April 10, 2012
by kwikle
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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, … Continue reading
October 18, 2011
by kwikle
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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 … Continue reading
September 15, 2011
by kwikle
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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 … Continue reading
May 17, 2011
by kwikle
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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 … Continue reading
March 24, 2011
by kwikle
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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 … Continue reading
February 9, 2011
by kwikle
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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 … Continue reading
November 22, 2010
by kwikle
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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 … Continue reading
October 4, 2010
by kwikle
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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 … Continue reading
September 21, 2010
by kwikle
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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 … Continue reading
September 8, 2010
by kwikle
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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 … Continue reading