Ben Morton
Owner, Instructor, and Guide
Ben is a native of Orange, Virginia where he grew up playing around in and paddling on local rivers. Over the past 15 years Ben 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, Nantahala Outdoor Center, Jackson Hole Kayak School, Costa Rica Rios, DeRiemer Adventure Kayaking, Otter Bar Lodge Kayak School, New Zealand Kayak School, Wilderness Rescue International, Next Adventure Paddlesports Center, Alder Creek Kayak and Canoe, Rocky Mountain Outdoor Center, Canoe Kayak and Paddle Company, Zoar Outdoor and many others. While Ben's background is river kayaking, he enjoys spending time in diverse environments on paddleboards, canoes, and sea kayaks. Ben's strengths lie in his excitement to share his passion for paddlesports with others, his eagerness to continue to grow and develop as a paddler and instructor, and his positive interpersonal skills. Ben will be excited to work with you whether its helping you improve your paddling technique, guiding you down beautiful tropical rivers in Central America, or leading you on your first multi-day river experience.
Education:
-MSc Performance Coaching
-AAS Adventure Sports Management
CERTIFICATIONS:
-ACA Level 5 Advanced Whitewater Kayak, Instructor Trainer Educator
-ACA Level 5 Advanced Whitewater Canoe, Instructor Trainer
-ACA Level 4 Whitewater SUP, Instructor Trainer
-ACA Level 3 Coastal Kayak, Instructor
-ACA Level 2 Essentials of Kayak Touring, Instructor Trainer
-ACA Level 3 River Safety and Rescue, Instructor
-ACA Level 2 Essentials of SUP, Instructor Trainer Educator
-Wilderness First Responder
-Leave No Trace Master Educator
Owner, Instructor, and Guide
Ben is a native of Orange, Virginia where he grew up playing around in and paddling on local rivers. Over the past 15 years Ben 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, Nantahala Outdoor Center, Jackson Hole Kayak School, Costa Rica Rios, DeRiemer Adventure Kayaking, Otter Bar Lodge Kayak School, New Zealand Kayak School, Wilderness Rescue International, Next Adventure Paddlesports Center, Alder Creek Kayak and Canoe, Rocky Mountain Outdoor Center, Canoe Kayak and Paddle Company, Zoar Outdoor and many others. While Ben's background is river kayaking, he enjoys spending time in diverse environments on paddleboards, canoes, and sea kayaks. Ben's strengths lie in his excitement to share his passion for paddlesports with others, his eagerness to continue to grow and develop as a paddler and instructor, and his positive interpersonal skills. Ben will be excited to work with you whether its helping you improve your paddling technique, guiding you down beautiful tropical rivers in Central America, or leading you on your first multi-day river experience.
Education:
-MSc Performance Coaching
-AAS Adventure Sports Management
CERTIFICATIONS:
-ACA Level 5 Advanced Whitewater Kayak, Instructor Trainer Educator
-ACA Level 5 Advanced Whitewater Canoe, Instructor Trainer
-ACA Level 4 Whitewater SUP, Instructor Trainer
-ACA Level 3 Coastal Kayak, Instructor
-ACA Level 2 Essentials of Kayak Touring, Instructor Trainer
-ACA Level 3 River Safety and Rescue, Instructor
-ACA Level 2 Essentials of SUP, Instructor Trainer Educator
-Wilderness First Responder
-Leave No Trace Master Educator
Coaching Philosophy
I want to support and assist individuals in the realization of their ambitions and goals.
I aim to facilitate and foster independence in learners through the development of critical thinking and decision-making.
I work to achieve this through challenging, empowering, and thought-provoking interactions, and cultivating a learning environment.
I believe that coaching success derives from a willingness to learn, mutual respect, effort, vulnerability, and open-mindedness.
I aim to facilitate and foster independence in learners through the development of critical thinking and decision-making.
I work to achieve this through challenging, empowering, and thought-provoking interactions, and cultivating a learning environment.
I believe that coaching success derives from a willingness to learn, mutual respect, effort, vulnerability, and open-mindedness.
Precision Paddlesports Environmental Mission Statement:
Move deliberately and thoughtfully through the natural environment, increase awareness and contribute to solutions for environmental issues local and abroad, and decrease over consumption of equipment, materials, and resources.
Move deliberately and thoughtfully through the natural environment, increase awareness and contribute to solutions for environmental issues local and abroad, and decrease over consumption of equipment, materials, and resources.
"Ben is one of the most decorated, passionate and all around strongest ambassadors of the ACA and the ACA paddlesport certification. Traveling the world training other paddlesport instructors in kayak, canoe, rescue and SUP. This gives him a great opportunity to refine his abilities to train new paddlesports instructors and to be able to do this consistently he definitely is doing it at a very high level." Trey Knight, ACA SUP L5 Instructor Trainer, Asst. Director Outdoor Program, University of Miami.