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Article: 'YAK ATTACK\Coming close to the action isn't a problem when you fish from\a sea kayak.(SPORTS)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- February 22, 1996
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Byline: Brett Pauly
The guide cautiously walked me through landing procedure: Waves at Malibu's Broad Beach break to the right and push the kayak to the left, so dip the paddle into the wave as a brace.
He could just as well have been talking to a crash-test dummy, because when the curl I was surfing atop broke and spun the boat abruptly to the left, I didn't even make a move. Splat - a face full of saltwater.
The same thing transpired on the launch seven hours earlier. I was told to "punch through the wave" to the salvation of flat water beyond the surf zone. Instead, it punched me out. Whap - a mug full of brine.
But in between the ...