Kayak Surfing SOCAL

I thought you guys up here might appreciate that us SOCAL had to deal with some surf for a once!! 

A few of us, probably against our better judgement decided to go surfing on our kayaks... I brought two WS Kaos surf kayaks, Brad brought his Mini X, Adi on the Malibu eXtreme, Pat on his X Factor... Ski showed up just to be entertained...

Some pics....

Adi "Perfect Storm"



Tourist launching...



Brad about to pearl...



Brad in front of a barrel...



I am heading out, these surf kayaks handled fairly well in the surf...



A surf shot, by the way, we surfed right in front of the launch...



Three amigos... 



Finally, the Madman!!    If this doesn't sell the Mini X, I don't know what will!!   



Some video... I got into a couple nice barrels...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OoXdcJbf5cs

Chris

Nice footage!  Nice way to get wet too! 

VERY COOL! We should do the same here in NorCAL 

Here is one of the guys who went out to fishing that day... DaveH posted this.... You can barely make out a yellow kayak, and fishing rod..

maybe if ya warmed up the water several degrees first.

Here's a typical Nor Cal day at the beach.....

I'd be up to try some kayak surfing @ Del Monte Beach some time this winter.

We do the same sometimes....very fun.  Brads ride on the X-factor was pretty good.

That was awesome!  Great post!

nice Chris!

we need to get you some thigh straps for those Kaos's.....yall need check this link for more k1 surfing photos-

kayaksurf.net

-greg d

Thanks guys, that NORCAL pic looks CRAZY!!!!!! 

I was actually using thigh straps on the blue kayak in the video... I was able to dig my edge, and ride down the wave to get barrels.  I couldnt talk Brad in the yellow Kaos to use the thigh straps... It can be a little scary starting out, you feel trapped...  But you have waaaay more control of the kayak... One thing I noticed, when I got barrel, I came out of the straps easily....

Chris

That looks a lot more fun without rods and gear.  Not to mention warmer water as suggested by Tote.

You call that surf?

Not compared to the stuff I have seen in baja, but for what we lack for in surf, we make up for in fish.... 

Shoot me a PM when you do, I'll try to help you! 

....count me in on that 


Hey Chris - how about writing an article on the basics of yellow tail fishing from a kayak  (with pics would be nice)   I'm sure Bill will spot you an NCKA hoodie sweater for it

I'll defintely make a trip to So Cal next year