Patience paid off at Steamer Lane on Sunday as conditions picked up just in time for the finals of the 23rd annual Santa Cruz Kayak Surf Festival.
Chris Harvey from Guernsey, England earned himself the first-place medal in the High Performance men’s division to repeat as champion.
“I felt relieved. The past two days haven’t been very good, and I felt both relieved and excited that the waves really shaped up for the finals,” Harvey said.
The waves ranged from 2-6 feet with the best coming during the afternoon’s High Performance men final, allowing competitors to …. Detail
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SANTA CRUZ — The waves haven’t been as kind to Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Festival competitors as it was at last year’s event, but that hasn’t stopped more than 100 kayakers, wave skiers and — for the first time — stand-up paddle boarders from taking over Steamer Lane this weekend for the three-day event.
Participants fought through ankle- to knee-high waves and blustery weather Saturday to qualify for today’s final rounds at the 23rd annual festival, which is considered the largest surf kayak competition in the world.
The contests draws surf kayakers from all around the world. Chris Harvey of Guerns, England, who won the World Cup division last year, called it one of …. Details
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Typically a rock thrown in water sinks, but that’s just what engineers at UCSD are trying to avoid.
The students said “bon-voyage” to a twenty-five-foot “concrete canoe” Thursday, that will hopefully take sail in Hawaii next month as part of a civil engineer’s competition.
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Hokule’a, with a fresh crew of 12 flown in from Hawaii, will set sail for the islands from Palmyra Atoll on Tuesday.
Surrounded by 400 melon-headed whales, the double-hulled canoe was escorted into the remote pacific island’s main channel by a pod of dolphins and manta rays at around 10:45 a.m. yesterday, completing a 1,000-mile journey that began March 10.
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