September 21, 2012
by kwikle
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This beautiful short clip filmed by Austen Davies of Chris Hobson (world champ) posted to the sometimes flaming (they tend to hate surf kayakers and get into homophobic hate speech when pressed at all) Magic Seaweed gives some very decent … Continue reading
July 1, 2012
by kwikle
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I have been fortunate in my life either with friends, family, work to be able to kayak surf in California a few times. Each time I have gone it has been the renewal of a love affair with the Pacific … Continue reading
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
March 7, 2012
by kwikle
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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, … Continue reading
August 15, 2011
by kwikle
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So I’ve had the chance to get out three times now in the Mega Bullitt XS in about a week and a half. We had a long drought of waves through june-july that has finally relented, the wind is blowing … Continue reading
April 1, 2011
by kwikle
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I’ve been surf kayaking since 2005. I’ve been talking to a number of people in the great lakes area about surf specific kayaks for quite a while. Alec bloyd-peshkin had his eye on a surf boat for a while. While … Continue reading
March 30, 2011
by kwikle
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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 … Continue reading
March 18, 2011
by kwikle
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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 … Continue reading
March 15, 2011
by kwikle
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I am fortunate enough every year to get out to California to surf kayak because of SMX West. Santa Cruz is now a town I feel I know pretty well. If I had to designate a second home in this … Continue reading
March 14, 2011
by kwikle
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Back from Canoecopia 2011, wow! Huge crowds, lots of interest in paddlesports, it was a whirlwind, I don’t think I even got to see half of what I wanted to see, or spoke to everyone I would have liked. I … Continue reading