Re: [Paddlewise] Surfing

From: Nick Schade <nick_at_guillemot-kayaks.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 13:21:32 -0400
Take a look at some of the video from Preston Holmes: 
http://www.ptone.com/ChannelIslands7.2001/ While a surf kayak is not 
quite as responsive as a surf board, I think any difference in the 
"excitement quotient" is up in the noise. There are things you can do 
in a kayak that you can't do on a board. Taking a long sea kayak out on 
to surf-able waves is also enough of an adrenalin rush for most 
junkies.

On Apr 7, 2005, at 10:19 AM, John Winters wrote:
> ....After watching this I can see why young people find surfing more 
> exciting than sea kayaking. I find it more exciting and I don't even 
> surf. I can't imagine a kayak (even a surf kayak) doing the stuff 
> these fellows did. Anyone out there done a 360 on the crest of a wave 
> and then rode the top of the curl down to the trough, surfed along 
> parallel to the wave face climbed the wave and did another 360 in a 
> kayak? They tell me the West Coasts surfers are better.
>
> Cheers
>
>
Nick Schade

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