Vaikobi Gear Review – The Hot New Look in Paddling Apparel In early August I caught wind of a new start-up named Vaikobi, based out of Australia and dedicated to building top quality clothing specifically designed for surfski paddling. While I have been very pleased with both NRS and Kokatat, they each have their specialties, […]
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Billy B’s Surfski Leash System
Surfski Leash System – Critical Always, but Especially as We Move Into the Cold Months While safety is always critical when paddling a surfski, as we transition into the colder months the margin for error paddling in the Great Lakes becomes razor thin. Billy Bellinger, a good friend of mine and very experienced Lake Michigan […]
Ride the Wave Regatta 2013: Downwind but Painful
Ride The Wave Regatta 2013 and the Great Lakes Surfski Series Finale This past weekend we had our final race of the inaugural Great Lakes Surfski Race Series. It proved to be another great race with a highly competitive field of paddlers A Pure Downwind Course Last year we had a strong showing of surfskis […]
Kayak Paddle Technique: Leverage The Compound Effect
Kayak Paddle Technique Is a Constant Evolution of Small Changes Compounding over Time It has been a while since I wrote anything on paddle technique, so I thought it might be a good idea to post a brief blog outlining some of the key surfski paddling technique components I have been focusing on recently. Last […]
A True Great Lakes Surfski Pioneer will be Missed
As many of you have probably heard by now, last Sunday August 18th the surfski community lost a very passionate and driven pioneer when John Abrahams, owner of Superior Surf Systems, took his own life. I received this news on Sunday night and quickly went from an extreme high from all the excitement of the […]
