There’s just nothing like the feel of taking your feather-weight 24 lb surfski off your car racks with one hand, carrying it to the water with one hand, and with one hand setting it down gently onto the H2O while all about you other paddlers are lugging kayaks apparently constructed of depleted uranium. Until you … Continue reading Relax – a few extra pounds may be a good thing. In your surf ski.
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Over or Under – have your rudder your way.
Surf skis, originally developed as life guard rescue skis, have traditionally been focused on ocean paddling – big waves and deep water. Hence the reason nearly all skis have under-stern rudders. The under-stern rudder works marvelously in that element: it provides excellent control, quicker reaction (due to the closer placement to the CG/CP), and it … Continue reading Over or Under – have your rudder your way.
The Long and Short of it: Stellar’s New S14S
Along with the opportunity to test the newly revised Stellar SR while at the dealer's conference in VA, I had a chance to paddle the newest Stellar ski - the S14S. Slotted in a niche where other manufacturers have thus far feared to tread, this is the shortest surf ski on the market, a mere 14' … Continue reading The Long and Short of it: Stellar’s New S14S
To SEI or not to SEI…
Today I made my first paddle in our SEI Excel demo boat - and I'm very impressed! I've been wanting to try an SEI since they came out, but this was my first opportunity. Right off the bat, I noticed the SEI seat was a notch up in comfort from some of the older Stellar boats, and … Continue reading To SEI or not to SEI…
Neither ice, nor cold, nor gloom of overcast…
Yesterday marked the start of "paddling season" for me, with the execution of my first "local" paddle of the season (I say local because I did get in some OC-1 paddling in FL and NC in January). Temps were in the low 40's and all the ice had departed, save for the icebergs populating the passage … Continue reading Neither ice, nor cold, nor gloom of overcast…