I have a rather embarrassing confession to make: In my 36 years living in the Deep Cove/Seymour area I have ventured down to the water's edge innumerable times but never have I kayaked. I have, ...

More than the mild surf kicked up foam at the 2004 Santa Cruz Kayak Surf Festival last weekend. The art of designing surf boats has reached a boil. Paddlers hunting a competitive edge launched new ...

NEWPORT -- I imagined trying to surf my kayak in the ocean would be similar to learning to paddle it in whitewater: humbling, but with salt instead of fresh water shooting up my nose. Mercifully, I ...

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Even though I kept tipping over, to the snickers of tourists on shore, there were a couple of magical moments when I felt the easy speed of a surf ski. The bow knifed through the water. The paddle ...

Graham Youtsey recalls the exact moment when it was revealed to him that he needed to reconsider his choice of sea-based, human-powered forward motion. It was during last year’s Sea 2 Summit adventure ...