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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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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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
Moths to a Flame
It never ceases to amaze me that I can drive six or seven hours from home on almost any given weekend and run into good friends from several different states on a river bank through the pure kismet of a … Continue reading
Posted in Carolina Canoe Club, Destinations, Whitewater Kayaking
Tagged kayak, Tellico, Tennessee, whitewater
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