Editor’s note: We at the Tsunami Rangers website hope that you and yours have a very Merry Christmas! And a Whoopee, er, that’s Happy New Year! There may be teetotalling sea kayakers out there but I don’t know any. Booze and the sea just go together. Yo ho ho! and a bottle of rum! In […]
Sea Kayaking Activities
Sea Kayaking Na Pali Redux – Rolling With the Tao
“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” -Lao Tzu, “Tao Te Ching” My experience on the Na Pali expedition was an exercise in how to roll when things don’t go as planned. I had misgivings as soon as I arrived on Kauai and discovered 26 people signed up for […]
White Water Sea Kayaking With LiquidFusion
Editor’s note: Last October Tsunami Ranger Capt. Jim Kakuk suggested I take a white water class. To hear is to obey. I think he meant river, but it seemed auspicious to take White Water of the Sea I & II with LiquidFusion. This post is about that class. See also Take a Sea Kayaking Class and […]
Sea Kayaking Na Pali – Tsunami Rangers in Paradise
by Tsunami Ranger Steve King After many months of planning and excited anticipation a group of 26 people from Norway, Australia, New Zealand, O’ahu, California and Serbia (by way of Australia) converged in Hanalei, Kauai to make final preparations for 6 nights and 7 days of kayaking and exploring the legendary Na Pali coast (no, not […]
Sea Kayaking Sardinia
“If you smile at me I will understand ‘cause that is something everybody everywhere does in the same language.” – from “Wooden Ships” by Crosby, Stills, and Nash “Pilgrimage is necessary in some shape or other…We have to come to the end of a long journey and see that the stranger we meet there is […]
Rhode Island – The Ocean State: Personal Reflections of a Sea Kayaker
by Tony Moore Editor’s note: Tony Moore lives in Jamestown, R.I. with his wife Aline. He has been diving and spearfishing for almost 50 years and has been kayaking since 1997. Tony is also a certified Water Safety Instructor (American Red Cross). He coordinates several RICKA (Rhode Island Canoe & Kayaking Association) paddles every year, usually rock garden trips. He is a […]
Islands – Musings of A Nomad Sea Kayaker
by Tsunami Ranger Captain Jim Kakuk Flying over the blue Pacific coastline of Aotearoa “the land of the long white cloud” the view below is a daisy chain of small islands off the mainland, itself an island. New Zealand is comprised of 33 main islands and many more very small ones. In my life as […]
Beach Games: Essential Sea Kayaking Skills Development OFF The Water
by Tsunami Ranger Steve King Forget about The Hunger Games and women’s Olympic beach volleyball! Here we describe the myriad beach games undertaken on most Tsunami Ranger retreats. One can train for these games anywhere and anytime but the true heat of competition and glorious victory only takes place when competing against one’s fellow paddlers […]
The Tsunami Ranger Retreat – August 2012
The retreat began for me by running down Eric’s recommended kayak camping list at Jim’s request. After some digging, I found it and emailed it to the Rangers and guests. Packing commenced. I went through all Eric’s camping gear, some of the bags still containing sand from last year’s Mendocino trip. I put up the […]
Kayak Pilgrim – A Sea Kayak Adventure
Life should be one adventure after another. If not, you’ve lived too long. Whenever I become too mellow, my heart yearns and yearns for adventure. You take the high road and I’ll take the high road. Okay you take the low road and I’ll take the high road. Well, if you insist, you take the […]
The Hazards of Sea Kayakers as Safety Boaters for Swim Races
by Wayne Horodowich (Editor’s note: Wayne Horodowich is the founder of the University of Sea Kayaking. USK was conceived in the 1980’s and officially founded in January of 2000 to enhance and promote sea kayaking. The USK website has 100’s of pages of information on sea kayaking. To check out the USK website, go to […]
Moseying Down The Coast – Sea Kayaking In The Slow Lane
Tuning in to the Beauty and Magic of Sea and Land by Steve King One of the most enjoyable aspects of the Tsunami Rangers’ annual retreats or any quest (see #9 in Eric’s previous post 10 Commandments of Sea Kayaking) is meandering along the coasts of Northern California, Oregon, Washington or anywhere. One cannot truly […]
Sea Kayaking Seal Launches
by John Lull When sea kayak paddling in rock gardens it is very handy to be able to launch or land on a rock, an island, or the rocky shoreline, even in the absence of a nice sandy beach. In this situation you need to use a seal landing or launch. Eric covered seal landings […]