surfing at habitat 67 with connor

Habitat 67 is the name of a standing wave in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Informally named for the adjacent Habitat 67 housing complex, it has become a popular destination for whitewater kayaking and river surfing. Habitat 67 is such a cool wave that is really fun and safe the only problem with this wave is that if you are to swim it can be supper hard to get back to the eddy. Once you surf you have to get out your boat and walk back up the bank to the get into the top eddy to then get back on to the wave. The wave is really retentive and is good for tricks like blunts back stabs and flat spins you can get some long rides on the wave which is sick. If you are ever in Montreal and want to have funs surfing go check out habitat 67. I went to this wave with the Keeners for are our road trip. We were there for about 4 hours and each person got about five or six rides in as there was around 17 of us keeners. We also had to take turns with the surfers which kind of sucked but oh well. Some of my rides were so good! Flat spins are so fun on this wave and blunts are easy to stick. It was such a good trip I would love to go back! Habitat 67 is the place to go.

How to loop with Connor

It's Connor back and I'm taking you through the loop I find its such a fun trick so these are some instructions on how to do the loop.

Front Loop  

In a loop, the boater does a complete flip, landing in the same direction that the move was initiated. Loops are unlike most other moves in that the bow is initiated flat to the water, with no edge. The move is begun like a popup, with the paddler driving straight and flat into the most powerful part of the current on a feature. The boater leans forward, and the bow is swept down and the stern up. Once vertical, the paddler quickly leans backward to pop up out of the water, then powerfully drives forward to intentionally cause the boat to become over-vertical. If done properly, the stern should catch in the current and the boat will return to its starting position.

Aerial Loop

Back Loop

A back loop is identical to a front loop, but is performed backwards, both starting and ending in a back surf.

Flat Loop

A flat loop is a loop done on flatwater. To accomplish this, the paddler stops in a front stall, before bouncing on end and "plugging" the hull deep in the water, and using the pop to throw the boat clear of the water and subsequently loop.

Surfing push button wave- Connor hill

Surfing push button wave

 Surfing on push button wave on the Ottawa river with oks keeners was so awesome. Its a small wave on Ottawa river which can be hard to stick  tricks on as it can be quiet  flushy once you get the hang of it is really Nice to surf. So when I was trying to get loops on it I could not I found the way to do it is go high left on the wave then push down and wait for the pop once you got the pop you need to throw hard up stream on the wave to be able to land clean on the wave. So doing flat spins and a round house the key is as flat you spin to 180 you need make sure that your head is still facing up stream then put a hard back stroke in to stay on the wave then turn your head back the same way you came and you have your self a round house. With a flat spin you spin to 180 with your head facing up stream still the put your right blade in and it should start to spin right then wait and turn your head with it at all times you should be looking up stream. Also what is really good about This feature is it has really big Eddie and the Wave is small so is good for new white water kayakers and if you pull your deck and have to swim its a nice tow back on it witch will take you to the Right  and back in to the Eddie. One thing with This wave is you can only surf the wave from the right hand side surfers right. So some tips.
1. Keep looking up stream
2. don't go to far left on the wave ore you will flush of
3. When you loop dig your feet In hard and throw up stream
4. Make sure you have good up stream edge