<a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/keithwikle/5023238200/” title=”On the Crest of a wave headed up the channel by Go Kayak Now, on Flickr”><img src=”http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4133/5023238200_7f1a83f622.jpg” width=”500″ height=”373″ alt=”On the Crest of a wave headed up the channel” /></a> John Fleming and I headed out to surf mid-afternoon Friday. Forecast was SW Winds at 40 knots. Waves 7-9 feet building to 9-11 …
Monthly Archive: September 2010
Sep
21
Self-Coaching Surf Kayak Skills
A new blog came out a while ago that I discovered via Facebook called SurfKayakSkills.com. This blog has a lot of great content created by members of the England National Surf Team, that frankly I wish I’d thought of creating first. The best concept piece I’ve seen on their site is in regard to Surf …
Sep
17
End of the season notes: northern lake MI lighthouses and my P&H Cetus LV
Sturgeon Bay – Gray’s Reef light – White Shoal light – Waugoschance light – Temperance Island 8/26/10 posted by John Fleming The Endbridge Oil Kalamazoo River disaster put an abrupt end to my usual midweek upstream-paddling workout. If I could smell the oil, I wanted to either help somehow, or get the hell out of …
Sep
08
Lake Michigan Storm South Haven at Sunset Video
Great Lakes South Haven Storm September from Keith Wikle on Vimeo. This is a video of a storm from the pier in South Haven right near sunset. I was surf kayaking 7-9 foot waves from the outside. This was taken with an iPhone4. My real camera that I usually mount to my boat had a …
Sep
08
End of Summer Kayak Surfing
Each Summer there are weeks and weeks of flat water on the Great Lakes, to the point where the kayak surfing junkies are ready to start sacrificing puppies to the weather god for a 3 foot wave. September has given up her jewels like an oyster with a hiccup. I managed to get out three …
Sep
07
South Haven Freshwater Surf Jam Oct 16
Go Kayak Now is hosting the first annual South Haven Freshwater Surf Jam. All Paddlecraft and non-motorized craft are welcome: Surf Kayak Sit on top Sea Kayak White Water Kayak Stand Up Paddle Board Surf Board Kiteboard Windsurfer Where:South Haven Michigan, South Beach When:Oct 16th Saturday 10:00 AM Rain or Shine How Much:Free! Why:We all …
