In Humboldt County we have a surf break that forms in the middle of the Bay if conditions are right. Waves can be surfed from one end of the spit to the other, where the current then carries the kayaker back to the start where the process can be repeated. Paradise? May be so…

Two years ago I traveled to Washington to help my friend Bob Kelim build my first skin-on-frame qajaq. I remember the excitement of taking it on the water for the first time, happy that the qajaq not only floated, but moved in a straight line… and that I had a part in building it.