In the spirit of the olympics, now in full swing; I thought I might share the um… wilder side of paddling. Freestyle canoeing! Freestyle canoeing is essentially the figure skating of paddling. A paddler in costume, (though not always) sets a series of maneuvers to music in a solo canoe on flat water. I believe …
Monthly Archive: February 2010
Feb
23
Handicapped Waveski Surfer Video
BIRTHRIGHT from Sean Mullens on Vimeo. This video explains why I kayak surf. And this guy must love it even more than I do. After watching what he has to go through to get to the water it makes a 45 minute drive to surf on Lake Michigan look easy. This emboldens me to never …
Feb
18
Interference – a Surf Kayak film DVD review
Interference a Surf Kayak film was 2 years in the making by Joey Hall of North Carolina. The film is divided into four parts based on two years of surf kayak trips. Joey and the rotating cast of characters including Surf Kayaking Champ Nathan Eades make their way across Spain, Portugal, Morocco, North Carolina, and …
Feb
16
Mavericks Big Wave Surfing Contest 2010
Mavericks is the everest of Big Wave surfing. One might even say it is the K2, in that it is a little gnarlier, more technical, and colder than some of the other spots for Big Wave surfing. Mavericks is a paddle in contest which adds another element of cool. Not that I have any objection …
Feb
12
Bloyd-Peshkin’s Adventure Kayak Magazine T-Rescue Article
The Bloyd-Peshkin’s of Have Kayaks Will Travel , wrote this article for Adventure Kayak Magazine. Though I should mention Sharon is the writer in the family, have written an article for the canadian magazine Have Kayaks will travel. For those of you who don’t know the Bloyd-Peshkins, I will have to introduce you to the …
Feb
11
Tow in Ski Surfing-WTF?
WTF is all I have to say. This looks like it might be fun for about an hour. I am not sure I would want to have my ankles attached to a ski for any sort of wave over about 4 feet, it looks like a great way to break your ankle. This by the …
Feb
09
The types of surf breaks
This image of different types of breaks does a fairly good job of explaining how different breaks are formed. The type we see the most often on the Great Lakes is the beach break. Though on the east coast of Lake Michigan we often get sandbars that form in deeper water simulating a bit of …
Feb
08
The Slab Board Surfing Video
SLAB from CIRCULATE on Vimeo. This hypnotic video of a slab style break, or reef break does a really good job of showing how the power of the ocean essentially comes full stop onto a slab of rock. The board surfers here are doing a pretty decent job of judging where to grab their rides. …
Feb
04
Kayak Rolling Instruction-What Works for You?
As the kayak pool session has progressed with the students, each of them has become curious about an eskimo roll. We had one dedicated rolling lesson last saturday with 10 students. A few came close to rolling, some were closer than others to getting the concepts. Rolling, in my opinion is a basic or a …
Feb
03
The Season by film maker Bryan Smith
The Season Trailer from Fitz Cahall on Vimeo. Bryan Smith formerly of Body Boat Blade, and now of Reelwater Productions in British Columbia has a new web tv series hitting the internet called simply The Season. The sponsors are impressive, (Arcteryx Outdoor Research, New Belgium Beer) for a paddling film which usually has the same …
