> Imsouane, Morocco
Spencer cooke
A whitewater paddler first, spencer Cooke fell in love with surfing
ocean waves 10 years ago and has never looked back. he’s been on
the u.s. east surf Kayak team twice, was a u.s. national Champion
in two different divisions in the past six years, competed in two world
championships, and has numerous 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishes in
surf and whitewater competitions. In 2003, he co-designed the surf
kayak Charger by Mega Kayaks and recently co-designed three new
surf kayaks that will be released by Riot Kayaks in 2008. “since I live
in the mountains of north Carolina my favourite surf spot happens
to change a lot, depending on the last great spot I tried. Currently,
my favourite spot is in Morocco. A break called Imsouane gives
consistent, steep and fast pitching waves where you could use the
lip of the wave as a ramp to launch yourself time and time again.”
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beach.
All you have to do is get yourself to the put-in
of the new River Dries and you’ll find a surfing
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Route 16 the put-in waves are almost always
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levels fluctuate. locals prefer the Dries at a
little less than 40,000 cfs, when a massive
10-foot-high, class III-IV tumbling wave,
wave train rolls in, giving surfers three solid
accessed by some squirrelly eddies, well-
spots to play.
placed paddle strokes and a bit of luck.
Pelican falls and
route 3 Wave
outrageous Wave
bLaCk river,
sLave river,
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northWest territories
A new york state apple of a park-and-play
For the long and skinny on surfing the slave spot, the Route 3 Wave is a class-II must.
River, check out Pelican Falls and Outrageous If you don’t have the time to take on the
Wave. Pelican Falls is just about as narrow entire Black River, park just off Route 3
as the slave gets, with a 50-foot-wide chute where it crosses the river and a short paddle
forming a 30-foot high wave that’s so huge downstream lands you in the meat.
and fast you can actually backslide on its
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