Win a Mega Surf Boat

Mega Kayaks will be the chief sponsor for the Charleston Parks and Rec Surf Competition at Folly beach this year. So among other great prizes there will be a chance for all who take part to win a Mega HDP surf kayak. Brought to you by SC&K. See you there.
Contact Josh or Wendy At Charleston Parks for an entry form and more details.
Josh Hall- JHall@CCPRC.com
Wendy Wicke - wwicke@ccprc.com

Coast Guard Aux Class

The Coast Guard Auxillary will be offering a boating course for 'The Weekend Navigator' beginning September 16th.
The class will meet at 761 Wheaton St and run for 7 tuesday nights.
There is a $50 fee for course materials.
Call Kent Shockey at 912 897 7656 for all the details..

SC&K 4 Fun

Here is our latest commercial...possibly for the F/Stroke DVD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57fP9ozpfls
Not completely sold on it yet.

SC&K Back in Action - F/Stroke DVD coming soon

Glad to say the weather now is great for all paddling. We had some pretty rough seas for a few days last week...waves were hitting the underside of the pier.
It seems that August is the new October and June seemed alot like August. Whatever !
The forward stroke video is well under way and we hope to have it completed by the deadline.
Surf season is fast approaching and a whole new batch of surf boats will be arriving soon. We are very excited about the new Riot line.

Tropical Storm Shuts Us Down.

T.S Fay continues on a drunken northerly path.
We have cancelled all programs from Wednesday to Friday.
And for those who have forgotten, here is what happens when you fly a kite in a Tropical Storm
http://www.wjno.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=244038&article=4117332
Give that man a Darwin Award.

10 New Things

1. A monsoon is a wind, rather than rain.
2. Dolphin pods have no leader.
3. Lake Baikal in Russia holds about a fifth of the world's fresh water.
4. Many businessmen believe biscuits are key to clinching deals.
5. Some slugs are carnivores, and have razor-sharp teeth.
6. Nelson Mandela was still on the US terror watch list until last month.
7. Eating a big breakfast helps weight loss.
8. Flowers wave at passing insects to get their attention.
9. The language of space is English.
10. Seals can navigate from the position of stars.

New Surf Boats Here Soon

In Fall 2009 Riot will introduce three brand new Surf Kayak designs, manufactured in carbon/kevlar, composite layups for performance ocean surfing.

The three models include the Ninja 6′8″, Ninja 7′6″ and Sword IC.
SC&K will be one of the first locations on the East coast to have the line up in stock.
Expected arrival of the Ninjas and Sword is October 2008.
They will be available to purchase in one very light layup and one color...probably red.

Tybee Turtle Release Big Publicity Stunt

Thursday 7th Aug -The cameras rolled and the band played as Shorty O'Brian made his bewildered way to the ocean. And tears of joy and sadness flowed on the faces of over 1000 people who came to witness the touching and well publicised event.
'Come see the turtle release" read the big banner on the side of Hwy 80.
Yes, Tybee has discovered it's publicity mascot and is learning quickly how to exploit it.
Good luck to you Shorty, tell your friends how crazy humans are and don't come back !

Surf Demo Next Week

Nigel Ranks 18 in 08'World Cup.

Ranking List -High Performance Surf Kayak -Men
1 Rusty Sage 700 World Champion
2 Chris Harvey 1000 640 1000
3 Edu Etxeberria 1000 250 1000
4 Matt Radis 800 800
4 Darren Bason 800 500 800
6 Mikel Arze 700 700
7 Dave Johnston 640 640
8 Eric Conner 580 580
8 Marc Woolward 580 240 580
8 Aritz Fernandez 580 580
8 Johnny Bingham 580 580
12 Russ Buskirk 500 500
13 James Hawker 480 400 480
13 Oscar Martinez 480.00 480
13 Neil Baxter 480 480
13 Jared Licht 480 480
13 Dan Green 480.00 320 480
18 Nigel Law 400.00 400
18 Desmond Harrington 400 400
18 Chris Hobson 400 400
18 Jono Stevens 400 88
18 Andre Nolan 400 400
23 Luis Abando 380.00 380
23 Andrew Hawker 380.00 380
25 Richard Simms 350.00 350
25 Paul Scrutton 350 350
27 Peter Blenkinsop 320 320
27 Randy Phillips 320 320
27 Demany Smith 320 320
27 Josha Stark 320 320
27 Philip Watson 320 290 145 320
27 Txabi Caberello 320.00 320
33 Sam Davenport 244 290.0 290
34 Vince Shay 264 264
35 John Bonaventure 256 256
35 Julen Echevarri 256 256
35 Javier Blanco 256 256
35 Gerry Mahey 256 256
35 Andres Valle 256 256
35 Simon Lockwood 256 256
35 Keppa Yurre 256 256
35 Andre Pinto 256 200 256
37 Sean Morley 248 248
38 Devon Pearse 240 240
38 Jowan Philips 240.0 240
40 David Speller 236 236
41 Andrew Hill 232 232
42 Chris Russ 228 228
43 Charles Salters 224 224
44 Jeff Laxier 220 220
45 Kevin Tinney 216 216
46 Cameron McIntosh 212 212
47 Jason Kozun 208 208
48 Jeff Hille 204 204
49 Toshi Nagaoke 200 200
49 Jack Horwell 200.0 200
49 Jack Barker 200.0 200
49 Ed Long 200.0 175 200
53 Kevin Lewis 196 196
54 Stuart McGlinchey 192 192
55 Greg Whitley 188 188
56 Denzil Pearce 160.0 160
56 Nuno Borges 160 160
58 Paul McAdam 152 152
58 Chris Owen 152 152
58 Jordan Thomas 152 152
61 Luis Vieira 145 145
61 Xabi Olano 145 145
61 Bruno Melo 145 145
64 Andy Wildman 132.0 132
64 Andrew Hawker 132.0 132
64 Alan Owen 132.0 132
64 Dylan Petherick 132.0 132
64 Adrian Thorn 132.0 132
69 Peter Day 118.0 118
70 Steve Chivers 114.0 114
71 Pedro Castro 100 100
71 Txema Carreto 100 100
71 Imanol Sainz 100 100
71 Paulo Simoes 100 100
75 Julen Echavarri 80 80
75 Rui Calado 80 80

Nigel Qualifies for Surf Kayak World Cup.

The Surf Kayak World Cup takes place next month on the west coast of France. And geuss who qualified ?

The second place win at East Coast qualifier earlier this year was enough to secure a place. Wow moma!

"It's quite a big surprise. I'm not sure if I'm ready for such lofty promotion." said Mr Law this morning. "

"I feel I have a lot of work to do before showcasing my style on the international scene, dude"

Surfing the East coast is a big step away from a West coast and there is little time for a period of intense training.

We will see what comes of this.

Thursday lecture with Ben Lawry

Posture, power, paddle and protection was the subject of Mr Lawry's interactive lecture last night. And so with a bunch of blade less paddle shafts we set out to prove to ourselves how to get the most from body-boat-paddle relationship.
Ben has a creative teaching style, as any good 'IT' should . He does introduce interesting and different concepts as well as dressing up the old one's in new packaging. The Forward Stroke video will contain a lot of what Ben covered and will be available by the end of the month.
We had 10 participants last night who now have 10 new things to think about just to paddle in a straight line.
Thanks Ben.