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has any one done this, I have in a K1 now I am going to try in a bell prodigy x. Any tips.

Oh yeah! A buddy in his Whitesell Descender and I in my Blue Hole Sunburst used to surf near Virginia Beach, Va., quite often during the summer when the James River was lower. It was a real blast surfing swells, shooting off the waves just before they crashed, then turn around and gain speed to punch the incoming waves. One of the most fun things we did was to accelerate as hard as we could going out and time it so we punched the curling lip of a wave just as it was peaking. You could LAUNCH the boat into the air--you were less than a foot above the water, but because the wave fell underneath you, you would have some nice airtime until the boat landed on the water. At times, dolphins would be in the area feeding and we could get about 5 feet away from them. One stunt we worked on was trying to tandem surf, but since we only had solo boats, it didn't go too well--but we had a LOT of fun trying!

Waterlength will help with getting on a swell before it got too steep and collapse on you, resulting in a tenuous side surf (not that there's anything wrong with that ). Since you've done it in a kyak (you ARE forgiven for that transgression ), surfing in a open boat will not be much different. The biggest point I would make to you is to grab the swells. The boat will most likely skew around on you, using a single blade, so keep the strokes as positive as you can to keep forward speed and stay away from speed-killing corrective strokes. This is where switching sides will help a lot. Once you get on--ENJOY!

Have a great time and let us know how it went after you get back. BTW, where ya going?

KNeal

ya I have had transgressions and I am forgiven often for them. But I am trying to fix that by training 2 future OC1ners.

Panama City FL don't know what the waves will be like they usually crash close to the beach. But I will find some place I hope , No SAND burns on my face? My 13 year old says she will not hang out with me. I embarrass her in my boat at the beach . Just her wait it will be fun.

I'd like to here more stories about wave surfing.

It is a ton of fun but beware, getting slammed upside down off of a wave hurts! especially in shallow water. just make sure you peel off before it breaks.

I'm back , the waves were crashing at 62000cfs, that translates to 6 to 8 feet, and I chickened out. They were crashing right on the beach in all kinds of directions. The wind was at 20 to 30 mph and it rained all weekend. Maybe next time . I might try to get some people together and make a trip out of it.