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 …
Tag Archive: Kayak Surfing
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
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 …
May
17
Great Lakes Surf Forecasts
This is a story about looking at the forecast and checking the lake cam. Whenever a significant weather front moves over Lake Michigan. A bunch of midwest paddlers begin swapping emails, trying to decide where to catch waves. The Chicago folk reading the NOAA forecast looked at the wind and wave predictions and started emailing …
Mar
24
Santa Cruz Surf Paddle Fest 2011 Official Video
This is the official video of the25th annual 2011 Santa Cruz Surf Paddle Fest in Steamer Lane. As you can tell from the majority of the video, there were decent sized waves, but onshore wind squashed and confused a lot of the waves. You can also see the contestants did their best with what they …
Feb
09
Surf Kayaking Northern Ireland
This hypnotic video from the wide-angle lens of a Go Pro camera mounted to a surf kayak gives a great view of beautiful clean surf in what I believe to be Northern Ireland. This is the sort of surfing we in the Great Lakes might sacrifice a puppy or two to get. Slow peeley down …
Nov
22
South Haven Paddle Surf Jam Photo gallery
We were very lucky to have Matthew Norconk to take photos from the pier and shore with his Canon rebel DSLR. He got some great shots of the paddle surfers. It was a rough day for the surf kayakers looking to catch easy rides. It was a slug fest with a steady Southwest wind into …
Oct
04
Big Wave Kayak Surfing in South Africa with Steve Fisher
Steve Fisher in this short trailer for the film Wild Coast Heat is out riding giants in a surf kayak. What’s amazing to me is that his boats are a hybrid between whitewater and surf kayak. Not sure I could even get up to speed on those monsters without getting munched. I began day dreaming …
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
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 …
