How to lose your gear

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How to lose your gear

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Start about the 16 minute mark. Pick the mistakes



A couple of days later he had some fun out of the kayak
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Steve_R wrote:Start about the 16 minute mark. Pick the mistakes


picking the mistakes I can see --- first he tells you some of it around the 17 min mark as he dumps stuff in an open bucket --- quotes " I'm not prepared " -- " Hope for the best " and " I dont Know " none of these quote inspire confidence

First thing if you are going to do surf launches do some practice that surf was small and most kayaks would handle it quite well including his revo but you need to have a plan not just hoping for the best
not using the paddle to brace on the wave no hope to stay up right very few fishing kayaks are good at riding waves so coming in side on to the wave leaning on the paddle is the safest way even if it isn't graceful to watch

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He was lucky not to cop a few trebles :lol:
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Its all one giant mistake and he did without trying :)
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In my surf landings I try and pick a gap and come in behind a wave, never works completely but if in doubt bail out and hold onto the back and just swim it in. Don't hold onto the side
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I've had the least hassles when I go in backward through the surf.
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Hammertime wrote:In my surf landings I try and pick a gap and come in behind a wave, never works completely but if in doubt bail out and hold onto the back and just swim it in. Don't hold onto the side

Thats how I do it. Its just easier and safer from the get go :)

(The bailing out and holding on part. Cut the line and stow the reels and gear first before coming in)
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This bloke makes it look so easy :o
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That's a cute shorey.
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4liters wrote:I've had the least hassles when I go in backward through the surf.
The backwards method seems to make a lot of sense in the video below but I'm not sure it would suit a Hobie Revo. Pedal kayaks are pigs in surf. Either you paddle and have no access to rudder or you pedal and use the rudder but risk bending up shaft/s.

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