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Whitewater Swiftwater Clinic

Females helping each other in a whitewater throw rope situation

September 13, 2025

All-female Swiftwater Safety Clinic

Have you ever just wanted to learn practical swiftwater safety skills in a female-only environment? Now you can. Our fall course will be based primarily out of our kayaks and will work through a number of practical skills that you may find yourself in when whitewater kayaking. No fluff. All potential practical skills.

**This is an ACA Sanctioned Event

Meet Your Instructor Kelli Talley

Kelli Talley is an ACA Level 4 Swiftwater Rescue Instructor and ACA Level 4 Whitewater Kayak Instructor. She has been teaching Swiftwater Rescue since 2018 and is passionate about a human-first approach to instruction. Kelli loves empowering women to take confidence and ownership of their safety, as well as supporting their friends in practical, common scenarios.

 
With 15 years of kayaking experience and a decade of teaching, her favorite river is the North Fork of the French Broad, but she calls the Chattooga home most weekends this summer. Through her newest and greatest adventure—motherhood—she has found joy in the simple pleasures of water: cool rocks, critters, and floating on calm waters.
Kelli Talley

Kelli Talley

ACA L4 Swiftwater Rescue Instructor

Course Details

When: Saturday, September 12, 2025

Where: Meet at the takeout to the Tuckasegee River (Gorge Section directions above in google maps)

Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Price: $215 – Includes ACA insurance ($10) **If you are a current ACA member, your price is $205

River: “The Gorge” section of the Tuckasegee River

REGISTRATION CLOSES SEPTEMBER 11, 2025

10 slots available

Space is limited

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