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Storm mangles tents, soaks gear, but paddlers continue up Texas coast
Add late night, tent-collapsing storms to puke-inducing rough seas, hideous chafing and ocean poops on the list of joys experienced by a group of Austin paddlers kayaking up the Texas coast. The team endured its wildest night yet Sunday, and that’s saying something,...

One paddler quits, plus dolphins, a righted outhouse and big wind
One paddler bailed out, a bobcat left its paw prints on the outskirts of camp, and we woke up to an impressive lightning storm this morning. Tim “Wildman” Curry, a Spanish teacher from the Houston area, decided he’d reached the peak of the fun-o-meter after four days...

Check out photos of the Third Coast Cowboy Epic Kayak trip up the Texas coast
I’ve been camping and snapping photos of West Hansen and the Third Coast Cowboy Epic Kayak journey this week. After making 40 miles yesterday, they started paddling before 7 a.m. today. We're planning to meet them at Bird Island near Padre Island National Seashore to...

The Third Coast Cowboys are slogging up the Texas coast
Between winds so strong they triggered a small craft advisory, swells so big the paddlers disappeared between them, boat-flipping chop and a few other setbacks (we’ll get to that), the Third Coast Cowboys’ Epic Kayak trip is puttering up the coast at about half its...