The Internet loves lists so I’m capping off the year with my top 10 list of favorite kayaking days of 2021. First some stats… Each year I track the “who, what, when, and where” of my paddles, plus other info such as river levels, water and air temperature and so […]
Tag: surfing
Kayak surfing at Sheboygan on a blustery November afternoon
The wave forecast looked promising and the webcam confirmed it, so John and I answered the call for some Lake Michigan kayak surfing. Air temperature was 37F and water was only slightly warmer but the waves were big and well-spaced so we had to go. With a surprise appearance by […]
Attempting to kayak surf on Lake Michigan during a small craft advisory
Strong wind out of the north pretty much blew out the waves at Sheboygan yesterday afternoon. Not good for surfing but good for an adrenaline rush. With Josh Gundlach and John Hermanson.
Black Friday 2018 Surfing #optoutside
It was a long time coming. While yesterday meant Black Friday shopping to many, I had something much more fun in mind. With winds out of the east and air temperatures reaching a mild 44F, it was the first decent kayak surf day on Lake Michigan that I could get […]
Best Surfing Waves of the Year. So Far.
Peter and I enjoyed great waves at Port Washington’s South Beach yesterday with some nice long surfs. I’ve never seen waves so nicely spaced at PW South Beach. Surf boarders came from all over to enjoy the day. At one point I counted 17 of them on the water in […]
Big Waves on the Big Pond
It was a wet and wild day for kayak surfing on Lake Michigan yesterday. Young whitewater playboater Jeremiah Kramasz and old me were out at Sheboygan’s Deland Park riding waves, some reaching 10 feet in height (see video). One of my Xensr tracks indicated my maximum speed was 18 mph. […]
Kayak Surfing in a Whitewater Boat
Here’s a quick video of some of my kayak surfing this past Friday afternoon. Earlier my wind-surfing neighbor, David, texted to let me know the forecast called for waves out of the south, which meant we would have big waves on the NW side of the Big Pond. We headed […]
Motion Tracking for Kayakers Too: Xensr Air
For the past 10 months I’ve been using a sports motion-tracking device called the Xensr Air 3D GPS (pronounced “sensor”), the product of a Green Bay, WI-based company. As company founder David Troup once told me, “In order to make it unforgettable, we made it unpronounceable.” The Air is touted […]
Newport Beach surfing
We visited relatives in Southern California over the weekend and stopped by Newport Beach to check out the surfing action. There were a “few” surfers on the water Saturday morning.
Some Like It Cold: Sheboygan Surfing
“From countless hours of reading surf magazines, he realized for the first time that Sheboygan was in the best location for surfing anywhere on the Great Lakes. Understanding that surfers are only restricted by geographic necessity (a coastline that generates sizable waves), he no longer saw a series of river […]