This image of different types of breaks does a fairly good job of explaining how different breaks are formed.
The type we see the most often on the Great Lakes is the beach break. Though on the east coast of Lake Michigan we often get sandbars that form in deeper water simulating a bit of [...]
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My Surf Kayak Monkey Face from Keith Wikle on Vimeo. I think surf kayaking is cool. Luckily, I know I am not. Try not to look in the mirror too often, you may laugh at what you see. This was a great day surf kayaking on Lake Michigan this August. Steep six foot waves and warm [...] The fall storm season is on with a vengeance. When the wind starts to howl we get waves on both sides of the lake. Today the wind is at gale force with 50 knot winds out of the west. The result of the storm weather is this picture: This fall storm on Lake Michigan is blowing [...] Ouch! Apparently he hit his face on his board. MagicSeaweed, (home of the dreamy surfer girl pics and day dreamy reef break pics) has the details. Even wearing a helmet would probably not have saved his face from his own board. Be careful out there. The New York Times wrote an excellent travel piece about winter surfing on Lake Superior. The waves in the pictures are stellar, clean spillers, not the norm on the north shore by any stretch of the imagination, don’t be fooled. They also mentioned the venerable Superior Surf Club. Great article about the fresh water surfing phenomenon. [...] Ocean Paddler TV has been showing some awesome footage of both paddle sports and surfing in Hawaii. This video of both the sailing canoe and the surf ski race had my blood pumping wishing to hell I could be out there catching a ride like that. Surf Skis being 20 feet long and 19” wide [...] Ventura California Waveski Competition Video For the uninitiated in paddle surfing here is a video of some waveski surfing. Val posted this. It is not entirely indicative of the waveski performance alas, the paddlers are having difficulty making the power pocket in this wave. Some however do make it. Waveskis are a different breed of paddle [...] Travel Log Post from Rapid Transit Blog #gallery-1 { Surfer Riding a Camel back from a the beach! Surfer Getting Some Air on a Beach Break in Morocco Surf and Travel. What better combination? Every Surf Paddler’s deepest dream is to surf a virgin [...] Job Prevents Kalamazoo Man from Kayak Surfing The surf is building on Lake Michigan. To quote Ben Stiller, I feel the need to grab some time in the green room! I have ordered a composite Mega Neutron. I am hoping it is delivered and available by the time fall rolls around. Until then I feel like [...] This may answer or unfortunately actually raise more questions! You decide! To me it looks like the boardie was having to duck for cover as the sea kayak was coming at him. |
            
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