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ExpertVoice.com
ExpertVoice.com is an online marketplace for outdoor industry professionals who have significant sales influence in their personal and professional communities. Thanks to their knowledge and influence in the paddling community, ACA members are invited to become a member of the team! The ACA team has access to discounts on over 300 outdoor brands:
- Up to 70% off retail prices
- Membership to the team is free
- New products and brands are added every day
Fill out your ExpertVoice application here.
Read MoreL.L.Bean
L.L.Bean has been a Sustaining Partner of the ACA for over a decade. L.L.Bean’s focus is on supporting the education, outreach, and stewardship efforts of local paddling clubs and organizations through the CFC Grant Program.
Read MorePaddling Magazine by Rapid Media
ACA members may choose a one-year digital magazine subscription to either Paddling Magazine or Kayak Angler. In addition, ACA members may purchase an upgrade to print or the additional title in digital format at an ACA member exclusive rate.
Reeno Foundation
The Reeno Foundation encourages youth and young adults to experience the power of the outdoors through challenging adventures, learning new outdoor skills, and honing those skills so they can come down from the mountains and share them with others. Reeno Foundation has partnered with the ACA to provide scholarships for aspiring paddleports guides in the Northeast towards a certification course / training so they can reach their full potential as an outdoor educator and thus share the outdoors with others.
Read MoreMustang Survival
Mustang Survival has teamed with the ACA to provide additional resources to people purchasing lifejackets. As an added benefit to purchasing a new Mustang lifejacket, non-ACA members can receive a complimentary 1-year individual membership to the ACA, including your choice of one of Rapid Media’s digital magazine subscriptions.
Read MoreAssociation of Outdoor Recreation and Education
AORE works with the ACA to provide mutually beneficial educational opportunities for our respective memberships. From reduced pricing on conference registrations to merchandise discounts, contact the AORE or ACA staff to learn more.
Read MoreInternational Whitewater Hall of Fame
The International Whitewater Hall of Fame (IWHoF) recognizes and honors individuals who have made significant contributions to whitewater related activities. To date, 51 honorees have been inducted into the Hall of Fame since the first class in 2005. The IWHoF is a program of the World River Center, the ACA, and its International Paddlesports Partners.
Read MoreBoy Scouts of America
ACA volunteers and staff are proud to work with the BSA National Aquatics Taskforce on several projects to help youth to be safer, learn, and have fun out on the water, including:
- Revised the Canoeing Merit Badge
- Revised the Whitewater Merit Badge
- Developed the Whitewater Rafting Award
- Developed the Kayaking Merit Badge
- Developed the Stand Up Paddleboarding Award
- Sea Scout Partnership
Leave No Trace
The LNT Center for Outdoor Ethics teaches people of all ages how to enjoy the outdoors responsibly, and is the most widely accepted outdoor ethics program used on public lands. Through relevant and targeted education, research and outreach, the Center ensures the long-term health of our natural world. In its simplest form, Leave No Trace is about making good decisions to protect the world around you – the world we all enjoy.
Read MoreOutdoor Alliance
The ACA is one of the founding members of the Outdoor Alliance (OA), the nation’s premier human powered recreation group.
Outdoor Alliance unites the voices of outdoor enthusiasts to conserve public lands and ensure those lands are managed in a way that embraces the human-powered experience. OA is a 501(c)3 nonprofit coalition of national advocacy organizations that includes:
- American Whitewater
- American Canoe Association
- Access Fund
- International Mountain Bicycling Association
- Winter Wildlands Alliance
- The Mountaineers
- The American Alpine Club
- The Mazamas
- Colorado Mountain Club
- Surfrider Foundation
Outdoors Alliance for Kids
The Outdoors Alliance for Kids (OAK) is a national strategic partnership of organizations from diverse sectors with the common interest in expanding the number and quality of opportunities for children, youth and families to connect with the outdoors.
Read MoreNational Association of State Boating Law Administrators
NASBLA is a national nonprofit organization that works to develop public policy for recreational boating safety and represents the recreational boating authorities of all 50 states and the U.S. territories. They offer a variety of resources, including training, model acts, education standards and publications. NASBLA’s mission is to strengthen the ability of the state and territorial boating authorities to reduce death, injury and property damage associated with recreational boating and ensure a safe, secure and enjoyable boating environment.
Read MoreU.S. Coast Guard Office of Boating Safety
The Office of Boating Safety is part of the Federal government and a servant of the public, in its role as the designated National Recreational Boating Safety Coordinator, it is a leader in improving the boating experience of the maritime public. Their primary mission is to minimize the loss of life, personal injury, property damage, and environmental impact associated with the use of recreational boats, through preventive means, in order to maximize safe use and enjoyment of U.S. waterways by the public. The USCG Office of Boating Safety supports the ACA in it’s endeavors to educate all paddlers about recreational boating safety.
Read MoreU.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
The Auxiliary and the ACA are working together to increase educational outreach to paddlers abour boating safetyas well as provide free vessel safety checks for paddlecraft.
Read MoreAmerican Sailing Association
The ACA and ASA are working to bring kayak and stand up paddleboard instructor certification courses to a series of ASA professional sailing schools.
Read MoreStand Up Paddle Industry Association
SUPIA is the trade organization of all stand up paddle businesses: Manufacturers, Retailers, Service Providers (Instructors, Guides, Race Directors, Event Planners, Certifiers), Media, Sales Reps, Distributors, Suppliers, etc. The SUPIA strives to move standup paddling forward in a positive direction.
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