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Eli Geisenberger and his organization All Out Adventures LLC operate Kayak DC. Eli is an Eagle Scout, ACA Kayaking Instructor, Team Jackson Kayaker, multi-class kayak competitor, craftsman, and overall industrious and hard worker. Eli has been managing and teaching kayaking programs over the past 10 years that have made him the ideal candidate for this role in the community!
Learn more about Eli and his team below.
Meet The Instructors
Eli Geisenberger
All Out Adventures LLC Owner & River Master
ACA River Kayak Instructor
Paddling since: 2004
Hometown: Lancaster, PA
Rivers run/seas toured: Potomac, Chattahoochee, Shenandoah, Gualey, New, Lehigh, Kennebec, Dead, Gunpowder, Cheat, Youghiogheny, Big Sandy, Harveys Creek, Muddy Creek, San Juan, Nolichucky, Chesapeake Bay
Favorite spot: Southern Fried Stakeout, Chattahoochee, River
Best memory: My First Air Screw on Good Wave on the Chattahoochee River
Favorite piece of gear: Jackson Rockstar V!!!
When I’m not paddling, I like to: Skiing, Snowboarding, Climbing, Sailing, Give back to the Boy Scout Troop I grew up in!
Advice for new paddlers: When progressing gets hard keep pushing yourself to get over the hump.
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Mason Moore
Paddling since: 2020
Hometown: Towson, MD
Rivers run/seas toured: Potomac, Gunpowder, MD; New, Gauley, WV; Nolichucky, Tellico, Ocoee, Pigeon, TN; Nantahala, NC; Chattooga, GA; Kendusgekeag, Dead, Kennebec, Penobscot, ME; Clackamas, Deschutes, Santiam, Bull Run, Sandy Gorge, OR; White Salmon, WA
Favorite spot: T-Wave on the Stillwater section of the Penobscot
Best memory: My roadtrip cross country to Oregon
Favorite piece of gear: My tattered purple splash top
When I’m not paddling, I like to: Cook, Forestry, Mountain Bike, Ski, Travel, Make new friends
Advice for new paddlers: Become friends with the river! If you treat it well, it will treat you well.
Hometown: Towson, MD
Rivers run/seas toured: Potomac, Gunpowder, MD; New, Gauley, WV; Nolichucky, Tellico, Ocoee, Pigeon, TN; Nantahala, NC; Chattooga, GA; Kendusgekeag, Dead, Kennebec, Penobscot, ME; Clackamas, Deschutes, Santiam, Bull Run, Sandy Gorge, OR; White Salmon, WA
Favorite spot: T-Wave on the Stillwater section of the Penobscot
Best memory: My roadtrip cross country to Oregon
Favorite piece of gear: My tattered purple splash top
When I’m not paddling, I like to: Cook, Forestry, Mountain Bike, Ski, Travel, Make new friends
Advice for new paddlers: Become friends with the river! If you treat it well, it will treat you well.
Sydney Carter
ACA River Kayak Instructor
Paddling since: 2002
Hometown: Appleton, WI
Rivers run/seas toured: Penobscot, Kennebec, Dead, ME; Yough, New, WV; Potomac, MD; Red River, Wolf River, Lake Superior, WI; Jackson, WY; Les Calanques, France
Favorite spot: Toss-up between the sea caves of Lake Superior, and Maryland Chute at sunset.
Best memory: Paddling an IK through the first rapid on the Seboomook section of the Penobscot!
Favorite piece of gear: SPF 70
When I’m not paddling, I like to: Trail run, rock climb, cross-country ski, gravel bike, bake, cheer on the US Women’s soccer team, debate the best way to start a campfire, reorganize my paddling bag, think about international migration policy.
Advice for new paddlers: Any day on the water is a win, get out there!
Paddling since: 2002
Hometown: Appleton, WI
Rivers run/seas toured: Penobscot, Kennebec, Dead, ME; Yough, New, WV; Potomac, MD; Red River, Wolf River, Lake Superior, WI; Jackson, WY; Les Calanques, France
Favorite spot: Toss-up between the sea caves of Lake Superior, and Maryland Chute at sunset.
Best memory: Paddling an IK through the first rapid on the Seboomook section of the Penobscot!
Favorite piece of gear: SPF 70
When I’m not paddling, I like to: Trail run, rock climb, cross-country ski, gravel bike, bake, cheer on the US Women’s soccer team, debate the best way to start a campfire, reorganize my paddling bag, think about international migration policy.
Advice for new paddlers: Any day on the water is a win, get out there!
John Su
ACA River Kayak Instructor
Paddling since: 1996
Hometown: Rockville, MD
Rivers run/seas toured: Potomac, Cheat, Gauley, Big Sandy, Johns Creek, Moose, Black, Beaver, Snake, Savage, Shenandoah, James, Stoney, Chesapeake Bay, New, Youghiogheny River, FB9, Tellico, Chattooga 3 & 4, Nolichucky, Cheoah, Big Laurel, Pigeon, Nantahala, Ocoee, Holtwood
Favorite spot: Upper Ocoee
Best memory: Running Chattooga Section 4 in a full slice
Favorite piece of gear: My wood paddles
When I’m not paddling, I like to: support Team River Runner when I can by fixing cracked kayaks or repurposing them into hand paddles. Follow me @trrhandpaddles
Advice for new paddlers: Aside from have fun, go at your own pace, TRY your hardest not to compare yourself to other paddlers. We advance at our own pace so be true to yourself.
Paddling since: 1996
Hometown: Rockville, MD
Rivers run/seas toured: Potomac, Cheat, Gauley, Big Sandy, Johns Creek, Moose, Black, Beaver, Snake, Savage, Shenandoah, James, Stoney, Chesapeake Bay, New, Youghiogheny River, FB9, Tellico, Chattooga 3 & 4, Nolichucky, Cheoah, Big Laurel, Pigeon, Nantahala, Ocoee, Holtwood
Favorite spot: Upper Ocoee
Best memory: Running Chattooga Section 4 in a full slice
Favorite piece of gear: My wood paddles
When I’m not paddling, I like to: support Team River Runner when I can by fixing cracked kayaks or repurposing them into hand paddles. Follow me @trrhandpaddles
Advice for new paddlers: Aside from have fun, go at your own pace, TRY your hardest not to compare yourself to other paddlers. We advance at our own pace so be true to yourself.
Nick Murray
Paddling since: 2014
Hometown: Jarrettsville, MD
Rivers run/seas toured: Upper Yough, Lower Yough, Lower Big Sandy, Ottawa, Bloomington, Cheat Canyon, Bear Creek, Fikes Creek
Favorite spot: Lower Big Sandy
Best memory: Running Waterfalls in Mexico
Favorite piece of gear: My Pink Paddle
When I’m not paddling, I like to: Thinking about paddling
Advice for new paddlers: You don’t need to be the best paddler just be the best person to paddle with.
Hometown: Jarrettsville, MD
Rivers run/seas toured: Upper Yough, Lower Yough, Lower Big Sandy, Ottawa, Bloomington, Cheat Canyon, Bear Creek, Fikes Creek
Favorite spot: Lower Big Sandy
Best memory: Running Waterfalls in Mexico
Favorite piece of gear: My Pink Paddle
When I’m not paddling, I like to: Thinking about paddling
Advice for new paddlers: You don’t need to be the best paddler just be the best person to paddle with.
Jennifer Love
Paddling since: 2003
Hometown: Harrisburg, PA
Rivers run/seas toured: Nescopeck Creek, Lehigh River, Mongaup River, Muddy Creek, Codorus Creek, Rattling Creek, Upper Swatara Creek, Tohickon Creek, Stonycreek River, Potomac River, Lower Yough, Esopus Creek, Deerfield River, Nantahala River, French Broad River, Tuckasegee River, Ocoee River, Dry Fork of Cheat River, Cheat Narrows, Little Sandy Creek, Upper Big Sandy, Alberton Gorge of Clark Fork River- Montana, Susquehanna River, Juniata River, Delaware River, Savage River
Favorite spot: Stonycreek
Best memory: Teaching my daughter how to Kayak
Favorite piece of gear: Watershed Ocoee Dry Bag!!
When I’m not paddling, I like to: Spend time with Family and Friends, Ski, Hike, Yoga, Listening to Music
Advice for new paddlers: Keep showing up, keep acquiring new skills as there is always room for improvement in this sport!
Szombie Szabo
Paddling since: 2017
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Rivers run/seas toured: Tohickon, Lehigh sect 1 & 2, Nesky, Brodhead, pocono, roaring branch, rock run, shohola top & lower, Raymondskill falls, mongaup, dryway, stony, lower, upper & top yough, lower big sandy, middle fork, tygart, valley falls, Holtwood, Scudders falls, Chattahoochee (goodwave), town creek, west river, cheoah, tallulah, Nantahala, lock, wick, Wilson, new river, gauley, valley falls, beaver -taylorville, beaver-mossier falls, savage, Chattooga sect 4, Harveys Creek, Fifebrook, millers creek, great Miami river, Arkansas river, Potomac, & The Grand Canyon.
Favorite spot: Any wave I can find & surf!
Best memory: The ones spent with friends!
Favorite piece of gear: Jackson Kayak Mixmaster & Jackson Kayak Rockstar V (Such a Hard choice! Both are SOOOOOOOOO Good!)
When I’m not paddling, I like to: GO PADDLING!! Spend time with my wife, Fly fish, skill build, & video game
Advice for new paddlers: Anger and frustration will only hold you back, only compare yourself to prior self – no one else.
James Hopenfeld
Paddling since: 2012
Hometown: Rockville, MD
Rivers run/seas toured: Potomac, Shenandoah, Yough, New, Snake, Grand Canyon; Sea Kayaking: New Zealand, Alaska coasts
Favorite spot: Maryland chute late on a summer evening!
Best memory: Summers in LA with my family as a kid.
Favorite piece of gear: Werner Double Diamond paddle
When I’m not paddling, I like to: Dancing in the ballroom, Riding a horse or a bike, on a yoga mat, or tending the garden.
Advice for new paddlers: Appreciating the beauty of a river is just as important as learning new skills!
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