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Michigan Native Surf Kayaks Santa Cruz


As a Great Lakes Surf Kayak enthusiast, I am fortunate enough to make it out to California once a year. I usually beg, borrow, or rent a surf kayak and head off on my own to a local break. This year I decided to be a little more organized. I contacted Sean Morley of River [...]

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 take [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. I [...]

Airtime New Surf Kayak Alushe


Downtime the Australian Squirt boating company has started manufacturing surf kayaks under the properly ironic name of Airtime.


Nathan Eades the 24 year old Welsh 3rd place winner of the World Surf Kayak Championship had this kayak built for his use in the contest. (Picture above).


You can read Nathan’s Interview about the Airtime Kayak with [...]

Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Festival 2010 Teaser Video


Here’s to the hope that steamer lane in Santa Cruz California will have some legendary waves for surf kayaking March 26-28th 2010.


And just for those who can’t keep it straight due to the two Santa Cruz’s.


They had the Ocean Spirit Surf Kayak World Championship in Santa Cruz Portugal in 2009. But they also [...]

Rapid Transit Video on World Surf Kayak Championships in Portugal


Spencer and Joey have been making good progress on Interference the Surf Kayaking film! According to Effort.tv’s blog post DVDs ship this month. I pre-ordered mine, how about you!! Seeing some of this film is getting me very excited for the film.


Spencer also has some great footage of kayak fishing and the new [...]