Canoe surfing, particularly in an outrigger, is an ancient Polynesian tradition. The plastic, cookie-cutter kayaks you find at Costco and lining the beach at Sandals Resorts, those are not in ...

Bobbing up and down in waves that sparkle in the morning sun, the Boys of Late Summer — as they don’t mind being called — look like mechanical toys, as if an unseen hand wound them up on the beach and ...

I took my blue kayak out onto this powerful stretch of river to play in the standing waves. The current is fast, the water is churning, and I’m working hard to stay in control as I surf and carve ...

Located in Empire, Sleeping Bear Surf & Kayak is celebrating winter in Northern Michigan with a new challenge that requires you to head outdoors and play in the water AND on the snow in the same day.

There is at least one important difference between kayaking a two-story wave and riding it on a surfboard. “On a board, you can bail if things get ugly,” says pro paddler Tao Berman, 30. “But in a ...

Surf kayakers hold contests and festivals to introduce people to the thrill, beauty and "safety" of their fast-growing sport. But the dangerous show caused by thundering 10-foot waves yesterday at the ...

EMPIRE, MI – Sometimes it’s hard to fathom just how much someone is interwoven into the fabric of a community. A Lake Michigan town and the entire Great Lakes freshwater surfing community are mourning ...

EMPIRE, MI - When the Skrocki family opened the Sleeping Bear Surf shop in the tiny beach town of Empire in 2004, there were more than a few people who raised their eyebrows, wondering how a shop ...

SEATTLE — If you don’t want summer to end, you’ll find like-minded people at Surf Ballard in Seattle – a shop dedicated to getting everyone out on the water. They rent paddleboards and kayaks and ...