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The Sport of Surfskiing
The first four minutes of this Joe Glickman video provides an excellent overview of surfskiing. The rest of the video focuses heavily on the competitive aspect of the sport, but recreational surfskiing is very popular and growing.
Intro to Surfskis and the 2012 US Downwind Championships
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The Joy of Surfskiing
- The Viral Nature of Surfski Popularity The Paddler article about growing surfski popularity in Germany - Gordan Harbrecht, Michael Dobler, Oscar C., Tom Selleck, Max Hoff,…
- Meet people who paddle surfskis (Epic surfskis in this instance)
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History
Evolution
- Some Surfski History (with some references to very early progenitors)
- The Molokai Race takes off in Hawaii (this article is a bit dated (2010) the record has been broken several times now in up-to-date surfskis)
Earliest Race?
Related Sports
K-1
(Olympic Sibling to Surfskiing)
Adam Van Koeverden - Canadian Olympic & World Champion
Marathon Canoe
Traditional marathon boats bear some resemblance to K1 sprint kayaks, but the races are long distance and run over all kinds of water, on flatwater or through rapids, over small dam drops, and often include portages. In most venues races are open to a variety of boat types including surfskis. And the races often include portages.
South African Champion Sbonelo Khwela
Outrigger (OC) Canoeing
(Single-Bladed, Stability-Loving Cousin to Surfskiing) More about Outrigger Canoeing
Kai Bartlett
Resources
- Ivan Lawler Video Intro to Ocean Surfskis (your experience in improving stability may be somewhat different than Ivan's)
- Surfski Intro pdf - Henning Hansen - intro posted on surfskiracing.org - pretty good overview that covers most basic considerations for surfski paddling.
- Maintaining Perspective (intended as a bit of humor about going overboard for surfskis)
Videos from Around the World
Welcome to Surfski, Welcome to Adventure
Worldwide Paddling Video Samples (Mostly Downwinding)
each page of videos from around the world has approximately 12 entries (some have double ups for the same location or for the same downwinder). Although newer videos generally get added to the highest numbered tab list, these videos are not organized entirely chronologically - they get rearranged occasionally to maintain/improve variety within the lists.
