Big Wednesday - Carnage at Hartlepool Aug 2023

A meet at Hartlepool to paddle across the bay to Seaton Carew for a few hours surfing. The surf forecast was giving 2 to 3 foot surf which would be just nice and not too strenuous for my back.
However, after paddling from Hartlepool over to Seaton Carew the surf was much bigger.
I had taken a few smaller runs and working my way along to the sandy beach from the breakwater to avoid being trashed on the rock ballast.
Pulling off from my last run left me on the inside of the break line and on paddling out I hesitated (instinctively trying to protect my back) when I should have just punched my way through the crest I purposely left an angle to the wave to initiate a my sideways rodeo run, throwing my paddle, body and everything else into the wave and hanging on. I actually found myself lying across the back deck sculling for support to remain upright.
Once everything had subsided I was way inside the break line leaving me a long paddle out to break before trying to punch through to the outside.
At this point the surf seemed to be magnified and relentless, wave after wave, each wave breaking and slapping me in the chest and dislodging my spare paddles from the front deck.
This carnage continued for well over 15 minutes without any letup or any sign of an edge to these long walls of water and no escape beyond to the others waiting patiently beyond the break line.
Eventually I made it back out to the others who'd had enough by this point and we all paddled back to Hartlepool Headland for a rolling session inside the tiny Pilot Pier.
Everyone gave it their best and I even managed around d 3 myself as I felt id given my back the ultimate test earlier.
My back rehab will now be just doing what I love Sea Kayaking!!
Music Courtesy of 'Pixabay'
Track. Artist.
'Inspired Ambient' Playsound
'Positive Way' Roman Senyk Music
'Wings of Liberty' Evgeny Bardyuzha
'This Minimal Technology Pure' Coma-Media

[@weekendwithbevoblog2171]

That was great for my anxiety!

[@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?

[@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 👍

[@gadgetman_nz4092]

Looked a lot of fun.

[@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.

[@iansoutdooradventures]

Wow - crazy conditions - well for me anyway.

[@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.

[@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

[@banmadabon]

Big Wednesday ....Blasphemy to associate the title of a surfing masterwork to your puny report of an insignificant swell: Excommunicado !!!

[@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!