Posts Tagged ‘stand up’
Friday, August 1st, 2008
Bevans is a kayak fisherman and paddler from Texas who contributed this new, exciting W fishing kayak review to our website.
In his review he tells about his first experience with his 2008 W fishing kayak, paddling standing up, and stand up kayak fishing adventures.

Bevans’ W fishing kayak is rigged simply and efficiently.
-Thanks Bevans!
Tags: choosing a fishing kayak, fishing kayak, kayak fishing standing, stand up, standup fishing kayak, strong wind, Texas, windage
Posted in Kayaks, fishing, kayak fishing, paddling, rigging | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
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
Tags: paddling standing, stand up, stand up paddle surfing, standup, standup paddling, SUP, surfing
Posted in paddling | 2 Comments »
Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Tags: fishing kayak, kayak fishing, kayaking, paddling, river, stand up, standing, standup paddling, touring
Posted in Kayaks, kayak fishing, paddling | 11 Comments »
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
This video has been embedded in other kayak fishing blogs, so I thought it would be appropriate to have it in Wavewalk Kayaks’ blog as well.
It’s eclectic and fun to watch:
Tags: fishing kayaks, kayak fishing, paddling, stand up, standing, video
Posted in Kayaks, kayak fishing, paddling | No Comments »
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
Today I watched a video showing a young, athletic looking, rather short guy demonstrating fly-fishing standing in a wide, canoe-style kayak.
Although the water was perfectly still he performed casting and other fishing maneuvers while standing rather awkwardly: His feet were too far apart to offer an optimal basis, and his movements seemed too slow, not energetic and not at all spontaneous. The way he paddled was awkward too - he looked as if he was making an effort to keep his balance and repeatedly about to lose it.
He was obviously not feeling fully confident fishing standing in that boat, and I kept thinking that he had to be extra careful because had he lost his balance he would have had to swim, and possibly even deal with an overturned boat and some fishing tackle lost.
There was no way for him to land back in his seat in case something happened that would make him lose his balance. The seat was too low and the boat too unstable to offer a solution to any “What If” scenario, and everybody knows (or should know) that stuff happens when you’re out there fishing, and you should be prepared to deal with the unexpected or else risk some unpleasant consequences.
In this sense the kayak featuring on that video was less stable, less comfortable and less safe than a wide fishing canoe that offers a higher seat as something to fall back on, literally.
However, this lackluster demo movie shows that stand up kayak fishing is no longer viewed as impossibility or as an unnecessary requirement, but it’s becoming a problem that kayak fishermen expect manufacturers to solve, which is good news for Wavewalk since we already solved it completely:
Tags: , casting, confidence, fly fshing, kayak fishing, stand up, standing
Posted in Kayak design, Kayaks, fishing, kayak fishing, market, paddling | 3 Comments »