Humbling Experience

[FISH11]

Glad to see you came out of it ok. On the video I could tell you were going to go over, cause when the waves are gaining on you, you need to be looking over your shoulder so as to know when it catches up then you lean back and to which side your kayak is going to turn. When it starts to turn right or left you just need to put your hand paddle into the wave. Hold it flat to the surface lean into the wave away from shore. The paddle will support you and the wave will pass under your Kayak. As soon as it passes start paddling to aim the Kayak straight at shore again. Look over the shoulder again to see the next coming wave. During the video I saw a lot of Kayakers that seem to stop paddling either trying to go out or when coming in. The rudder is useless when the wave is pushing the Kayak. The best way to stay pointing into the waves or to shore on the way back it to continue paddling and keep the Yak from getting sideways to oncoming waves. It must have been hard since you just got the PA. I bet it does not handle like your old outback.