surfing wooden and plastic kayaks

 surfing wooden and plastic kayaks

Vid link is after images.

I made the wooden kayak last year and have been enjoying getting to know it. Its wider planing shape helps catch softer waves but it still shows a turn of speed with its fins, on the wave face. 

The red plastic kayak is a whitewater/hybrid Wavesport Z which is about 20 years old - it seems indestructable and finless and is my 'go to' at low tide on rocky beaches

https://youtu.be/6mp28UD6PlY

mangroves kayaks and spiders

mangroves kayaks and spiders

vid link below

A local lake is open to the sea and when tidal heights are over 1.85 m, it allows kayakers to paddle over the tidal flats and in amongst the mangroves.

It is challenging paddling through dense mangrove forests - I like it where you need an awareness where your kayak, body, lower and upper paddle is placed in water and space - sometimes, spiders will hitch a ride on the camera lens.

https://youtu.be/9k5J-kizd_8