Since 2007, the movie Walking On Waves has shown kayak paddlers and anglers what a W300 fishing kayak can do in the ocean surf, and that’s something no other kayak to this day has been able to come close to showing, including SOT fishing kayaks that are up to 42 inches wide, that is over a foot wider than the 25″ wide W300.
Interestingly, no one has shown anything similar with any fishing kayak that’s outfitted with outriggers, or features integrated outriggers, since these fishing kayaks are simply neither stable enough, nor can they they offer the maneuverability and control the W kayak design has.
At first, the movie was uploaded to Google Videos, but after some time it was moved to YouTube, where it got 25,000 views.
More interestingly, no paddling or kayak fishing magazine – whether printed or online, saw the importance of this stand up paddling performance, although they’ve all published articles about other fishing kayaks that allegedly offer stand up fishing, when in fact what they offer are tedious, lackluster and often hazardous gimmicks that not too many people seem to take seriously.
No wonder these media don’t benefit from much trust from their readers…
It would be interesting to see the w500 in the surf.
There’s nothing surprising about that, really. Those magazines have to make a living somehow, so they’ll publish whatever suits the agenda of their major advertisers, even if it’s total nonsense and only remotely related to reality.
I don’t believe people trust what’s written in those magazines, but it’s rather another form of light entertainment for them.
Pete
With the number of people who visit its website, WaveWalk is arguably comparable to a paddling and fishing magazine.
April
42″ wide?? how can anyone paddle such a barge? this thing is as wide as a canoe!!
Outside of the Wavewalk kayaks standing in any other so called fishing kayak is a stunt. Sure it looks like fun but requires careful balance and a steady hand. Trying to engage in fishing or just exploring is tough because you have to keep focused on not falling. In a Wavewalk the standing and sitting postions are quite natural. You can get up and down easily. No so in other fishing kayaks not matter what the users or makers say. Just watch them grunt their way up, after a few of those they sit and stay there until back unkinking time is required on shore.