Forwarded message: > From: John Lull <wavestalker_at_coastside.net> > To: "'juliom_at_cisco.com'" <juliom_at_cisco.com> > Cc: "'kennyskd_at_coastside.net'" <kennyskd_at_coastside.net> > Subject: ACA Cert > Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 19:26:40 -0700 > > Julio, > > I recently read some comments you wrote regarding ACA Certification. = > You stated that a roll is not required and rough water experience is not = > considered, etc. Where the did you get this information?! ACA = > instructor candidates are required to have a solid Eskimo roll and are = > expected to be competent in rough water, surf, tide rips, have a good = > working knowledge of weather and navigation, be able to perform rescues = > in rough water, and be technically proficient at strokes BEFORE = > submitting themselves for certification. The certification process is = > about teaching these skills. > > Someone noted that you had taken a "pre-IDW" course. No such thing = > exists, that I know of. If you are referring the CCK skills workshop, = > it has nothing to do with ACA certification. The skills workshop deals = > with a few of the basic skills that you need to know before you can = > teach anything to anybody. Somehow you have been seriously misinformed = > about the ACA certification process. I would appreciate it if you would = > pass this message on to whoever or wherever you published your original = > observations so that no one gets the wrong idea. > =09 > Thanks, > > John Lull, ACA Instructor Trainer > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Oct 07 1998 - 10:49:19 PDT
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