http://worldkayakblogs.com/welshkate Playboating in Oregon; its all about community Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:28:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en theDave kindly sent me a video from one of my rides on Grannies Wave on the Wenatchee. It's a fun and bouncy ride. I loved making Grannies my home for a weekend, mainly because of the people I met there. This video was shot at about 6,000 CFS.  Stay tuned for a summary video from ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/welshkate/2008/07/04/grannies-wave-video/ I thought that 2.8 ft at 16 seconds would give up good surf at agate. Although it sounds small, simialar conditions last week offered up double overhead for my friend Dale.  One thing i didn't consider was the southern swell. Waves were rebounding with force off the headland causing messy surf. Peaks were random and ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/welshkate/2008/07/03/humbled-by-waves/ Outfitting a surf boat is not for the faint hearted. It’s taken sweat, toil, an electric carving knife and rubber cement. Finally, after a year of experimentation, the boat is feeling snug in key places: (1) back, (2) butt, (3) thighs and (4) feet. How did I do it? For ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/welshkate/2008/07/02/outfitting-a-surf-kayak/ I tested out my new camera mount last week. Click on this link to see a video-boating session from last Thursday. I need to go surfing with some friends so I can film them down the line. http://worldkayakblogs.com/welshkate/2008/06/30/small-ocean-surf-video/ Having ocean surfed the last 3 out of 4 days, I feel like I'm on a bit of a surfing safari. And I'd be crazy not to take advantage of the good weather and waves. The summer surf crowds appear to be staying away, most likely due to high gas ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/welshkate/2008/06/29/surfin-safari/ Christina Russell and Heather Herbeck co-ordinated a very successful event on the White Salmon, WA last weekend. About 25 women showed up to compete and support the event that included a head to head extreme race through the Class IV Maytag Rapid and a women's 8-ball competition from Husum to Rattlesnake. ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/welshkate/2008/06/23/west-coast-womens-whitewater-festival/ A bit of info that you may find helpful...As some of you know I recently had a JK Allstar stolen from the roof of my car, from outside my apartment. Luckily, State Farm paid out for everything I lost through my renters insurance (but with a $500 deducatable). This prompted me to ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/welshkate/2008/06/23/boatkayak-insurance/ Wenatchee fest provides, along with a lot of fun, shuttle rides from Cashmere to Rodeo hole. Its awesome. Saturday, after eating breakfast provided by the Virostek family, I headed up stream to the start of the down river race. I borrowed Dave's Nomad 8.1 and hauled arse paddling downstream. I ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/welshkate/2008/06/18/saturdays-festivities/ theDave and I headed directly to Grannies to play. Unfortunately Dave got attacked by the lesser spotted Wenatchee River Monster that ripped the paddle out from his hand, while surfing the wave. 3 hand roll attempts later and a swim later, the paddle was no where to be found. Luckily ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/welshkate/2008/06/17/wenatchee-friday/ A group of us attended the Wenatchee River Festival last weekend. I headed up on Thursday with theDave in the Momma van, packed with 5 kayaks and all paraphernalia required for a luxury camping trip, including 16 portions of pasta with tomato and roasted red pepper sauce, that i spent ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/welshkate/2008/06/17/washington-bound/