Hopefully, you've been keeping up with the Kamchatka surf crew during their travels through remote eastern Russia. We just received a new sat-phone call from Patagonia ambassador Keith Malloy and our on-the-scene reporter Foster Huntington describing the latest leg of their journey.
Listen to "Kamchatka Surf Trip 2"
(mp3 - right-click to download)
[Above: Made to order fun. Keith Malloy deploys the tray for a body surfing
session on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Photo: Foster Huntington]
Hit the jump for a fresh batch of Instagram photos from the trip.
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by Foster Huntington
On August 30th, surf ambassadors Keith Malloy and Trevor Gordon, along with Chris Burkard, Cyrus Sutton, Dane Gudauskas and myself set out on an exploratory surf trip to the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Russia. For two weeks we'll be camping out, looking for waves and doing some fly fishing.
[Above: Preparing To Surf In Russia. Video by Arctic Surf]
After the second World War, the Russian Government limited all travel, including Russian citizens, to this remote area, making the Peninsula one of the most remote and undeveloped places in the world. Since opening up in 1990, limited development has affected the area, but swell forecasting cannot dictate a trip to Kamchatka – like most surf
trips these days – because of the difficult travel plans required to
visit.
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