Sheepscot Falls with Kawanhee (part 2)

Hooray, let's go surfing!!! BenCon leading the charge from the front of the lineup.



an overview of the beautiful reversing falls on the Sheepscot



Eduardo throwing down.



Johnny is figuring it out too.



Mr. Watson showing us how it's done.



in between helping out swimmers and losing paddles



a one handed loop attempt





most of these campers had learned their roll the day before. By the end of the session most of them had hit a couple of moving-water rolls









Eduardo had never been the Squashtail before. He started figuring out the boat just as the wave got really fast and difficult. He turned out a couple of good surfs towards the end of the session.



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oh the fun these guys had (who stayed for the full 7 week program)

Smooth Ledge, Rapid River, Maine

I met up with a couple of my friends in Errol, NH on Friday night and we hiked into Smooth Ledge on the Rapid River in Maine on Saturday.




It's a nice place for park and play with a long runout, warm water, and smooth rock ledges to sun, socialize, and generally hang out for the day.




Here's Jeff Marquis sliding into Smooth Ledge for a bit of surfing action.







Look at Pat "mayor" Taft ripping it up with his hand paddles.







Smooth Ledge is a really friendly hole at 1300 with a good shoulder for surfing and a nice pocket for throwing down.







We ran into alot of local rippers, including Maine-native Chuck Mathieu.











I did put the camera down and jump into my boat for a few sessions too.















When the spot got a little crowded around lunch time we took inspiration from the cruisers and made the easy hike up a dirt road to the top of the three pitches. (then of course we went right back to surfing one of the best park and play features in the New England)

Sheepscot Falls Time Lapse Video

This is a split screen video that compresses over an hour of surfing into just over 5 minutes. It's a great way to see how much this surf spot changes as the tide drops.

notice how there are two main waves on river left, with a short time when people can catch the stuff in the midde. Towards the end of the good surf period, boaters will often head way over to river right where a wave/hole forms at lower levels.
Watch towards the end of the video how the wave on the left side of the top screen suddenly turns into a hole. It's a good blasting spot that washed towards the middle.