Star fish in the water off Quadra Island
This has to be one of the best Spring’s in the Pacific Northwest that I can remeber in some time. The weather has been stunning and the calander has been chalked full of sea kayaking trips for the new film that I’m working on Pacific Horizons.
Bryan Smith on a big glassy wave off Quadra Island, British Columbia
photo by Steve Rogers of Bread and Butter Media
The endless horizon from the deck of the Discovery Islands Lodge. Not a bad place to paddle home to at night!
photo by Steve Rogers of Bread and Butter Media
The water clarity in this zone of the inside passage is incredible. I’ve never seen salt water this clear before!
photo by Steve Rogers of Bread and Butter Media
You can view more shots of this recent trip on the Pacific Horizons Blog.
P+H kayaks lit up in the evening light
Bryan Smith interviewing for the film Pacific Horizons
Capella 161 surfing tidal race off Quadra Island
We just re-modeled one wall in the Penguin Paddlers Pro Shop so we could put our Carbon Kevlar P&H kayaks together. Ain’t it purrrrrdy!
We ran throught the new ACA outline for Beginner Surf Kayak last weekend. ‘
New’ meaning the use of S.O.T’s. I believe. Implimented by Ben Lawry, it does makes a lot of sense. Anyway, the Surf Jet proved a great ‘entry level’ craft for what we were doing. . The Jets work well because they are light weight and very maneuverable, easy to slash the tail around giving students a good feel for turning on a wave….The ladies were completely juiced up by the end of the session and checking out Tybee surf side real estate. Some more pictures….
The much heavier ‘Scambler’ was easy to catch waves on but lacked any other real ‘surf kayak’ characteristics .
Conditions were ideal 1-2ft with a 3fter out back every now and then. The Jets were easy on , easy off.
Small waves, small class, big fun…and about 5000 spectators.