Alder Creek Canoe and Kayak put together a brief, (four minute) intro to the surf zone video. Some great initial thoughts on surfing long boats or surfing sea kayaks. I was really glad to hear some discussion about safety and not running into one another, (as has been my complaint in the past about sea …
Category Archive: Surf Kayaking
Nov
10
Largest Wave Ever Surfed in Portugal
Garret McNamara, world class tow-in surfer from Hawaii may have bagged the worlds biggest recorded ride. Whether or not you think tow-in surfing is a good thing, a bad thing, or not even surfing, that is one big swell he leaped in front of a falling building on a surf board. The wave is near …
Oct
18
On Shore Wind Bongo Surf
I headed out to the lake last night for a surf session with onshore winds 20-30 knots. Waves were about 5-7 feet, but very confused. I tried using the surf kayak for most of the evening to catch rides, but there were heavy closeouts everywhere. It was kind of a mess. My early lessons in …
Sep
15
New Valley Surf Kayak website launches
Kubrick was famous for being a perfectionist. He spent years making his films, made nervous wrecks of his actors and support staff. But, in the end the result was nothing less than pure genius. Watch this video of Stanley negotiating with his British film crew over tea breaks. I half imagine, Valley’s head man Peter …
Sep
15
Farewell to the Pressure Kids – End of Summer Surf
When summer ends, and the tourists go home. I get the beach back. The wind starts to blow, and we get waves. On very fortunate days we get 6-8 foot waves like I got last night. I love the energy in the parking lot as all the working stiffs show up unloading surfboards, suiting up …
Sep
15
Davenport Paddle Surf Classic
Geoff Jennings, whom I interviewed earlier this year, is organizing the Davenport Paddle Surf Classic. This paddle surf competition is held annually Nov 12-13 at Davenport Landing. They had around fifty competitors last year, and it will probably grow this year. Davenport is just North of Santa Cruz, at Davenport Landing. This is a great, …
Sep
14
World Surf Kayaking Championships
The World Surf Kayak Championships in the Outer Banks of North Carolina will be held at the end of the month. My passion for surfing is pretty obvious, and even though I wasn’t ready to compete, I was ready to participate. Hurricane Irene has thrown some serious monkey wrenches in the planning for the competition. …
Aug
31
Hurricane Irene Surfing Pics
Magic Seaweed posted some beautiful Hurricane Irene user submitted photos. The east coast ramped up some surf activity in the pre-Irene storm build up. It looks like some folks got a lot of nice waves. We aren’t the only ones waiting around for storm waves in the Great Lakes. The Jersey Shore (above) got some …
Aug
30
Fire and surfing
Everything a young boy should have to make him happy.
Aug
15
Mega Bullitt X S review – First thoughts
So I’ve had the chance to get out three times now in the Mega Bullitt XS in about a week and a half. We had a long drought of waves through june-july that has finally relented, the wind is blowing and we are getting some waves. I had to drive to New Buffalo twice to …
