Big Wednesday - Carnage at Hartlepool Aug 2023

[@gferguson73]

New sub here, great video and fair play to you keeping cool in all them big waves am new to the sea kayaking myself so eager to learn 👍

[@geoffburke]

Hi Ferguson, thanks for subscribing and your great comments. Lots more content on the channel and handy tips and hints, so be sure to check them out, a big screen is essential to get the best from them in 4K. If your just new my advice is hook up with a club to speed up your knowledge and correct technique and avoid learning bad habits which will put you back years. Blue skies and Calm seas 🌊 👍 More new content uploaded regularly Geoff

[@weekendwithbevoblog2171]

That was great for my anxiety!

[@geoffburke]

Haha😂 that was just the video, the 1st hand experience was even greater, I had to bleep out my expletives it went on that long 🤣🤣 the waves just kept coming with no let-up at all. 🙄🙄 I hope you enjoyed it and your pants are still dry 😂😂

[@weekendwithbevoblog2171]

@@geoffburkeshould have left the swear words in, because you'd be saying what we're all thinking (or saying at home).

[@geoffburke]

@@weekendwithbevoblog2171 😂😂 I did consider it at one point, but thought it would add a more meaningful touch to the video 😂👍 So frustrating with the the relentless, wave after wave and just when you feel it's calmed down and push further out you're left right under critical point....ahhhhggggg!! 😀 😂😂 A waiting/survival game 👍

[@weekendwithbevoblog2171]

@@geoffburke I look forward to the Geoff Burke Uncut version one day. Talking of cut, seems like your operation has gone well 👍

[@gadgetman_nz4092]

Looked a lot of fun.

[@geoffburke]

Yes, but I was looking forvsome 'gentle' surf to ease me back in slowly, but as usual there not much easy or slowly in my life 😂😂 Once behind enemy lines it was waiting to make the right move when the opportunity arrived 😂😂

[@davidpoots8362]

If that's you on a bad day I'm hanging up my paddle. Exhausting conditions, your support strokes and rolls looked very slick.

[@geoffburke]

Hi David, thanks for your kind comments as usual. Aye, it was a strange day! Sorry, but to reply in detail I've copied my previous reply I'd sent to Ian... Yeah the forecast was totally off, which we began to realise on crossing the bay. It's been a long time since I've exposed myself to surf and probably 18month - 2 years since I've rolled and that time my shoulder locked (both cuff repair operations) while sweeping the paddle 😂 Hence my back and previous issues left me with a great dilemma when I'd surfed in beyond the break line, even on the small sets, so to be faced with a big one breaking above me, I turned at the last minute to avoid a reverse loop but knew I'd hold a paddle brace, as it turned out while braced I ended up lying over the back deck feeling myself going over, ending up sculling for support back into the paddle brace 😂😂 Then the other waves I was reluctant to punch through hard putting too much strain into my back plus not being able to see over the top what i was going to be greeted with once over the wave. The length between the waves was huge 😳 I've not had that wavelength before, and lasted a good 10 - 15 mins. So yes you could say..."Crazy" anyway eventually things eased off and we returned to try a spot of rolling practice back at our launch site, happy in the knowledge I'm still able to roll albeit not not up to my younger days standard 😂😂😂

[@sbaldwin21]

Go pro always makes the waves look smaller so they were pretty big for a sea kayak! How do you avoid your bow digging in and going vertical into the sand surfing that when it’s big steep and closing out all along the line?

[@iansoutdooradventures]

Wow - crazy conditions - well for me anyway.

[@geoffburke]

Hi Ian and thanks for your kind comments as always. Yeah the forecast was totally off, which we began to realise on crossing the bay. It's been a long time since I've exposed myself to surf and probably 18month - 2 years since I've rolled and that time my shoulder locked (both cuff repair operations) while sweeping the paddle 😂 Hence my back issue left me with a great dilemma when I'd surfed in beyond the break line, even on the small sets, so to be faced with a big one breaking above me I turned at the last minute to avoid a reverse loop but knew I'd hold a paddle brace, as it turned out while braced I ended up lying over the back deck feeling myself going over, ending up sculling for support back into the paddle brace 😂😂 Then the other waves I was reluctant to punch through hard putting too much strain into my back plus not being able to see over the top what i was going to be greeted with once over the wave. The length between the waves was huge 😳 I've not had that wavelength before, and lasted a good 10 - 15 mins. So yes you could say..."Crazy" anyway eventually things eased off and we returned to try a spot of rolling practice back at our launch site, happy in the knowledge I'm still able to roll albeit not not up to my younger days standard 😂😂😂

[@nehemiah413]

Hello Geoff this is Mark from Guernsey, thank you for your videos. Please may I ask if you have ever lost your enthusiasm for going kayaking, and if so, how did you encourage yourself to get going again ? Many thanks.

[@geoffburke]

Hi Mark, thanks for your comments and pleased that you seen to be enjoying my adventures. For your question, I'm guessing something has dampened your kayaking spirits (sorry just realised the pun, not intended) as a practical guy (my wife Shirley hates me when I say the word "practical") I try to remain positive about most things but as you may gather from my video's sea kayaking has been a great love of mine for more than 50 years, yes other sports Squba diving, paragliding, paramotoring etc have come close and 'got in the way' of my kayaking but the kayaking has always been my favourite. I've often referred to it as my 'salt water injection'. I've always tried where possible to assist people in any sport and am keep to help in any way I can. Would you like to PM me through my KZbin channel email for privacy so we can discuss any concerns you are experiencing...please. I have always had so much positivity from my kayaking that I would love to see yours restored. Best wishes for your future kayaking and I hope you get in touch, so that maybe I can help. Best Wishes Geoff

[@pamfreeman5197]

Oh I do worry about your spine. I'm not sure your surgeon would be pleased to see what you went through today!! You stuck at it though but I'm just sad that after all your hard effort, you didn't get what you came for!! Now for goodness sake, rinse off the kayak for the umpteenth time and have several large whiskies!! I think you deserve 'em. PS. Your rolling was pretty ticketty-boo too! All the best, Pam

[@geoffburke]

Thanks for you concern Pam, it did however confirm that everything he did is holding securely. I do need to work on my core strength now to build up areas that I feel are weak. I start specialist Physio on Wednesday so I may take a short piece of the video with me to show what I need to work on. P,s, I'm having one of those whiskey thingies you speak of as I'm typing this....Nice I could get used to it !!

[@pamfreeman5197]

@@geoffburke xx that's my boy!!

[@banmadabon]

Big Wednesday ....Blasphemy to associate the title of a surfing masterwork to your puny report of an insignificant swell: Excommunicado !!! Carnage: You (alone...) rummaging the deck to fix the paddle in a pool of (mildly)sparkling brown water...

[@geoffburke]

Hi and thanks for your kind comments....I think from them, you may have enjoyed the video 😂😂 Lots of other great content from my adventures on the channel, so please browse, enjoy share if you find appropriate and let me know what you think. Thanks again for watching 👍👍😃

[@khelben1979]

Hmm.. thanks for sharing! but I don't like the new subscribe and click sound that goes through the video. It's one of the things which have been good with your previous videos, and I hope you change your mind about having it. Continue to make good videos, that's the only thing that counts. Thanks!

[@geoffburke]

Thanks for your kind comments Khelben, and thanks for watching. I understand what you say but like you have mentioned regarding subscription on your channel, if folk don't subscribe they will miss out on notifications of new content, the click and ping volume could be reduced but it will probably need balanced with the other soundtracks it competing with at that precise moment. Thanks for pointing it out 👍 I'll try and keep making good video's with great content so long as you keep watching them 👍👍😉 Thanks