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Baltic Sea Fun

Monday, September 10th, 2007

Hi from baltic Germany

I am Björn from Germany and I often paddle on the Baltic Sea togehter with my friends. When we go “paddle surfing” I will take my Quest.

But see for yourself:

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Heiligenhafen, Winter 2006

 

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Grand Marais Surfin’

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

Grand Marais Surfin’
Anticipation was building as we pulled into Grand Marais Michigan for the Great Lakes Sea Kayak Symposium. The wind had been blowing out of the north all day and conditions looked good for picking up some rare summertime surfing on the big lake. Superior did not disappoint, we got a few hours of good surf time in playing the reflecting waves off the big breakwater at the west end of the harbor entrance. (more…)

Surf Jet gets ‘em wet

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

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We ran throught the new ACA outline for Beginner Surf Kayak last weekend. ‘

New’ meaning the use of S.O.T’s. I believe. Implimented by Ben Lawry, it does makes a lot of sense. Anyway, the Surf Jet proved a great ‘entry level’ craft for what we were doing. . The  Jets work well because they are light weight and very maneuverable, easy to slash the tail around giving students a good feel for turning on a wave….The ladies were completely juiced up by the end of the session and checking out Tybee surf side real estate. Some more pictures….

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The much heavier ‘Scambler’ was easy to catch waves on but lacked any other  real ’surf kayak’ characteristics . 

susans-surf-squad-3.jpgConditions were  ideal 1-2ft with a 3fter out back every now and then. The Jets were easy on , easy off.

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  Small waves, small class, big fun…and about 5000 spectators.

Boys just want to have fun.

Sunday, May 6th, 2007

Ben & Garth

Ben Lawry came to Redding this week for a visit, and we got to have some fun on the river while he was here. (more…)

The perfect all day wave!

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

Surfing all day video

What is the perfect wave? It’s any wave you can catch and play on all day! (more…)

Spring Surf…Finally!

Friday, March 30th, 2007

Spring Surf

Winter seems to have finally relaxed its grip, and I managed to get out for a little spring surfing yesterday.    The water is still quite cold (36F / 2C) and despite a sunny, 55F / 13C day,  a steady 20kn onshore wind made temps feel downright frigid. (more…)

Bow Control

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

Where the heck is the nose of your kayak? Are you looking at it or are you feeling it? These are questions I constantly ask my sea kayaking students when paddling in strong currents or crossing eddylines. (more…)

Freshwater Surf

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Surfing Lake Erie

When French explorers first charted the waters of the Great Lakes, they called them the “mers douces”– the sweet seas…and not without good reason.   There aren’t tides or salt water, but there are just under 11,000 miles (17,500 km) of coastline to paddle, and when conditions are right, we can get some awfully good surf.

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