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I NSTRUCTOR PROFI LE Todd Wright
ACA L5 Coastal Kayak Instructor Trainer ACA L4 Coastal Kayak Instructor Trainer Educator
ACA L4 Instructor Whitewater and Surf Kayak Director of the Wilderness Program and Saint Michael’s College
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odd has worked as a professional guide and outdoor pursuits instructor for over 17 years
and believes that wilderness experiences are a critical component of a liberal arts education. His career has afforded him the opportunity to trek, climb and paddle throughout North America, South America, Africa and Europe but he always returns to northern New England. Todd teaches wilderness medicine, rock/ice/alpine climbing, sea kayaking, whitewater and leadership courses.
How long have you been in paddlesports? I got started boating late in life, around 2001.
How did you get into paddlesports? I was grounded from rock climbing for six weeks due to a persistent case of tendonitis and a
ME MB E R S O N L Y Backcountry Paddling Excursions 2013
Roatan, Honduras COASTAL KAYAKING Host Organization: Uncommon Adventures and Michael Gray Dates: February 2–7 and/or February 7–10
friend encouraged me to take his sea kayak for a spin on Lake Champlain. There was something about paddling that made sense to me. The following spring, I enrolled in guide training with Tom Berg at Maine Island Kayak Company and after my first day on the sea, I knew there was no turning back.
What is your favorite boat? I choose an appropriate tool for the task. For sea paddling and coaching, I like a P&H Cetus MV, while on expedition the volume of a P&H Cetus HV can’t be beat. If the day is exclusively rocks and ledges than I tend to grab a P&H Delphin. On the river I have become partial to the Pyranha Shiva for creek runs but spend most of my time coaching out of a Pyranha Burn. When canoeing with my son we tend to load up the Bell Chestnut Prospector and in the surf zone, either a Watertech 666 or Mega Impulse.
Lately I have been doing my morning fitness attainments in a Perception Wavehopper, which is exciting.
As for paddles, I am a fan of Werner Paddles—top-notch paddles and some of the nicest folks in the industry.
Tell us a little about one of your favorite places to paddle? Wherever there is water and people who love to mess around on it. I love Vermont rivers swollen with spring snow melt, the Maine coast in October and November when the wind blows and the Isle of Skye, Scotland, is truly a magic place.
What drew you to become an ACA Instructor? I noticed that ACA Instructors were all good looking with above average intelligence, so I figured it would be a good crowd to align myself with.
What do you consider your hometown run? During the spring or after a good rain there is a hidden class III/IV gem that winds through the woods and small gorge ending in a nondescript take-out, 6.2 miles from my house. That is all I can say.
Learn more about the 2013 ACA Members-Only Backcountry Paddling Excursions:
www.americancanoe.org/excursions
Rio Grande River, Texas/Mexico WILDERNESS CANOEING Host Organization: ACA, Chris Stec Dates: Early November 2013
Resurrection Bay, Alaska COASTAL KAYAKING Host Organization: Kayak Adventures Worldwide and Tom Nickels Dates: September 18–22, 2013
Island of Poros, Greece COASTAL KAYAKING Host Organization: Barbara Cutter and Adventure Tourism Services Dates: September 2–9, 2013
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Western North Carolina STANDUP PADDLEBOARDING Host Organization: ACA Staff (Chris and Trey) Dates: Sumer 2013
Costa Rica WHITEWATER KAYAK, CANOE OR RAFT Host Organization: Costa Rica Rios Dates: Fall 2013
A percentage of each registration fee goes directly to support the ongoing efforts of the ACA on behalf of all paddlers to fulfill our mission of education, stewardship, recreation and competition.
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