The Santa Cruz Paddle Surf Festival is truly a highlight of my travel schedule every year! I love getting together with the kayak surf tribe and surfing the spectacular waves at Steamer’s Lane with a few good friends. This year I hadn’t been in my surf kayak for something like 10 months before the comp, so with only about an hr of practice the day before the comp I managed to … [Read more...] about EVENT: 2014 Santa Cruz Paddle Surf Festival
Kate Duncan
EVENT: Santa Cruz Paddle Fest 2012
(My full photo galleries can be viewed here: Thur, Fri, Sat, and Sun) Most competitors where apprehensive about this year's comp after the 2011 Festival's extremely tough conditions. Check out my 2011 video for a taste. This year the week before the comp the forcast was calling for much the same, big wind, rain, and huge surf. As the week went on the forcast got better … [Read more...] about EVENT: Santa Cruz Paddle Fest 2012