Never let be said Chris Hobson was a stranger to eating it in pursuit of smacking the lip or getting some air. In case any of you more timid surf paddlers were wondering how you break out through the soup, Chris demonstrates admirable technique in the first segment of this short video of the parallel …
Category Archive: Surf Kayaking
Mar
23
Santa Cruz Paddle Fest Video Surf Kayaking Competition 2012
This is the first video I’ve seen posted from SCPF (or what was formerly know as the Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Fest). This video of the 2012 Surf Kayak Competition was shot by Buck Johnson, one of the local favorites I was fortunate enough to meet a few years ago. Thanks for posting Buck! It …
Mar
22
Mickey Smith BBC Video Surfing Wildnerness
This beautiful video from Mickey Smith shows some stunning scenery from Co. Clare Ireland. I’ve seen some of these cliffs from land and they are impressive. Mickey’s comment, which transcends the video itself is about the nature of going to sea, and of surfing itself. The comment @ time segment 4:35 on is what makes …
Mar
07
Biggest ocean wave ever surfed in a kayak?
Tao Berman, decided to take on tow-in surfing to become the first kayaker to tackle some monster 40 foot faces in a surf kayak. (Looked like a Murky Waters Reaction) Tao is the veteran of many daring white water feats, including the tackling the world’s highest waterfall in a kayak. Is this the largest wave …
Feb
29
Surfing Double Overhead Waves on Lake Superior
This spot on Lake Superior looks pretty intense. Our friend Bryan Hansel of Paddling Light gave us his suspicion on where this film was shot. Looks like a pretty solid point break with some really nice lefts. I got a big thrill out of hearing a “big wave” surfer saying he totally underestimated the lake, …
Feb
10
New Mega Surf Kayak – The Phantom
This kayak makes me hungry for a six foot drop! This looks like another, but slightly higher volume HP surf boat from Mega in the vein of the Proton.
Nov
14
Surf Zone Basics from Alder Creek Canoe and Kayak
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 …
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 …
