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 …
Tag Archive: Surf Kayaking
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 …
Nov
22
South Haven Paddle Surf Jam Photo gallery
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 to catch easy rides. It was a slug fest with a steady Southwest wind into …
Oct
13
US National Surf Kayaking Championship Results
This is the promo video for the World Surf Kayak Championships that will be held in the Outerbanks of North Carolina, Cape Hatteras in Fall of 2011. The qualifying event was this past weekend at Cape Hatteras. ESKA, hosted the tournament event. As it turned out, according to ESKA, it was an international event with …
