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What is the biggest wave surfed in a kayak???

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What is the biggest wave surfed in a kayak??? 15 years 1 month ago #25640

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pictures??
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Re:What is the biggest wave surfed in a kayak??? 15 years 1 month ago #25644

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Check it out!

portugalks.blogspot.com/2008/12/who-surf...t-wave_06.html#links

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Re:What is the biggest wave surfed in a kayak??? 15 years 1 month ago #25645

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lpabreu wrote:
Check it out!

portugalks.blogspot.com/2008/12/who-surf...t-wave_06.html#links

luis pedro
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Here's the link, but easier to click: link
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Re:What is the biggest wave surfed in a kayak??? 15 years 1 month ago #25646

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Those are some sick pictures... :woohoo: Good work on the site Luis, as always! B)

Corran surfs some pretty decent waves in the DVD, End Game. Does anybody else have any other cool pics?

Ah, I can't wait now. My winter season is almost here, so that means rain AND awesome swell for the Cape Town region. Happy days ;)
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Re:What is the biggest wave surfed in a kayak??? 15 years 4 weeks ago #25648

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not too small either: playak.com/article.php?sid=423

as for river waves, i think pelican falls is quite large:
playak.com/article.php?sid=135
i wish someone would attach some better kayaking photos to that article :)
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Re:What is the biggest wave surfed in a kayak??? 15 years 4 weeks ago #25653

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this is a little more along the lines of what i think is possible
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Re:What is the biggest wave surfed in a kayak??? 15 years 4 weeks ago #25654

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sure, tow-in surfing is cool, but we were talking about kayaking....
:)
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Re:What is the biggest wave surfed in a kayak??? 15 years 4 weeks ago #25658

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Yap, that's true Jeroen! Only

surfkayaks...definetly! I'm now waiting for the new pics of Nathan in Ecuador and Peru and I think that we'll have another big surf sessions... with kayaks or waveskis!
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Re:What is the biggest wave surfed in a kayak??? 15 years 4 weeks ago #25659

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Thanks Adrian!

I already surfed a monster of 11 meters but I was alone... dreaming... then I awake! ;) :) :)

keep in touch,

luis pedro
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Re:What is the biggest wave surfed in a kayak??? 15 years 4 weeks ago #25661

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Jeroen wrote:
not too small either: playak.com/article.php?sid=423

This is indeed not a small wave, for those of you who didn't enter TEAHUPOO into youtube, see it here in action
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Re:What is the biggest wave surfed in a kayak??? 15 years 4 weeks ago #25663

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im not talkin abotu surfing, im talking about towing into "makable" quadoverhead in a kayak
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Re:What is the biggest wave surfed in a kayak??? 15 years 3 weeks ago #25715

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I know there was an article a few years ago, ok maybe like 5 years ago of a group surfing mavricks, it was in a playboating mag, they all got torn up but loved it.
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Re:What is the biggest wave surfed in a kayak??? 15 years 3 weeks ago #25751

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The biggest waves I can recall a kayaker surfing is on Lindgren's DVD "Aerated" - with Rusty Sage and co. tearing it up in Indonesia.

As for Kayaking big waves, I reckon it really has to be a specific type of wave - something slow breaking and powerful - it can't be too steep.
An example of difficult big wave would be Teahupoo (Chopu) on a big day, Kayakers have surfed it before but it was by no means breaking at the size the above video is showing (which is actually still small for Chopu), the take off is just way too steep.
I stand to be corrected but the day a kayaker surfs Chopu on a big day and doesn't get seriously hurt, is the day i'll eat my words B)

Good Lines
Scotty R

p.s Did I mention Chopu breaks on a reef that is like 6ft from the surface :S
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Re:What is the biggest wave surfed in a kayak??? 14 years 11 months ago #26153

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I think Chopu is only usually about 1m deep :angry: Not for me thanks. That could kill you, and people have died surfing there already..... I would love to see someone try surf that thing. It would require someone pretty special, no doubt.

Big waves demand a special boat. Although I charged some sick waves today, and the Fluid Element worked just fine. Check out the picture below. Click on this link for a big version.

adrian.playak.com/images/stories/for_lin...143_e1_cr%20copy.jpg

Or maybe on the picture. It might not be big enough. You can just see my green helmet:


Good times. Just a pity it was super early, bad light with cloud cover. But I was all alone. No one else out. Good times! I'm looking forward to seeing more action of people charging cool waves. I'll definitely keep charging. Today was our first day of better swell... Winter is coming!! WOO HOO! :)
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Re:What is the biggest wave surfed in a kayak??? 14 years 11 months ago #26155

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Your helmet looks very nice! ;)
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Pichilemu Huge Waves 14 years 11 months ago #26183

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These may not be the biggest. They certainly delivered huge air and some beatdowns. And a cool video by the Video class at New River Academy.

newriveracademy.org/kayakblog/welcome-ep...yaking-first-update/

go Huge Kayaking.

David
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Re:What is the biggest wave surfed in a kayak??? 14 years 11 months ago #26273

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I thought the 10ft shizz i was in the other day was big...
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