Obviously a few folks have their heads stuck in the sand when it comes to getting a perspective but that's okay, things like this tend to drive a wedge into the watersports community. :-) My first thought when I saw the vid was this surf skier guy looked like he was trying to clear the area and knew what he was doing. Kirk, I'd rather be hit by your ski rather than, anything else. Where I paddle it's easy to find stretches where there arenbt any other "obstacles" other than logs, and they hurt in the surf, nay, they are a deadly force when ripped off the beach at higher than high tides in big low pressure systems often associated with big swell. For me, I consider board surfers swimmers and therefore, avoid crowded breaks and/or seek areas on the periphery if I must. Of course, my head is often stuck in the water, though one's rll does improve working surf lines... Doug >>Too much traffic for me. Plus that runout looks mighty short. I'm not a big fan of being firmly embedded in the sand under a breaking wave. I've been there a few times and can't say the rides around the drubbing were worth it. I'll stick with the boring east coast waves on a gentle sloping beach. I like to bail off the waves just as they break, leaving the breaking sequence to the surfers. 21' boats just don't turn fast enough to play in the break zone. One more comment on the surf skier traversing the wedge. He was on his way out to paddle the waves around and beyond the shore break, he wasn't there for rides in/on the wedge. On Sep 5 b11, "Mark Sanders" <marksanders_at_sandmarks.net> wrote: > I like the YouTube version better, because it shows the ski coming in > earlier. Also, it has the classic, Cailifornia 'surfer dude' commentary!! > So, Kirk, should we give you a call the next time the Wedge picks up? Kirk Olsen<< *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Sep 06 2011 - 12:37:25 PDT
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