Holy Cow Charlie Brown, It's The Great Pumpkin!

Craig Fitzgerald paddling his pumpkin on Long Pond.
I wonder how it takes the surf?

Tags: silly, paddling, pumpkin boat, pumpkin paddle

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Weekend Wahine.

Brooke goes for a paddle.

Tags: brooke burns, oc-1, outrigger canoe, paddle

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I'll Have The Canoe With A Side Of Amas. Value Added Video Included.

The Adventure 24 trimaran zipping around the harbor.
Is that you Mark?

Mark's copy:
Discover Your Adventure...

Adventure Trimarans are the fastest adventure sailing canoes on the planet.
Designed for coastal cruising, adventure races, expeditions, day sailing, or
getting a tan on the lake, they are part sailing outrigger canoe, part beach
catamaran, part sea kayak, and part trimaran sailboat. Completely Eco-friendly,
this ultra light, high-tech, car-top boat is purpose designed to sail and paddle
faster then the wind speed, and is equally adept at winning races, going camping,
or just hanging out on the lake. In fact, it's perfect for father and son adventures.
It's Variable Rig design makes it easy to handle for any ability and you can rig it
any way you want.

The Issue: Boats that are fast enough to be really fun usually require an expert sailor,
and cost a fortune.

The Solution: Adventure Trimarans offer high speed thrills on a wide, stable platform
that any beginner can handle. You will stay drier and warmer, and when the wind dies,
the boat is designed to paddle home, with comfortable seats exactly where you need
them, in the middle of the boat.

Sail, sail, as fast as you can
You can't catch me, I'm the trimaran man

See more videos here and read about the Adventure 24 here.

Tags: sailing canoes, trimaran sailing, multi-hull sailing, sailing, sailing video

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Friday Fishwrap.

Beaches in New York City? Get outta here.

Philippe's boat catches a net. Where's da fish bra?

Lasers, Lasers, Lasers and more Lasers. Always Lasers.....
hold the fort. Bat Mite it appears we have to battle Shower
Curtain Guy!

Did you know that Adam is a Parrothead? Who'd a thunk it?

The Tillerman's hijo loves his rubber ducky.

Bra drag i Skagen. It's in Swedish, let's just say, "Oops!"

Fix that motherboard, I want some more fish.

WetAss brings us some more tidbits:

• Day 88, what will I do for the next 912 days.
• Forgive me for not being a Math major, but I think that 8 guys and a girl = trouble.
• Puffy get's his 15 minutes, kudos Michael!
   

Tags: fishing, paddle, sailing

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Bonnie, Now I've Gone And Done It!

Done what?
I've ordered a brand new Wave Witch (my first new boat ever) from
Hunt and Judy Johnsen. I am so stoked. I have looked for years for
a used Wave Witch, they don't exist! Owners never part with them.

Tags: paddle, paddling, sot kayak, surf kayak, wave witch, hunt johnsen

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Yeah Baby, Yeah!

Butt surfing en Mar del Plata - Argentina.

Tags: kayaking, yak surfing, surfyak, paddling, surfing, video

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Surfing Photo Of The Day.

Keith Keillor of Valhalla SurfSkis surfing his original ski at Point Loma
in 1982. I'm going to do some butt surfing today myself when I get the ski wet
for the  first time this year. I will be wearing something a tad bit warmer than Keith.

Update: There was mucho viento today. I went to the beach and got blasted
by wind swept sand. It would have been a perfect day for some rock
and roll sailing. Needless to say, the ski is still dry.

Photo: Valhalla SurfSkis

Tags: surski, surfing. paddle.

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Spring Cleaning.

The Banshee is still hibernating. She is tucked in and catching some shut eye
before I wake her in a few weeks. The Alden is peaking at me asking me to take
her out for a spin. But the Knysna has an attitude problem, she is saying,
"Dude clean me up so we go out and play in the surf."
You're lucky old gal that Bonnie poked me into doing some Spring cleaning.

She looks pretty good, but what's up with the ivy?

The foot pedals work, hurray!
Do you like the pvc tape? Can you guess what it's for?

A little corrosion around the rudder controls.
Houston, it looks like we can go for a splash next weekend.

The sticks are a whole different tamale.
I'm going to have to re-glass them. What a pain!

Tags: paddle, kayaking, boat repair, surfing, surfski surf boards

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Weekend Wahines.

Polynesians rock.
They gave us surfing, catamarans, outrigger canoes and nohea wahines. Mahalo!

Tags: paddle, outrigger canoe, vahines, wahines

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Bonnie, Bonnie, Bonnie, Before You Cross Over To The Dark Side. Day 1 The Triak

You love to paddle, how about a sailing kayak? The Triak is a very cool way to
combine your love of paddling and sailing.
Just say no to Lasers!!!!

Click the photo to see a video of the  Triak in action.

http://wmg.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://wmg.photobucket.com/albums/v251/joserouse/Paddle/Triak/1173331033.pbw

Tags: sailing, sailing kayaks, triak

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Bonnie, Bonnie, Bonnie, Before You Cross Over To The Dark Side. Day 1 The Triak

You love to paddle, how about a sailing kayak? The Triak is a very cool way to
combine your love of paddling and sailing.
Just say no to Lasers!!!!

Click the photo to see a video of the  Triak in action.

http://wmg.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://wmg.photobucket.com/albums/v251/joserouse/Paddle/Triak/1173331033.pbw

Tags: sailing, sailing kayaks, triak

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Surfing Photo of The Day.

Bet you didn't know that there is a surfing scene up in Alaska.
Yeah, I know, you won't be chowing down on mangos under
a palm tree, more likely you'll be sipping the scotch for anti-freeze.
Today's photo is from Alaska Sport Exposed.

The boat in the photo is a Wave Witch, made by Hunt Johnsen down in Encinitas.

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Paddle Photo Of The Day.

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I Love Butt Surfing.

This happens to me on occasion. Did I tell you that I also like swimming?
It's great that you can easily paddle back out to the lineup.

You can buy a good used surfski for $400. They are tippy, so you might get wet.

I Love Butt Surfing.

This happens to me on occasion. Did I tell you that I also like swimming?
It's great that you can easily paddle back out to the lineup.

You can buy a good used surfski for $400. They are tippy, so you might get wet.

Man Overboard!

Where's Waldo?

Tags: oops, humor, whitewater rafting, watersports

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Check Out My New Kayak Sail.

It works great on a run.
I didn't see the laser kayak this weekend because Keith wasn't around.

Speaking Of Lasers.

I might pick up his and her Laser sit-on-top kayaks this weekend down in Santa Cruz. I hope they are in good shape, Santa Cruz is a long way to go to look at a bad boat.
They would increase the fleet to 5 yaks. Current fleet: 2 Innova Safari inflatables and 1 Knysna surf ski.

Tags: kayak, paddle

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Smoke On The Water. Hemp Cloth Waveski

It smokes the waves!
Click image to enlarge.

Don't bogart that ski my friend!
Island Waveskis has a new ski made out of hemp cloth. It is supposedly stronger than kevlar. They are also using AST instead of epoxy resin.
I wonder if I should use these on my next project?

Tags: paddle, waveski, surfyak, kayak surfing

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Yak Attack! Video.

http://www.vsocial.com/v/515bcfed22df983a398f2273f1d27dee

I'll attempt to do my best imitation of these hot shots this weekend.

Bonnie: Answer number 1 - I paddle....mind you not in a cocoon like you. SOTs baby, SOTs: Waveski, surf ski and inflatable. An OC-1 is in the future.