How to SUP river surf part 7: paddle strokes and braces for surfing the wave

Playak News Flash - February 19, 2015
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News Watch Headlines How to SUP river surf part 7: paddle strokes and braces for surfing the wave SUP for the Soul - This is the final post in a multi-post tutorial on how to get started SUP river surfing. Italy going off… SUPboarder - We all love seeing epic waves filmed in tropical locations. But what we really love to see is spots that don't work that often, really turn on. Just like in this video, from the end of January when a perfect storm swell hit Varazze on the Italian coast. Entries Open For World's Most Unique And Special Race – The SUP 11 City Tour SUPracer - One of the most unique and special events on the racing calendar has just opened for registration. The SUP 11 City Tour, the single longest, and also one of the hardest SUP races on the planet will be happening again from September 2nd-6th, 2015. Kai Lenny Wins Sunset Beach Pro SUP Magazine - We've seen just about every mood Sunset Beach has to offer this week at the 2015 Sunset Beach Pro, but unlike last year's final, conditions for today's event weren't ideal. The Best Balance: Laura Prendergast's Kayak Commute Canoe Kayak - Some suggest creating firm boundaries between the office and home to achieve a life-work balance. Laura Prendergast, 32, Marketing Director for boat kit company Pygmy Boats, blurred those boundaries. 'Ka-Ka-Ska-Ska' Log of Ibi - I had an immediate reaction to Jim Lewis' story about his trip down the Mississippi, but when considering writing skill, it was a gross injustice to read his book immediately after reading Sigurd Olson. By no measure can that be considered a level playing field. A Norwegian SUP Expedition with Titus Kodzoman SUP Magazine - That's the mantra of Titus Kodzoman, a former Royal Marine turned senior SUP instructor, yacht-master, big-wave charger, kite surfer and freediver now based in Norway. Karma Unlimited on the Grand Canyon Jackson Kayak - My new friend Alex Dalgleish suggested he needed a long boat for his January trip down the Grand Canyon so I encouraged him to take my Karma Unlimited. The X 12.6 Air Glide from SIC SUP Examiner - ...I tested the SIC X 12.6 Air Glide in flat water conditions inside Marina del Rey and open water swell and chop in the Santa Monica Bay off Venice Beach and Malibu's Paradise Cove. The board worked well in everything I paddled into, including a light downwinder from Point Dume back to Paradise Cove after tailing a pod of migrating gray whales off the Southern California coast... The Benefits of an Inflatable SUP SUP Examiner - Virtually every major manufacturer of stand up paddleboards now makes at least one inflatable SUP (iSUP), if not an entire range. There are also a few companies which exclusively manufacture iSUPs, such as Southern California industry stalwart ULI Boards and the UK's Red Paddle Co. Inflatable SUPs are growing in popularity around the world and for good reason. Seas the day surfingsports.com - We just built her the absolutely most beautiful double sided wood veneer board that I have ever seen. Paddleboarding and the RCM-SAR Paddle Surf Canada - Volunteer marine rescue services have played an integral role on British Columbia's West Coast for over 150 years, and the Royal Canadian Marine Search & Rescue (RCM-SAR) represents these efforts in our present day society, and as a relatively new entrant to the marine user community, it's important that stand up paddlers acknowledge and support the efforts of this organization. West Coast Diamondbacks Kayak Angler Magazine - Chris Hyde, Tyler Hicks and I went kayak fishing for white sturgeon in the Swan Island Basin area of Portland Oregon, said Paul Demers. Currently White sturgeon on the Willamette River (which is a tributary of the Columbia River) is a catch and release fishery. There is no shortage of these prehistoric fish in this river. The Singing Wilderness Log of Ibi - The Singing Wilderness by Sigurd F. Olson (pub. in 1956 by Alfred A. Knopf, repub 1984 by Eliz. D. Olson (wife) and in 1997 by Univ. of Minnesota Press, 245pp. Release Reels Sm Reel Kayak Angler Magazine - Release Reels has just announced the arrival of their long-awaited SM (Star drag Magnetically controlled conventional casting reel). SM (previously known as SURF) started as an idea of how to improve the cast-ability of the popular SG lever drag reel for our surf fishermen friends, said a press release from Release Reels, "but that idea morphed into something far more creative and a great addition to our line.

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