Paddle Surfers vs Board Surfers: The Battle of Manly
Manly Beach, Sydney. It’s an iconic Aussie coastal spot with great surf and miles of pristine sandy beach. It is also the home of our local paddle surf spot, a…
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Video: Dawn Surfski Surfing with Team Fat Paddler
In my last post A Return to the Surf… or Paddling to Feel Alive I spoke about the joy of returning to the surf and waves, the fun of falling…
A Return to the Surf… or Paddling to Feel Alive
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about paddling, and the parts I love, as well as the parts I don’t love so much. In particular, I’ve thought a lot about…
Video: Pushing the Limit with Neptune’s Rangers
Having spent the past year largely on my surfski, I’ve missed out on the rock gardening I did for much of the previous year. I love my ski and love…
The Dawn Patrol – Surfing Short Boats and Surfskis
Manly Beach Australia, 5.30am, first days of Winter. In a word… it was COLD. But three paddlers braved the wind to get out at dawn for a session in the…
On the Subject of Boat Choices for Paddlers
Last weekend I took Gelo out for a surf session. I had my Stellar SR surfski, and I took my Liquidlogic Remix XP10 for him. One is close to 20…
Paddler Profile: James Manke the Greenland Surfer
Every now and then you come across a paddler that you see enormous potential in. I watch a lot of content streaming through social media and a certain paddler has…
Video: Ocean Whitewater Thrills and Surfing Spills
I don’t often paddle solo but with all my team-mates otherwise unavailable, I took to my local rocks knowing that today’s conditions would be lumpy. A direct easterly 1.5m swell…
Video Post: Big Wave Freestyle Kayak Surfing
If you’ve noticed I’ve been a little slack with my posts of late it’s because I’ve spent this past week traveling and paddling through Canada and the USA. I’ve got…
Grey Skies and Lumpy Rides with the Oddest Paddler Pairing Ever
The skies were dark and threatened rain as Lt Nat and I set off for an early morning paddle to Manly via Gelo Cliffs. As we paddled out from The…
Rock, Roll and Rescue with Team Fat Paddler
With a huge low pressure system sitting off Australia’s east coast, temperatures plummeted, rain poured down and the ocean swell jacked up to a massive 6 metres. Daily weather warnings…
Q&A with Cmdr Eric Soares, Tsunami Rangers, on Kayak Surfing and Rock Gardens
The Tsunami Rangers are well know for their crazy antics in big surf, wild rock gardens and surfing in caves. This band of renegade paddlers spent many a year playing…
Video: Kayak Surfing, Tsunami Ranger Styles
Sydney’s weather today – ocean swell up to 3 metres, westerly gale force winds, coastal warnings for “large swell breaking dangerously onshore”. These conditions are dangerous and will keep many…
Video: Rock Surfing with FP and Gelo
Beautiful weather called for an early morning paddle, with Lt. Gelo and I both keen to get amongst the rocks. After a quick paddle from Sydney Harbour Kayaks to Grotto…
