagged Teaching tools
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Two Blades gone mobile
Two Blades blog is now mo-bile thanks to the WPtouch plugin for WordPress. If you access the site with one of the more popular smartphones, you should see the more streamlined mobile interface: more friendly to those dastardly bandwidth caps. … Continue reading
