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Volume 4, Issue 3 | May 2018 PADDLEACA | Canoe - Kayak - SUP - Raft - Rescue ACA Video Named Finalist in Film Festival Young Athlete Garners New Grant CFS Grant Recipients Announced Instructors of the Month Table of Contents ACA News 26 ACA Pro School Spotlight: 3 Mission Statement & Governance Boating in Boston 5 Meet Your ACA Staff 27 Don't Forget to WEAR IT 8 Partners Adaptive Stewardship 30 Adaptive Paddling Summit Scheduled 10 Paddle Green Spotlight: 31 Equipment Spotlight ACA announces CFS grant recipients 32 New Instructor Endorsement 14 Recent Paddle Green Policy Action 33 Upcoming Adaptive Paddling Workshops 15 Conservation Volunteers Lead the Way News Near You Education 35 Series Developed to Invigorate 21 March Instructor of the Month Kentucky's Racing Community 22 April Instructor of the Month 37 Hawaii Canoe Club Requests Assistance 23 News from SEIC 38 Paddlers Invited to Delaware River Sojourn 24 New PowerPoint for Instructor Trainers 39 State By State 25 ACA Canoeing Video Becomes Finalist Membership 59 Dragon Boat World Championships 47 Board Member Shares Come to America Rappahannock Stories 61 Upcoming Races & Events 48 ACA Member Benefit: 62 Seattle Club Gears up for Regatta Instructor Manual in Chinese 49 ACA Outfitter Spotlight: Verde River Institute International 52 Member Photo of the Month 65 Germany to Host Instructor Academy 65 Europe Symposium scheduled for October Competition 55 Extreme Slalom Cross Gains Popularity 56 Leibfarth Receives First Elite Female Paddling History Slalom Athlete Grant 66 Harry Rushton 57 USA Canoe Slalom Team Competes at World Championships 58 California to Host Canoe Marathon Trials www.americancanoe.org PADDLE | May 2018 | Page 2 ACA Mission Statement Founded in 1880, the ACA is a national nonprofit organization serving the broader paddling public by providing education related 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 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Wade Blackwood - Executive Director Executive Committee Chris Stec - Chief Operating Officer President - Peter Sloan (NC) Marcel Bieg - Western States Outreach Director Vice President - Robin Pope (NC) Kandace Bowers - Financial Coordinator Treasurer - David Bell (OK) Kelsey Bracewell - SEI Manager Secretary - Anne Maleady (CO) Dave Burden - International Paddlesports Ambassador Amy Ellis - State Director/Membership Coordinator Board Members Katie Hansen - Membership Coordinator *Terms expire at the annual meeting of the year listed Kimberly Jenkins - Paddle eMagazine Editor Brett Mayer - Public Policy Chief At-Large Directors LeighAnn Moore - Insurance Coordinator • William Irving (North Carolina - 2019) Carrie Schlemmer - Education & Grant Coordinator • Lili Colby (Massachusetts - 2019) John Sims - Social Media Coordinator • Robin Pope (North Carolina - 2018) • Kirk Havens (Virginia - 2018) Independent Directors Competition Department • Jeff Rouse (Virginia - 2019 Morgan House - High Performance & Competition Director • David Bell (Oklahoma - 2019) Rafal Smolen - Slalom National Team Coach • Peter Sloan (North Carolina - 2018) Chris Barlow- Sprint High Performance Manager Zsolt Szadovszki - Sprint National Team Kayak Coach Affiliated Organizations Director Aaron Huston- Sprint National Team Canoe Coach • Vacant Aasim Saleh - Sprint Jr. Team Manager Shaun Caven - Paracanoe High Performance Manager/Coach Property Management Committee Zuzana Montagne - Slalom High Performance Manager • Bill Micks (Virginia - 2018) • Safety Education & Instruction Council • Steve Hutton (South Carolina - 2019) Cover photo Competition Council A young woman celebrates completing the Taylorsville Lake • To be elected Paddle Battle. The Explore Kentucky Initiative photo Elite Athlete Directors • Slalom - Scott Mann (Virginia - 2019) • Sprint - Stanton Collins (Georgia - 2019) Follow us on... • Paracanoe - Kelly Allen (Oklahoma - 2019) Immediate Past President • Anne Maleady (Colorado) Liaison Members(non-voting) • Tom Uebel - Sugar Island (New York) Ex-Officio (non-voting) • Wade Blackwood - ACA Executive Director (Virginia) Page 3 | PADDLE | May 2018 www.americancanoe.org SAFETY, EDUCATION & INSTRUCTION COUNCIL (SEIC) STATE DIRECTORS • Chair - Steve Hutton (SC) AL - Chris Anderson NE - Steve Kuhl • Vice Chair - Trey Knight (TN) AK - Levi Hogan NV - Available • Secretary - C.C. Williams (SC) AZ - Available NH - Available • Past Chair - Robin Pope (NC) AR - Tom Burroughs NJ - Jason Parker CA - Alexander Morris NM - Robert Levin Committee Chairs CO - Theresa Zook NY - Mike Cavanaugh • Adaptive Paddling - John McDonald (OH) CT - Available NC - Doug Stager • Coastal Kayak - John Browning (MI) DE - Chris Beckman ND - Available • Intro to Paddling - Beth Weigandt (VA) DC - Meredith Waters OH - Ryan Pepper • Prone Kayakying - Adam Masters (NC) FL - Tommy Thompson OK - Aasim Saleh • Rafting - Elisha Lynn McArthur (CO) GA - Scott Fraser OR - Available • River Canoe - Greg Wolfe (OH) HI - Indar Lange PA - Steve Barber • River Kayak - Mike Arnoff (VA) ID - Available PR - Omar Ramos • Safety & Rescue - Sam Fowlkes (NC) IL - Lenore Sobota RI - Available • Stand Up Paddleboard - Raphael Kuner (Germany) IN - Joe Rozsaheqyi SC - Jefferson Atkins • Surf Kayak - Sean Morley (CA) IA - Available SD - Cory Diedrich • Surfski - Chuck Conley (VA) KS - Available TN - Bob Snuck • Touring Canoe - Molly Gurien (OH) KY - Nathan Depenbrock TX - Charley Kemp Institutional Members LA - Ben Sandmel UT - Available • SEIC Chair Appointment - Josh Hall (SC) ME - Rob Hutchison VT - Available • SEIC Chair Appointment - Peter Casson (RI) MD - Chuck McMillin VI - Available MA - Kevin Beckwith VA - Steve Eudy Liaison Members MI - Micheal Gray WA - Bill Corson • Boy Scouts of America - Rob Kolb (TX) MN - Bridget O’Boyle WV - Evan Young • USCG - Tom Dardis (DC) MS - Brian Ramsey WI - Thomas Schrader • USCG Auxiliary - Don Goff (MD) MO - Justin Adams WY - Helen Tozer-Wilson MT - Available For information about the State Director Program, please contact Amy Ellis at the ACA National Office. www.americancanoe.org PADDLE | May 2018 | Page 4 Meet your ACA Staff If you were sent to live on a space station for three months, which three personal items would you take with you? Wade Blackwood Executive Director ACA hat, laptop, jelly beans. Marcel Bieg Western States Outreach Director & Grant Manager 1. A photo of my family taken in one of my favorite natural places. 2. A piece of rope to practice knots and such to pass time. LeighAnn Moore 3. A plant to get through the Insurance Coordinator synthetic of the environment in Family photos, toothbrush, books. which I would be living. Brett Mayer Public Policy Chief Photos of my family, tablet, books on climate change. Chris Barlow Sprint High Performance Manager 1. Picture of wife and family. Morgan House Kelsey Bracewell 2. KayakPro Kayak Erg so I could High Performance & SEI Manager stay in good paddling shape. Competition Director 3. Favorite book... The Power of Tooth brush. Journal. Radio One by Bryce Courtenay. Laptop, Phone, Toothbrush. (assuming it worked in space). Page 5 | PADDLE | May 2018 www.americancanoe.org Meet your ACA Staff www.americancanoe.org/staff Christopher Stec Chief Operating Officer A picture of my family, a camera, and toothpaste! Carrie Schlemmer Education & Grant Coordinator Macaroni and cheese, my Hawaiian themed ACA shirt, and pictures of me and my friends. Katie Hansen Membership Coordinator 1. Coffee 2. Toothbrush 3. Toothpaste Dave Burden International Paddlesports Ambassador Camera, travel journal, and a travel chess set. Zuzana Montagne Kandace Bowers Slalom High Performance Manager Financial Coordinator 1. The Sea and the Bells by Pablo 1. The entire collection of “Top Neruda 100 books you must read before 2. Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust you die” John Sims by David Bowie 2. A download of all six Disturbed Social Media Coordinator 3. Nerves (the best dice game in DVDs (and headphones) Items to stay connected and the known worlds) 3. A three-month supply of document the trip: laptop, tablet, Watermelon Now and Laters digital camera. Continued on page 7 www.americancanoe.org PADDLE | May 2018 | Page 6 Making the World a Better Place to Paddle! Since 1880. Zsolt Szadovszki Sprint National Team Kayak Coach Camera, laptop, running shoes for the treadmill. Kimberly Jenkins Paddle eMagazine Editor Aasim Saleh Photo of my husband, a sci-fi book Sprint Jr. Team Manager series, travel pack of essential oils. My dogs Dash and Robinson, because they are already out of this world, and an iPod with every Aaron Huston episode of This American Life. Sprint National Team Canoe Coach Stopwatch. Chase boat. ACA hat. Amy Ellis State Director/Membership Coordinator If dogs don’t count, then my answer would be: Shaun Caven 1. A Sansevieria plant – in NASA Paracanoe High Performance research, this plant helps Manager/Coach Rafal Smolen purify the air. 1. IPad loaded with pictures of Slalom National Team Coach 2. Thermals – because I’m family and books. I'd bring two long books and a always cold! 2. TRX - Gym Straps (because camera to capture the cool views. 3. One of the lengthier classic I doubt NASA would allow a novels I’ve been meaning to Kayak Ergo!!) read. 3. Notebook. Page 7 | PADDLE | May 2018 www.americancanoe.org PARTNERS We are grateful to these organizations and companies for their significant commitment to help us achieve our mission and goals. Partnership Opportunities
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