Clapotis, schmatopist. What you choose to call colliding waves is moot; the phenomenon is the same. Brian's spectacular photo illustrates one of the cool things about "back" body-surfing rebound off cliffs: you get tossed into the air! We used to do this with abandon, when the waves and tide were just right, off the cliffs at Solana Beach, CA. For a body surfer, it is a lot safer than it looks, because there is a nice lull in between to regroup. I don't think I have the balls to try it in my kayak, though. We never told our parents about this. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Jun 16 2008 - 20:28:10 PDT
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