12.11.23 – 12.15.23
Level 4: Whitewater Kayaking Instructor Certification Workshop (IDW/ICE)
Petrohué River, Chile
ACA Level 4 Whitewater Kayak Instructor Course & Update:
This five day intensive course is for those looking to develop their personal paddling skills and become a certified whitewater kayak instructor. The 40+ hour course is focused on the latest technical knowledge, terminology, teaching skills, personal paddling skills, and safety awareness in a swiftwater teaching environment.
This course helps you work on personal and interpersonal development and pushes you to build skills and knowledge through peer feedback, video analysis, and lectures. We combine practical on water demonstrations and presentations with real world scenarios that will equip you to deal with teaching this multifaceted sport as a professional. This course sets the industry standard for instruction in paddle sports.
The ACA instructor certification process is broken up into two core components: the Instructor Development Workshop (IDW), and Instructor Certification Exam (ICE). The IDW presents students with the skills and knowledge that are required to become an instructor. The ICE is an opportunity for each candidate to demonstrate his/her proficiency in the presentation (logical progression) and demonstration (proper modeling) of the skills, knowledge necessary for certification.
This course will cover the following ACA curriculum content:
• Introduction to Kayak
• Basic River Kayak
• Essentials to River Kayaking
• Whitewater Kayak
To Be Certified You Must…
• Be at least 18 years of age
• Be or become a member of the ACA
• Become a member of the Safety, Education, and Instruction (SEI) Committee
• Successfully complete the course (requires: attendance at every session and completed homework, quizzes, and tests)
ACA Level 2-4: Whitewater Kayaking Instructor Update:
This course is for those who are already certified as an ACA Whitewater Kayak Instructor, but need to complete an update course to maintain and renew their certification. Includes 2 days on the river.
Cost: $300
Dates: Any two days of the full course
Course venues: River (Class II & III), Flatwater venue.
Cost $600 (Full course) $300 (Update)
Dates: Dec 11-15 (Mon-Fri)
Instructor Trainer:
Dave Bumgarner
Course information and registration:
River Friends
Website: https://riverfriends.cl/en/
Email: info@riverfriendschile.com
Specific course questions:
gunnisonkayakprogram@gmail.com
gunnisonkayakprogram@gmail.com