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 …
Tag Archive: Santa Cruz
Feb
20
Teaser Video Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Fest
The Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Festival is coming! This teaser video from their YouTube channel should get your blood moving and excited for the world’s most exciting paddle surf competition and festival. The surf kayak festival will be held March 18-20th 2011 at the infamous Steamer Lane point break. Contestants from around the world will …
Mar
27
Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Competition Waveski and IC Heats
Check out Sean Watson’s Picasa Gallery of the Surf Comp, it looks like they had some totally decent waves for the IC and Waveski heats. I still haven’t found any results posted from the heats on Twitter or Facebook. Will post if I find some results. There is a bit of surf kayak footage here …
Mar
27
3-27-2010 Contest Surf Report Steamer Lane
Today’s surf report looks a little dour, but who knows some of the photos from yesterday looked totally decent, stay tuned.
Mar
09
Michigan Native Surf Kayaks Santa Cruz
As a Great Lakes Surf Kayak enthusiast, I am fortunate enough to make it out to California once a year. I usually beg, borrow, or rent a surf kayak and head off on my own to a local break. This year I decided to be a little more organized. I contacted Sean Morley of River …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Nov
19
ACA Surf Kayak Committee Announces IDW for Nov 2009
Surf Kayak ACA Instructor Certification When I was in Santa Cruz last year, Valley Surf Paddler Sean Morely was undertaking the ACA Surf ICW. It seems that the ACA has created a blog for the Surf Committee. Once I caught wind of my impending visit to the Virginia Beach area I started inquiring about the …
Apr
08
Bad Paddle Surfing Etiquette?
Have a look at this photo: I am by no means a surf safety nazi. But having been on the receiving end of bad vibes for no good reason while paddle surfing in both northern california and southern california, this sort of thing makes us look pretty careless. A 170 lbs paddler endoing an 18′ …
