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ACA Safety & Education Curriculum Updates Cut, Bruised & Happy PADDLEACA | Canoe - Kayak - SUP - Raft - Rescue, Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2016 Why Microbeads Are a Major Problem Cut, Bruised & Happy: Gratitude for the Sport ACA Safety & Education Curriculum Updates ACA Mission Statement Founded in 1880, the ACA is a national nonprofit organization serving the broader paddling public by providing education relat- ed to all aspects of paddling; stewardship support to help protect paddling environments; and sanctioning of programs and events to promote paddlesport competition, exploration and recreation. NATIONAL STAFF MS - Brian Ramsey Safety & Rescue - Sam Fowlkes (NC) Wade Blackwood - Executive Director MO - Dave Haessig Safety & Rescue - Charlie Walbridge (WV) Chris Stec - Chief Operating Officer MT - Alex Bergeron Rafting - Jim Virgin (WA) Amy Ellis - State Director/Membership Coord. NE - Jordan Messerer Adaptive Paddling - Joe Moore(SC) Candy Patten - Insurance Coordinator NV - Vacant Intro to Paddling - Mike Aronoff (VA) Katie Hansen - Membership Coordinator NH - Marty Pritchard Stand Up Paddleboard - Josh Hall (SC) Shannon Green - Membership/Insurance Coord. NJ - Kerry Pflugh Institutional Members Catharine Lloyd - Communications Coordinator NM - Christine Mollo SEIC Chair Appointment - Gordon Dayton (CT) Kelsey Bracewell - SEI Coordinator NY - Liane Amaral BoD Appointment - Larry Ausley (NC) Marcel Bieg - Western States Outreach Director NC - Daniel Morris Liaison Members Barbara Bendele - Office Manager ND - Clarence Bina USCG-SEIC Liaison - Wayne Stacey (DC) T.J. Turner - Education & Outreach Coordinator OH - Ryan Pepper BSA Liaison - Keith Christopher (TX) Dave Burden - Intl. Paddlesports Ambassador OK - Aasim Saleh Chris Raab - Stewardship Director OR - Cheri Holman PARTNERS PA - Steve Barber Subaru - Official Vehicle of the ACA BOARD OF DIRECTORS PR - Omar Ramos L.L. Bean Executive Committee RI - Vacant Rapid Media Anne Maleady - President (MA) SC - Ethan Talley, Kyle Thomas MTI Adventurewear TBD - Vice President SD - Steven Dahlmeier Kokatat Peter Sloan - Treasurer (CO) TN - Jessica Beckett Werner Paddles Robin Pope - Secretary (NC) TX - Lorraine McPhee Stand Up Paddle Industry Association Judge Charles Strauss - At-Large (VA) UT - Anthony Monson USA Canoe/Kayak Jerry Dunne - At-Large (NY) VA - Chris Misener BSA Aquatics Taskforce Board Members VI - David Paradise NOAA Marine Debris Program Colin Trost (VA) VT - Nathan Lavery U.S. Coast Guard Office of Boating Safety Roby Hackney (VA) WA - Patrick Steehler National Safe Boating Council Bill Micks (VA) WV - Melanie Seiler Outdoor Alliance Kirk Havens (VA) WI - Thomas Schrader Outdoor Alliance for Kids Andrew Tush (VA) WY - Mark Hamlin Hobie Polarized Sunglasses Steve Hutton (SC) Association of Outdoor Recreation & Education SAFETY, EDUCATION & INSTRUCTION Bill Banholzer (SC) International Whitewater Hall of Fame Wayne Stacey - USCG liaison (MD) COUNCIL (SEIC) Whitewater Symposium Robert Cassar - Sugar Isl. liaison (PA) SEIC Officers Leave No Trace (SC) STATE DIRECTORS Chair - Steve Hutton National Association of State Boating Law Vice Chair - Rusty Cooper (AL) AL - Helen Todd Administrators Secretary - Becky Molina (LA) AK - Tom Pogson Western States Boating Administrators Past Chair - Robin Pope (NC) AZ - Danielle Keil Association AR - Tom Burroughs Division Instruction Facilitators Polynesian Voyaging Society CA - Alexander Morris Atlantic - Elizabeth O’Connor CO - Gregory Skomp Dixie - Aaron Peeler Cover photo CT - Elizabeth O’Connor Middle States - Greg Mallet-Prevost, Mike Photographer: Darren Bush DE - Clarke Greene Aronoff, & Greg Velzy Location: Apostle Islands National Lakeshore DC - Meredith Waters Midwest - Tom Lindblade & Randy Carlson FL - Peggy Phillips New England - Jackie Peppe GA - John Traendly Northern NY - Laura Liebel HI - Indar Lange Red River - Patti Carothers ID - Elliot Jacobs SW Ohio - John Slocum Follow us on... IL - Lenore Sobota NW Ohio - Chris Lewis IN - Joe Rozsaheqyi Chair & NE Ohio - John MacDonald IA - Vacant Northwest - Steve Scherrer KS - Vacant European Division - Gerhard Grimm KY - Nathan Depenbrock California - Marce Wise LA - Ben Sandmel Committee Chairs ME - Randy Smith Touring Canoe - Jeff Liebel (NY) MD - Bob Cianflone River Canoe - Beth Wiegandt (VA) MA - Samuel Gaughan River Kayak - Larry Ausely (NC) MI - Lynn Dominguez Coastal Kayak - John Browning (WI) MN - David Englund, Bridget O’Boyle Canoe Sailing - Larry Haff (MA) Surf Kayak - Nigel Law (GA) 1 / PADDLE / January 2016 www.americancanoe.org Meet Your ACA Staff QUESTION OF THE MONTH: What are you looking forward to most about the 2016 ACA National Candy Patten Wade Blackwood Insurance Coordinator Executive Director Paddlesports Conference in “I always love going home “Biking over the Golden Sausalito, CA? to California!” Gate Bridge.” Shannon Green Membership/Insurance Dave Burden Coordinator International Paddlesports “Meeting some sea lions!” Ambassador “Listening for the elusive Humming Toadfish as we paddle around the iconic houseboats of Sausalito” Christopher Stec Chief Operating Officer “Paddling around Alcatraz.” Katie Hansen Kelsey Bracewell SEI Coordinator Amy Ellis Membership Coordinator State Director/Membership “I’m looking forward to “I’m looking forward Coordinator meeting some of our west to catching up with our “I would like to check out coast instructors, trainers, members.” Sausalito’s floating homes and educators that I hav- Chris Raab community” en’t had the opportunity Stewardship Director to meet before!” “Getting out to paddle for a day near Mendocino and also around the bay area.” Barbara Bendele Marcel Bieg Office Manager Catharine Lloyd Western States Outreach “Matching up some faces Communications Coordinator T.J. Turner Director & Grant Manager with names from the west Education & Outreach “Sadly I won’t be there, but coast!” Coordinator “Paddling and hanging in I’m looking forward to hear- the San Fran area.” ing stories & seeing photos!” “Seeing the Golden Gate Bridge!” Table of Contents Stewardship 6 Why Microbeads Are a Major Problem, 19 Paddle Tails: New Book by SUP With by Nicole Baker Your Pup author Maria Schultz 8 Paddle Green Spotlight 20 Video: Stories of Survival Education Adaptive 10 December Instructor of the Month 22 Grant Opportunity for Adaptive 12 January Instructor of the Month Paddling Initiatives 12 Remembering Tom MacKenzie 13 Safety, Education & Instruction State Director News Council Curriculum Updates 24 Updates From ACA State Directors 16 ACA Pro School Spotlight - Charleston County Park & Recreation Commission 17 Cut, Bruised & Happy, by Anna Levesque 3 / PADDLE / January 2016 www.americancanoe.org Membership Competition 29 Featured ACA Member Benefit, 35 Events Coming Up Free Rapid Media Subscription 36 USA Canoe/Kayak Update 30 ACA Outfitter spotlight - Alaska Kayak School Paddling History 31 Member Photo of the Month 37 1948 Olympics 32 Charleston Beckons 38 Remembering Friend and Paddling Legend, Larry Zuk Photo by Darren Bush 4 / PADDLE / January 2016 www.americancanoe.org STEWARDSHIP Why Microbeads are a Major Problem & How One Group is Working for Change By Nicole Baker of Plastic Tides. Plastic Tides was one of the ACA’s 2015 Club Fostered Stewardship Grant Award Winners. A 240 mile journey is finally complete. Though this may not seem like a long distance by car, think about doing it on a paddleboard. Then consider attempting it during November in upstate NY. This feat is what Christian Shaw and Gordon Middleton completed on Novem- ber 19th, 2015, after a polar vortex of winter weather halted their journey in 2014. They came back with a vengeance, and renewed determination, to raise awareness about mi- crobead pollution in the Finger Lakes, Great Lakes, and other waterways of their home state. research in NYS; history repeated itself again in 2015 as the bill failed to make the Senate This journey started as a way to draw atten- floor. This provoked Gordon and Christian, in tion to the issue of plastic pollution, and more collaboration with their Plastic Tides Jr Am- specifically microplastics and microbeads. In bassador summer program, to work fervently spring 2014, a pending bill in the NYS Legisla- to pass the legislation, this time through a ture was passed overwhelmingly in the As- more grassroots approach. One by one: Erie, sembly, but shelved and refused to be voted Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Suffolk, Albany and on in the Senate. Even after the 2014 Plastic finally their home county of Tompkins passed Tides expedition, which resulted in their film their own bans, the strongest legislation ever, The Canal, and a growing body of microbead on products containing plastic microbeads. If the state wouldn’t hear their voice, maybe smaller local governments would. And they did. The evidence found right here in New York State was too strong for local govern- ments to ignore, especially after the issue was taken up by a group of Middle and High School students whom, after becoming Plas- tic Tides Jr. Ambassadors, contacted the local legislature themselves. Leading the science behind microbeads, Dr. Sam Mason from SUNY Fredonia with coop- eration from the NYS AG Office had published 6 / PADDLE / January 2016 www.americancanoe.org findings about microplastics in the Great Lakes systemic problems it can cause separate but and wastewater treatment systems statewide. equal problems, and can be extremely expen- She found 75% of the pollution in the Great sive. While microbeads have not been proven Lakes is from microplastics; pieces you can’t to be harmful, why is the
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