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Surf Alaska, as the name suggests, is all about surfing in Alaska. We are regularly doing whatever we can to get out on the water. Often this involves organizing trips where we invite friends or strangers that we think would like to join us. Together we can more easily overcome the logistical and financial challenges [...]
Sleuthing an Alaskan Slab
This was our second trip with the m/v Milo out to the Gulf of Alaska from Homer. Swell was forecasted to be something between seven and fifteen feet. The first day was windy, the swell was strong but it took us a few hours to discover a break that was sheltered from the wind coming [...]
Yesterday’s wave
We just got home this morning from a couple days of surfing in the Gulf of Alaska. Monday was a bit breezy and kept us exploring the coastline aboard the m/v Milo for a while before we found a nice punchy wave with an offshore breeze. Yesterday the wind was mellow and the swell was [...]
SUP surfing Turnagain Arm Boretide – Aerial view
A flat spell at your home break can quickly lead a surfer to reminiscing of rides had in bygone times. How about that time we had it pretty good last fall? You know, the sessions with 5 mile rides. The one where you could catch the wave right after breakfast and ride it till lunch. [...]
Surfing Petrof Glacier from the M/V Milo
I couldn’t count the number of times we have been floating in the lineup at Petrof Glacier daydreaming about having the M/V Milo anchored up right there with us. In our little dream she would be there rolling in the swell waiting for us to have our fun then return to her for a nice [...]
Dreaming of a slushy Christmas
Merry Christmas to all. The recent cold spell in Homer has coincided with a few great days of surf. The morning sessions have been cool. Heading to bed here on a cold Christmas eve dreaming of another slush session for tomorrow.
An early white Christmas
It was a slushy day out there but I didn’t see anyone complaining. Just a bunch of smiling faces. I was fortunate enough to maximize this swell and surfed all the way through a sunrise, sunset, and a moonrise. Seven hours in the water today and some incredible rides including some sweet barrels. Looks like [...]
Surfing Puget Bay, Alaska
We woke up hours before daylight. This isn’t hard during the Alaskan winter, especially when you are so excited you can’t sit still, there was a rumbling in the air when I walked out on deck in the middle of the night. The swell must have picked up.
Homer just in time
What a welcoming party! We just returned to Homer in time for a couple great days of surf. I’m still unpacking gear, but wanted to post this photo from the morning surf session today. There are some other great moments still to come from the last two days as well as plenty of stories and [...]
Thankful for surf in Yakutat, Alaska
Many waves to be thankful for in Yakutat, Alaska on Thanksgiving Day. The crew of the M/V Milo and a couple local Yakutat surfers scored countless waves under sunny skies and the incredible scenery of the Saint Elias Mountains.
Surfing localism in Alaska
There are those in Alaska with a strong conviction that information about surfing here in the last frontier should not be shared. From what I gather by reading the emails and comments SurfAlaska.net receives the source of this attitude stems from a fear that if surfing spots are publicized then they will become overcrowded and [...]
Surfing Sealion Cove, Alaska
A little piece of paradise. Sealion Cove on the Northwest corner of Kruzof Island in Southeast Alaska brought our dreams to life one sunny November day.
Surfing Sitka, Alaska
Reporting live from Southeast Alaska. We are in the beginning chapters of an epic five week surf adventure. More details on this trip coming soon . . But to get things rolling here is a report from a couple days of surfing the local in-town break in Sitka, Alaska – Sandy Beach.
SUP Alaska – New Design
Hot off the press – Surf Alaska’s first Stand Up Paddlboarding design illustrates the scenic immersion we experience out paddling in the wilds of Alaska. Snow capped mountains, Glaciers, whales, salmon and seals.
Matuse TUMO 6/5/4 first impressions
A solid swell in the Gulf of Alaska was lined up right for some good potential at Bear Glacier in Resurrection Bay on Tuesday. A few Homer surfers joined Scott Liska for a surf day trip out of Seward. It’s late fall here in coastal Alaska, the water is cooling right along with the air [...]
Surfing Homer, Alaska Oct 13th
Finally the weather forecast came through and we got a decent WNW wind blowing across Cook Inlet from Homer. Tuesday brought some really nice surf that built to head high and a little better by the time it was too dark to surf. This morning we started well before sunrise and surfed on the Homer [...]
Surfing Yakutat, Alaska
The storms are back. A sure sign that winter is coming here in Alaska. If you are fortunate enough to be at the receiving end of one of those 26ft swell blobs moving across the gulf count yourself lucky. Here in Homer it’s blowing rain onshore with a knee high chop. A good day to [...]
Surfing the Turnagain Arm bore tide
Still trying to catch up here in the offices of Surf Alaska after a week of bore tide fever. Not trying too hard though . . We are heading to the Kenai River this weekend with inflatable stand up paddleboards for an attempt at paddling / floating the entire length of the river. Should be [...]
Bore tide surfing fever
Finally we are back home from an intense and thrilling week of stand up paddle surfing the Turnagain Arm bore tides. Hundreds of photos and video clips to edit from the week while reliving the memories of 40 minute / 4 mile rides! The photo above is an aerial view captured from my paramotor on [...]
Surfing the Turnagain Arm bore tide
Just a quick iphone photo/video post here as we are getting ready for an even bigger bore tide ride today. Yesterday five lucky stand up paddleboarders caught the Turnagain Arm bore tide. Thanks to local SUP pioneer Jeff Hoke for guiding us to an incredible one mile ride on the knee to chest high wave. [...]
Hello September
We were almost too tired from closing off August with a few straight days of surf to think about another session tonight, but who could resist a scene like this!? Gorgeous sunset surf session on the Homer Spit to welcome September. This is the essence of surfing in Alaska for me - incredible scenery and [...]
Goodbye August, thanks for the waves.
Typically for us Homer, Alaska surfers we can plan on putting our boards away for a summer hibernation from about May till September. Call it El Nino or what you like, but things were a little different this summer. Two things were really different. We now have stand up paddleboards and are stoked to get [...]
Alaska fly-out surf adventure video
There’s a knee high wind swell hitting the Homer Spit today. I’m inside working on the computer to that all too familiar tune of water dripping down the rain gutter just outside my window. I can’t complain though, yesterday evening I paddled my stand up board for about 4 hours and easily caught my subsistence [...]
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