ACA Level 2 Essentials of Kayak Touring Skills and Assessment for AUXPAD

The ACA L2 Essentials of Kayak Touring Skills and Assessment is designed to fine tune evaluate a participant’s ability to perform all of the skills listed in the ACA L2 Essentials of Kayak Touring curriculum along with demonstrating an appropriate level of skill, knowledge, and ability through an assessment. This program is intended for participants …

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Great Lakes Sea Kayak Symposium

I’ll be joining the coaching crew at this year’s Great Lakes Sea Kayak Symposium in Grand Marais, MI. Learn more about the longest running sea kayak symposium in North America at https://www.greatlakesseakayaksymposium.net/

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Les Cheneaux Islands Coastal Kayak Skills Weekend

The beautiful Les Cheneaux Islands will be our playground to perfect strokes and rescues, gain confidence, develop navigation skills, and work on risk management strategies to stay safe and best enjoy time on the water, and of course, having fun!  We will be working on skills matching the American Canoe Association Level 2/3 Coastal Kayaking …

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Your first kayak overnight

Our 2-day/1-night journey on Northern Michigan’s Grand Traverse Bay is the perfect introduction to kayak camping. If you’ve been itching to learn the skills needed to spend a night living from your boat, join us! Our self-supported journey will take us to Power Island, a unique 202-acre rustic paradise on West Grand Traverse Bay. Before …

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Your first kayak overnight

Our 2-day/1-night journey on Northern Michigan’s Grand Traverse Bay is the perfect introduction to kayak camping. If you’ve been itching to learn the skills needed to spend a night living from your boat, join us! Our self-supported journey will take us to Power Island, a unique 202-acre rustic paradise on West Grand Traverse Bay. Before …

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CPR / AED / First Aid Certification (NMC)

This interactive class combines video with hands-on practical experience on the latest CPR skills, AED use, and basic first aid knowledge. ASHI Pediatric CPR, AED, and First Aid training program provides an ideal training solution for schools, child care providers, youth sports coaches, and others required to learn how to respond to medical emergencies involving adults, …

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Wilderness First Aid Certification (NMC)

This interactive class provide combines guided presentation with hands-on practical scenarios to give you the skills, knowledge, and abilities to best care for an ill or injured person until you can reach qualified care. Wilderness environments create special situations not usually encountered in an urban or suburban environment. With an ASHI Wilderness First Aid class, first aid …

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Essentials of Kayak Touring Skills and Guide Training

The Essentials of Kayak Touring skills and guide training is designed to expose candidates to the skill-set required to lead paddlers in protected waterways. While this is not a teaching award, a guide and trip leader should also be able to provide basic tips to paddlers, as appropriate, to help them through the environment. This …

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Five Things I Wish Someone Told Me When I Started Kayaking

It sounds easy…buy a boat, put it in the water, start paddling. Let’s talk about what you need, what you don’t, and more to make a paddler’s first or 50th day on the water full of smiles. Come to this safe space where we’ll explore all those questions that you’ve been afraid to ask but …

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