Tag Archive: santa cruz surf kayak festival

Mar
30

Liquid Fusion Videos of Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Contest 2011

Found this Liquid Fusion Video of the Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Contest 2011 today. Some good footage from the cliffs above the lane, shot by someone on Jeff’s team. Check out the full report from the Liquid Fusion Blog. If Jeff was reporting that it was survival conditions, uggh it sounds like a seriously ugly …

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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 …

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Mar
18

Photos First Day Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Festival 2011

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Updated 4:00 PM 3-18-2011 I’ve been watching a few Youtube Channels to see if any videos made it up, no luck yet, but I did see these photos from Caroline via Facebook this morning. These fotos are from yesterday. Today is shaping up to be way more stormy and Lake Michigan like. That swell report …

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Mar
29

Santa Cruz Surf Comp Results 2010

The Santa Cruz surf fest site has posted from all heats here. Individual Heat Results are also contained there. It looked like the men’s HP and IC categories were chock full of the best of the best hat’s off of all the competitors. Winner from HP Mens Galen Licht of Santa Cruz *Sean Morely 9th …

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Mar
29

Day 2 Video Highlights Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Comp

Day 2 of the surf comp shows a bit more HP both men’s and women’s, more Waveski action and a bit of the stand up paddle surfing. The stand-up paddle surfing looked a little less than impressive, probably based on the wave size and where they were surfing, which was way inside the cliff. Not …

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Mar
28

Day 1 Video Highlights from Santa Cruz Surf Comp

The festival Youtube Channel has posted some video of the first day highlights, heats, and winners. The heat winners and placements are within the videos. Our man Sean Morley placed 7th in the Men’s High Performance Category. Way to go Sean! It was a really tough competition with a lot of good athletes including Vince …

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Mar
22

Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Fest Mar 26th-28th 2010

Surf Kayak Launching off the lip in Steamer Lane, Santa Cruz California

The world’s largest paddle surf competition is going to begin this Friday in Santa Cruz California. Waveski, IC, HP, and now Stand Up Paddle surfers will begin competing in heats along the cliff in legendary Steamer Lane. This is the contest’s 24th year, competitors will soon be taking over the seaside and will be watching …

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Mar
24

Updated Results From Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Festival

This is the official Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Festival Competition results page. Canoe and Kayak Magazine online had an awesome, if self-deprecating article on the competition called, Ego Tripping at the Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Festival. Joe Berry, the author of the article gives some insight into how tough the scoring can be. As I …

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Mar
23

Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Festival Video 2009

It appears that the predictions for smallish waves were unfortunately correct. Though you do get to witness what the very talented can do with very little. It was certainly a lot more waves than I saw this weekend. So I would have been quite happy with the 3 foot surf. It looks like the swell …

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Mar
13

Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Festival Mar 20-22 2009

The 2009 Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Festival begins next Friday. I am eagerly anticipating the youtube videos that will arrive on the internet shortly afterward. I keep saying, one of these days I am going to fly out to compete in the amateur class. And here I am again at my desk wishing I had …

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