Wavewalk Kayaks

Jeremy is a sea kayaker and small boat sailor from Mississippi, who got his W-kayak a short time ago. The reason we’re particularly interested in him is that he’s planning to outfit his W-boat with a rather powerful DIY sailing rig. We sent him some pultruded fiberglass tubes that are strong and lightweight enough to be used as masts and booms for his sails.

Here’s Jeremy’ second report:

-”O.K., I’m up and wave walking around in 10 mph winds and 12 inch waves. Very cool.  After standing sitting feels much more stable. You’re right, it’s very much like riding a horse or bike, and all my kayaking reflexes are wrong, but I’m adjusting.

Now that I’m feeling more comfortable  with the stability I’ll start fooling around with the masts you sent (thanks!)”

An  unexpected but nice attribute of the boat is that I wheel it on a dolly to beach, about 100 yards or so, and unlike a standard kayak which requires me to twist around while pulling, I am centered pulling the wavewalk ( I put a paddle through the handles to pull on), and so can use both hands with no asymmetrical exertion/rotation.  Doesn’t sound like much,  but on a long pull every little thing helps.

So, reading this headline you must have thought this post is about yet another guy paddling standing in his W kayak, but this time it’s not…

Stand up paddle boards are becoming increasingly popular among surfers, which use special, extra-long single blade paddles to paddle and surf standing.

Jason Starr, from Vermont got himself a double-blade 9′ 4″ long Wavewalk paddle, and this is what he wrote us:

-”I’ve attached a photo of me using the paddle on a Stand Up Paddleboard near Rye, N.H. I really enjoyed having a paddle on both ends and think it’s an advantage over the single blade paddles. Especially when standing facing forward when paddling for speed or on flatwater.
-Jason”



As promised, Wavewalk is now offering new stand up paddles.

Our stand up paddle line includes single blade and double blade paddles.

SUP 7 and SUP 6.1 single blade stand up paddles