Summer Series Yzerfontein Surf Circuit 2011. Some tight racing between some of South Africa’s best Inflatable powerboat teams.
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 So is this the biggest wave successfully surfed in a sea kayak? Well, not quite, says San Francisco-based sea kayak instructor Sean Morley, who caught this 12- to 15-foot giant at Three Arches Rock near Pacific City, Ore., in late October. Morley says he’s ridden bigger waves but it’s rare to find them so “clean and nicely formed with a long period,†and rarer still to experience the size, power and speed of the experience through water-level photographs from fellow paddlers Bryant Burkhardt and Jeff Laxier.
“It was just super fun being out  … More
A kayaker was attacked by a white shark,15 – 16 feet in length, off Pigeon Point on November 22nd. The kayaker was not injured, with the kayak taking the strike from the shark.
Here’s a quote about the incident from a NorCal Kayak Anglers (ncka.org) forum:Â
“Just got a phone call from Ted/Golfish. He and Harry were fishing in 20 FOW by the big rock Island right across the launch site. Harry’s kayak was hit and   … More
Last year, Aussie 16-year-old Jessica Watson sailed around the world solo. The same year, American Abby Sunderland, also 16, made it from California to the Indian Ocean alone on her sailboat before a rogue wave tore off the mast of the boat, forcing her to end her trip. Since then, another teenage girl took on the sea and now she’s more than halfway finished with her journey.
Dutch teen Laura Dekker is trying to break Watson’s record of being the youngest person to sail around the world solo. After a legal battle with  … More