I surfed up till 10 years ago when arthritis forced me to give up surfing. I live on 90 Mile Beach, New Zealand. In front of my house is the Wairoa river. It is very small and slow flowing only 20 meters wide.. I can paddle up-stream about 2 kilometers on very flat water. At high tide I can paddle on the river out to the beach break in front of my house, about a 400 meter paddle. As for stand up surfing and flat water paddling this is heaven. If need be if conditions are to...
