First paddle of the season with "new paddle"

First paddle of the season with Kim of Bellingham, Washington.

By "new paddle" I mean the new left as opposed to right feather. Over the past year I developed a severe case of tennis elbow in my right arm. Despite seeing physical therapists, icing, ibuprophen, and  acupuncture nothing worked. So this November I took the month off paddling and started up again in December with a change of control hand from right to left. It took only about 10 sessions to relearn how to paddle but I'm now comfortable withe the reverse feather and the pain has gone. 

up and running soon

I will be in La Ventana within the week (ETA November 15) and will have boats available and posting regularly to the blog...

Photos from the road

Camp for the night








Cabo Pulmo










The Catavina boulder fields

paddling / surfing video

BIRTHRIGHT from Sean Mullens on Vimeo.

Sunrise - Sea of Cortez

Getting ready for a 6:30 am sunrise paddle.

surfski remount Los Cabos, Mexico

Here's the You Tube version with music.
It was difficult getting this footage as the water was rough from all the passing boats and jet skis. Most of the boats were "glass bottom boat" tours so everyone was looking down instead of ahead. The jet skis are like mosquitoes with a wake. And driven by a gringo they are as dangerous on the water as a Mexican on the road.

How to remount a surfski

Here is another method of remounting your surfski. With tight footstraps I was unable to easily hold the paddle and the footstraps in one hand as shown in this post. Also, I didn't like the damage I was doing to the paddle shaft and cockpit rails by holding the shaft at 90 degrees to the boat (I fall out a lot).
I hold the paddle parallel to the boat with my back (far) hand. The video will explain the rest.


If video does not play go to Youtube

See Global Surfski for more videos.