I live a mile from Mavericks. I'll be up on the bluff watching with my binoculars. Then, we can all come to my house for tea and cookies. Or a hearty dinner. Also, the Emergency room is conveniently located right across Hwy 1. We'll come visit the rest of you. At 11:24 PM 3/16/99 -0800, K. Whilden wrote: >On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Dan Hagen wrote: > >> Kevin, there's a place along the coast a short distance south of San >> Francisco that you ought to check out if you are into surfing. It's >> called Mavericks, and as seen in the following (rather incredible) >> photo, the waves are sufficiently large that you could easily fit a 30 >> foot kayak on the wave face: >> >> http://www.mavsurfer.com/quiksilver_contest/gallery/image_gallery/imag_7.html > >Dan, you are quite correct that a 30 foot kayak will fit on this wave, or >more practically, 30 kayakers. If I make it to Mavericks, I will scout out >the potential for a Paddlewise Rendezvous on the wave face. We would >probably need several tons of Canadian Ballast Rocks for safety though, >and we would probably want to send the most experienced Ballast Rock >technician in first as a probe. That is, if he is up to it... :) > >Headed from Seattle to LA, where is supposed to rain for first time in >several weeks. Oh the irony of it all... > >Kevin > > >> >> I wouldn't try it with a bum ankle, however, since you can break even a >> healthy ankle kayaking here. A kayaker was killed here a year or two >> ago, on a day when it wasn't really going off. Last time I was down in >> those parts I was going to surf the break in my kayak, but, ...ummm..., >> ...err..., I couldn't find my helmet, yeah, that's it, my dang helmet >> went missing, and then were was that nasty cramp in my bicep, *and* the >> sore shoulder. (Just bad luck, I tell you.) >> >> Dan Hagen >> Chicken of the Sea >> *************************************************************************** >> PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List >> Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >> Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >> Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ >> *************************************************************************** >> > >*************************************************************************** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List >Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ >*************************************************************************** > > Sea Kayak Italy http://www.seakayakitaly.com tel. 650-728-8720 fax 650-728-8753 bkossy_at_igc.org *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Mar 17 1999 - 17:44:25 PST
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