Paying Homage to Pe’ahi and the Biggest Waves Ever SUP Surfed

Playak News Flash - February 3, 2016
The world's latest paddling headlines.

News Watch Headlines Paying Homage to Pe'ahi and the Biggest Waves Ever SUP Surfed SUP Magazine - Mother Nature's rowdiest prodigal son. The Boy, translation El Niño has been fussy this winter, throwing gale-force tantrums in his trans-oceanic bathtub and stirring up constant swell for a grateful community of SUP surfing constituents. Winter Solstice Christina Russell - With winter here, we are entering in to the hibernation period of the McKeown's . This is somewhat of a recovery/training season for us. Eurotour Releases 2016 Schedule SUP Magazine - Welcome to the 2016 EuroTour, home of the best stand up paddle races in Europe. The EuroTour was established in 2015 to bring together the top races and paddlers in Europe, with a goal of unifying events and making them more accessible for racers with logistical support. Water & Wine – Sustaining the Verde Valley's Blossoming Industry American Rivers - Today's post is by guest blogger Susan Culp, a consultant serving as Verde River Project Coordinator for American Rivers. 2016 Club Fostered Stewardship (CFS) Grant Applications Now Available! ACA - Since 2002, the ACA has partnered with L.L. Bean to sponsor the Club Fostered Stewardship (CFS) Program in order to provide funding to local and regional paddling clubs and organizations that undertake stewardship projects on waterways in their area. Iconic Sunfish Expands Its Horizons SUP Connect - Sunfish, a sailboat you know and love, began its life in the 1950s more of a flat surfboard with a sail and a rudder on it which influenced today's design of windsurfs and stand up paddle boards. SIC Maui Elevates Tommy Buday To Their Global Team SUP Connect - SIC Maui is extremely proud to announce the selection of Tommy Buday to join the ranks of its elite team of Global Athletes. Keeping focus during a long paddle race season: the art of mini-periodization Riding Bumps - I have your 16 week paddle race training program and your Riding Bumps book. I have to thank you for them because now I know I've been training the wrong way for years. Bigger, Harder, Faster. Big Sup Surf – Glyn Ovens Nazare SUPboarder - Glyn Ovens has recently scored the big wave break of Nazaré in Portugal where he's been enjoying a winter of  big swell action on his SUP. Big wave SUP surfing is not for the faint hearted and not to be undertaken lightly. Iballa Moreno – a force to be reckoned with SUPboarder - Iballa Moreno is a formidable water woman with countless windsurfing wave world titles to her name. We haven't seen Iballa on the Stand Up World Tour since last year at the Turtle Bay event. But going by her free surfing videos over the last year, and in this latest video, we see her laying down her usual calm, controlled and powerful SUP surfing style. SIC Elevates Tommy Buday to Global Team SUP Examiner - SIC Maui is extremely proud to announce the selection of Tommy Buday to join the ranks of its elite team of Global Athletes. Tommy  is one of the hardest working athletes in SUP and as a 3x Olympian he is certainly no stranger to competing at the highest levels of international paddle sports competition.

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