Matt said: >>Staying straight works best if I can ride the same wave all the way in through the surf zone. That way the breaker lands on the back deck forcing it down but lifting my bow even higher to help plane the kayak almost to the beach.<< This is one technique you can use in surf with a questionable hot LZ beach. With good technique, you should be able to bow rudder port or starboard depending on obstacles suddenly encountered embedded in the foreshore. Admittedly, I usually blunder over at least a few obstacles despite attempts to secure a navigable path to safety. I only be holed now and again. I would not attempt this in dumping surf. War is still hell, however, in some surf zones. On parts of the West Coast Trail I paddle, perfect landing zones are few and far between -- with any kind of a sea running. Al this said, surfing in a WW kayak is a piece of cake compared to a sea kayak -- fishform, (S)swedeform, whatever form. Doug Lloyd Victoria BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ "Whatever can be said at all can be said clearly and whatever cannot be said clearly should not be said at all." Ludwig Wittgenstein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Mar 23 2003 - 17:25:44 PST
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