clefts again

when the surf is flat
a paddling option are rock clefts.
You need to be ultra-wary
as an unexpected wave's energy
can be amplified in the confines of a cleft.

A plastic (sit in) kayak and greenland paddle
are a delicious combo in these environments.

I'll wave to the fast tourers while i dawdle in the rock gardens....

https://youtu.be/Mdw8V2Soqlo

or

https://vimeo.com/180469901

my beach

not really my beach but it's my closest
so I tend to frequent it more than most
- vid from the end of last summer

https://vimeo.com/178793144

or

https://youtu.be/CYs6o1hqNYw

mangrove playground

a neglected kayak playground 
to my mind are mangroves!

check them out at high tide 
with a (preferably) shorter boat 
and you are bound to have fun

weaving your way between the branches
(lose a point for every touch of boat, body, blade
if you achieving a perfect zero, go faster and tighter!)

i really enjoyed the combo 
of a shorter boat (wavesport z)
with the new gearlab kayakid paddle

https://youtu.be/50SZwYV5M6g

or

https://vimeo.com/176739712

dragging, wading, and hammering

dragging

• if you haven't dragged your kayak, you are missing out - plastic is the preferred material here. 
• my local national park has closed the access road to my nearest beach for a major upgrade so a longer drag was needed.

wading 

• a lot of sand has been dragged away from rocks from an intense storm (east coast low) about 4 weeks ago............ so more water around rocks.

hammering

• after 30 mins of dragging and wading i am confronted with shore break. 
• I have noticed that if it takes some time and effort to get to a destination, one is more likely to go out and get hammered. 
• funny enough i am paddling a P&H Hammer..........beats me why more paddlers don't get into Hammers (think of a lengthened playboat)
• paddling in straight lines is fine, but i find a a bit of 'twitch' is hellish fun!   : )

https://youtu.be/WmhQRVN1fnc

or

https://vimeo.com/174628237

solstice surf spray

how clever am i getting a solstice vid ready before the actual solstice?
.............actually it's from a solstice one year ago
(the gloves and balaclava indicates it's the winter solstice)
a few 'roos jumping about at the start and
a few 'spraybows' lurking at the backs of waves
sometimes you can get the angles just right
- miss the 'roos and capture the rays

https://youtu.be/2lD_WvTFLx8

or

https://vimeo.com/171391703

Foam and rain

both children of an east coast low 
off the coast of australia -
massive swells generating the foam,
and lots of rain from the intense low pressure system,
this video is a 'on the run' sketch which, i hope,
shows the ocean is beautiful in all its moods

https://youtu.be/y8XwJA2VIwc

or

https://vimeo.com/169523867