Level 5: Advanced Whitewater Kayaking Instructor Update - ACA

Upcoming Events

11.13.24 – 11.15.24

Level 5: Advanced Whitewater Kayaking Instructor Update

Potomac, MD, USA

Jordan Taylor and Ben Morton are facilitating this 3-day Level 5: Advanced Whitewater Kayak Instructor Certification Workshop AND UPDATE.

After reviewing the course prerequisites below, please email Jordan and Ben if you are interested in more information or applying for the course. (enrollment by application)

  • Currently an ACA Level 4: Whitewater Kayak Instructor (in good standing – active ACA membership / SEIC dues)
  • Have taught and successfully reported at least two Level 4: Whitewater Kayaking skills or assessment courses
  • Have participated in an ACA Level 4: Swiftwater Rescue Skill Course or Assessment

Contact Information:
Jordantaylorriver@gmail.com
Ben@precisionpaddlesports.com

Jordan Taylor has thirty years of experience instructing whitewater and has served many organizations in an instructor development role: Davidson College Outdoor Program (NC) The Calleva River School (DC), the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), Rocky Mountain Outdoor Center (CO), Zoar Outdoor (MA), Madawaska Canoe Center (Ontario) and others. Taylor is passionate about educational spaces designed with lots of different kinds of people in mind.

More about Jordan: paddlesportinstitute.com

Over the past 20 years Ben Morton has been fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to work alongside numerous paddlesport instructors and coaches at various paddling schools, outfitters, and colleges throughout the U.S. and abroad including the National Outdoor Leadership School, Zoar Outdoors, Nantahala Outdoor Center, Jackson Hole Kayak School, Amazing Vacations Costa Rica, DeRiemer Adventure Kayaking, Otter Bar Lodge Kayak School, New Zealand Kayak School, Wilderness Rescue International, Rocky Mountain Outdoor Center, Canoe Kayak and Paddle Company, Pinniped Kayak and many others. Ben is excited support organizations and individuals through instructing, river rescue training, and coaching to develop the “whole paddler”.

More about Ben: precisionpaddlesports.com

Contact Information Jordan Taylor and Ben Morton
Jordantaylorriver@gmail.com and Ben@precisionpaddlesports.com