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I caught my first wave on a kayak today and it was awesome! I have a 11ft Dagger Zydeco sit inside kayak that I took out in the surf at Southern Shores NC. I caught some EXCELLENT waves and swamped my boat and had to drag it ashore a few times too. Thankfully my Zydeco has a water tight stern compartment that kept the boat from going under after a rogue wave flipped me. Tomorrow I’m gonna try my luck in a 15.5ft kayak with water tight compartments in the bow and stern. It should be MUCH more resistant to swamping and nose diving on waves. I shouldn’t have waited so long to try to surf a kayak, it is FUN!!! Hopefully I can get some good videos to post up later. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | ||
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Sea sock, spray skirt, and dry bags filled with packing nuts. | |||
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I use to take my whitewater kayak into the surf and had a great time Until periodic waves got tired of me have too much fun and SLAMMED my skull into the ocean floor I stayed in the rivers afterwards ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Live today as if it may be your last and learn today as if you will live forever | |||
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The Wilderness Systems Zephyr 155 im taking out tomorrow has MUCH more rocker so it should cut through waves better and be less prone to going into u-boat mode (nose diving). I have a spray skirt for it which will make a huge difference. It should be interesting since the Zephyr is easy to flip compared to the Zydeco I took out today. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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That sounds like fun. I have a Perception Striker 11.5 and have an itch to try that. Mine is a sealed sit-on-top. I've had it on rough bay water and it does really well. _____________ "I enter a swamp as a sacred place—a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength—the marrow of Nature." - Henry David Thoreau | |||
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I have not braved the surf. Yet. I need to build up some skills more before I venture off shore but it is on the list. “We truly live in a wondrous age of stupid.” - 83v45magna "I think it's important that people understand free speech doesn't mean free from consequences societally or politically or culturally." -Pranjit Kalita, founder and CIO of Birkoa Capital Management | |||
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I took an all-day class in surf kayaking years ago. We did time after time of surfing in, bracing against the breaking wave to avoid being “windowshaded”. After a day my shoulder was messed up, and resulted in an impingement syndrome. That was the last time I did surf kayaking. It was fun while it lasted, though. _________________________ “Remember, remember the fifth of November!" | |||
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I've got a Wilderness System's Radar 115, and as neato as kayak surfing sounds, I want to stay upright and relatively dry. It was windy at Canyon Lake, Texas today, and I was getting soaked just paddling across a small area of open water. It wouldn't have been so bad if I hadn't forgotten a towel for my truck seats afterward. Retired Texas Lawman | |||
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I’m sore today! Dragging a waterlogged 11 foot kayak out of the surf and having it knock me on my butt a few times has me feeling rough today. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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I took the 15.5 foot Wilderness Systems Zephyr our today. The winds were light and the waves were about knee to shoulder high thanks to the storm offshore. IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!! I surfed the kayak 50 yards down the line without even trying. Having a spray skirt and 3 water tight compartments makes a yuuuuuge difference. I had the best time ever on a kayak today. It was a fricking blast. Launching isn’t too bad. I lined up the boat straight out to sea, waited for a wave, hopped in before the wave, tightened my spray skirt and paddled like hell. It is easier to get out past the breaker on a kayak than it is on a surfboard. I honestly think surfing a kayak gives surfing a short or long board a run for their money. It’s great. I’m hoping to get some videos tomorrow. A storm is supposed to roll in tomorrow but man I can wait to get my kayak back out in the surf!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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