Featured Presentation: Sail2Surf - A sailing and kayaking odyssey

Hi friends! This is the first article in a series called “Featured Presentation” where we share our favorite sea kayaking films and shorts. We want to feature productions that not only represent paddling in a cinematic way, but the culture of sea kayaking as an adventure sport.

Sail2Surf particularly stood out to me at the time because it was my first introduction to a “mothership” approach to sea kayak surfing. Living with the creature comforts of a trimaran and ripping up tidal rapids along the Inside Passage of BC.

“In June 2014, a team of kayakers stepped aboard 34-foot trimaran, Lung-Ta, cast off from Orcas Island, WA and set off on the Sail 2 Surf project - a sailing and kayaking expedition with a focus on kayak surfing, adventure, and minimal-impact exploration. The team; captain Matthew Nelson, Nick Scoville, Chris Bensch and photographer Fredrik Marmsater sailed Lung-Ta to the north-eastern quadrant of Vancouver Island and explored and surfed sea kayaks on some of the biggest tidal rapids in the world. A film by Fredrik Marmsater Photography.”