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Its been a little while since we announced a Gladiator Award. I have found that its takes much longer to do these than I originally anticipated, due to the time spent researching candidates, working around the recipients schedule, as well as my own travel schedule. That all said, I am really happy to announce Rob [...]
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I recently went through the process of buying an inflatable SUP and thought I would share some thoughts with you on what is out there, what to expect, pros and cons of inflatables, and so on. To start off with, my justification for wanting to purchase an inflatable, is because I travel a lot for [...]
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If you are like me, you get confused from time to time on the correct or most accepted pronunciation of the acronym for Stand Up Paddle. Some people refer to it as a word (SUP, rhymes with pup), and other refer to it as the acronym, pronouncing it as S-U-P. Since there doesn’t seem to [...]
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Via Chase Kosterlitz of Watermonkey.com http://watermonkeyshop.com/water-monkey-blog/87-coast-to-coast-sup.html Last week I found out that another one of our Fanatic International Last week I found out that another one of our Fanatic International SUP team riders was going to be in Florida. Charlie Grey is on the Fanatic team representing the U.K. It was [...]
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Hopefully by now, you know who Dan Gavere is. If not, be prepared to be impressed. He is fresh off his first win in the Teva Mountain Games, in the Surf Sprint. He also recently came in first place in the Reno River Run beating the second place competitor by only 1 second. Amazing. He [...]
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If you recall, back in April I posted a story called “Spy Shots” that had some photos of prototypes for some upcoming board designs. Infinity has started producing a version the board in my story and now Riviera launches theirs. I was able to show you these photos at the time of the posting, but [...]
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Well the results are in. Thank you to all of you who voted in this poll. I have resisted posting any reviews on Racing Fins, since I wanted to see what the general belief and/or perceptions were before I wrote something up, that might influence the results somehow. As some of you may know, [...]
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This was the weekend we had all been looking forward too here in Austin. While we have multiple races per year here, this is the big one. This year the organizer, Jeff VanZandt Changed things up a bit. Instead of the 1.5 and 3 Miler’s we had last year, he decided to up the [...]
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For Stronger Stand Up Paddling Suzie sent me the latest installment in her series of workout and exercises for improving your Stand Up Paddling. If you like what you see here, you should check out the rest of her updates at Naish’s website. http://www.naishsurfing.com/sup-fitness/ by Suzie Cooney, CPT of Suzie Trains Maui and Naish [...]
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For some that come to this site, they are looking for info on what this SUP craze is all about. Several times per week I get asked “what board should I buy?” The answer to that question is not as simple as it sounds. Before I answer them, I typically try and qualify their needs [...]
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Chase sent this video and story to me, and I thought I would share it. Kind a cool story, and unlike most GoPro owners, he actually put in some time to edit the video and make it more watchable. I think its worth a watch. The waves weren’t big, but he made the best of [...]
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What an amazing weekend we had as a sport. Two of the premier events World Wide occurred, with the Battle of the Paddle Hawaii, and the OluKai on Maui. On top of that, we had the Key West Classic, which is quickly becoming a must attend for anyone on the East Coast, as well as [...]
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It has been several weeks since we honored a new “Gladiator of the Week.” The main reason for this is, I really wanted to find someone on the east coast that I thought would fit profile. I spoke to quite a few people about it, especially at the Carolina Cup. I got a handful of [...]
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Congratulations to Rob Rojas! This is fantastic news. Glad to see O’Neill finally decided to get into the game. They couldn’t have picked a finer brand ambassador to represent them. Casey Rob Rojas doing his part to keep the Ocean and the beaches clean (Baby Beach April 2011) O’Neill to Host Paddle Events in [...]
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May 2nd, 2011 Dana Point, CA. We have had some great winds for downwinders this past week in Dana Point. So Monday night we rallied together about 11 paddlers, and loaded up the Gentleman Jim IV with our 12’6′ and 14′ Raceboards and headed into the wind. We had no destination. We just [...]
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