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: Surf Kayaking
Mar
07
Biggest ocean wave ever surfed in a kayak?
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, including the tackling the world’s highest waterfall in a kayak. Is this the largest wave …
Aug
15
Mega Bullitt X S review – First thoughts
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 and we are getting some waves. I had to drive to New Buffalo twice to …
Apr
01
The emerging great lakes surf paddler
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 it’s always great to have someone order a brand new mega bullitt xs for their …
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 …
Mar
18
Photos First Day Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Festival 2011
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 …
Mar
15
Road Trip-Santa Cruz, SMX West, Canoecopia
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 universe, it would be a tough call between the west coast of Ireland and Santa …
Mar
14
Updated Surf Kayaking Presentation from Canoecopia
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 managed to take a good long look at the approach to this presentation that I …
Mar
09
Canoecopia Surf Presentation
I’ll be attending the largest paddlesports expo in the midwest Canoecopia friday, saturday and sunday. I love going to Madison Wisconsin, and I am hoping to meet a lot of new midwest paddlers. I will be speaking about surf kayaking. I have made some fairly substantial changes to the presentation from this summer based on …
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 …
