The Compass blog

Rough Water Sea Kayaking – A GREAT CHALLENGE

As employees of Ocean River, we all have a passion for paddling. But, like many of you, we weren’t all blessed with paddling our whole lives and had to start somewhere. I am Jamie, Ocean Rivers store manager. I grew up in the Southern Alberta prairies and relocated to Victoria a couple of years ago. Therefore paddling on the ocean was and still is in many…

Are you ready to try Kayak Surfing?

By Lee Richardson Get Yourself Ready To Surf Beach Break Surfing in your kayak can seem like a distant and sometimes unattainable goal. How do you know when you are ready to take that first trip? Before you go out you will need to refine some surf strokes and your roll. You should have experience with launching and landing in the surf zone, a little…