http://www.kayakquixotica.com Tilting At Waves Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:09:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/09/teaching-tips-for-kayaking/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/09/teaching-tips-for-kayaking/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:50:19 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8906 If I had to absorb coaching and paddling techniques through acronyms and diagrams, I'd be taking up another sport entirely.. something simpler, like space flight! Actually though, don't let my side track, side-track you. The ACA is doing a great job providing lots of information for folks who can learn this way.. I'm just going to have to wait for the comic book edition m.. Oh, a butterfly!]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/09/teaching-tips-for-kayaking/feed/ 3 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/03/17/be-more-than-mere-mortals/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/03/17/be-more-than-mere-mortals/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 22:26:12 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=7197 Well, that might be overstating it a bit… What I meant was…. Rutabaga (In Madison, Wisconsin)  announces ACA Instructor training courses for 2011 See all the details at http://learn.rutabaga.com/aca-instructor-certification/ NEW! Early season ACA Coastal Kayak Level 3-4 ICE – April 29 – May 1 Looking to finish up your certification process? Need an Update or Upgrade? Join Rutabaga and [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/03/17/be-more-than-mere-mortals/feed/ 0 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/06/10/back-to-point-beach/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/06/10/back-to-point-beach/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:59:12 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=6046 Maybe I'm wrong. I often am, but it seems to me that fear of liability is knocking the piss out of social paddling. What have we become when finding neighbors to paddle with entails filling out a form and sending ten bucks to the ACA for the privilege?]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/06/10/back-to-point-beach/feed/ 6 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/06/01/looking-for-mr-goodwave/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/06/01/looking-for-mr-goodwave/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:39:40 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=5999 “Maybe there’s something over there!”  Nope.  The running joke of the weekend was that the most recent 1 footer to go under our hulls must have been at least a “4″.  In the end, for students looking to upgrade their coaching level to an L4 the weekend was pretty much a wash out. As a [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/06/01/looking-for-mr-goodwave/feed/ 2 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/04/27/three-to-five/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/04/27/three-to-five/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:55:57 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=5943 ACA Proficiency requirements for L4 open water coastal kayaking instructors call for among other things, 3-5 foot seas, 3-4 foot surf, 15-20 knot winds, & 3-4 knots of current to be in force during at least part of the certification process. Luckily not all at once. I know that at the moment as I'm getting ready to update and going to be shooting for the L4 this time around. ]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/04/27/three-to-five/feed/ 4