Category : SUP
SUPathlon
December 1, 2011
Johnson Race morning started early at 5:30. I had to drop off my board at Leo Carillo before heading back to the start line. After years of setting up transitions for triathlons and feeling the nervous tension of the other athletes, setting my board in the sand next to two others was positively serene. Read More ...
December 1, 2011
Johnson Race morning started early at 5:30. I had to drop off my board at Leo Carillo before heading back to the start line. After years of setting up transitions for triathlons and feeling the nervous tension of the other athletes, setting my board in the sand next to two others was positively serene. Read More ...
The SUP Tsunami
June 1, 2011
Until perhaps now. Unlike ocean-bred sports before it like windsurfing and kiteboarding that require a lot of skill and appeal to a niche audience, standup paddling is capturing the imagination of a much broader slice of the public. “The difference is the ease of entry into the sport,” says Duke Brouwer, director of events and marketing and team manager for Surftech, one of the first and largest SUP manufacturers. Read More ...
June 1, 2011
Until perhaps now. Unlike ocean-bred sports before it like windsurfing and kiteboarding that require a lot of skill and appeal to a niche audience, standup paddling is capturing the imagination of a much broader slice of the public. “The difference is the ease of entry into the sport,” says Duke Brouwer, director of events and marketing and team manager for Surftech, one of the first and largest SUP manufacturers. Read More ...
Chuck Patterson: Alpine Aquaman
June 1, 2011
Chuck’s body of work is that deep and diverse and innovative. Now 42, he’s been making his living as a fulltime sponsored athlete for 20 years. Not in one sport mind you, but a quiver full — as an extreme skier and snowboarder, professional windsurfer and kiteboarder, big-wave surfer and stand-up paddler. Read More ...
June 1, 2011
Chuck’s body of work is that deep and diverse and innovative. Now 42, he’s been making his living as a fulltime sponsored athlete for 20 years. Not in one sport mind you, but a quiver full — as an extreme skier and snowboarder, professional windsurfer and kiteboarder, big-wave surfer and stand-up paddler. Read More ...
Jamie Mitchell Shocks the Stand Up Paddling World
October 14, 2009
"Mitchell is more suited for the races in Hawai'i than in California", ". A fast prone paddler, but he won't hang with the top guys in stand up", was the online chatter posted on message boards before October 3rd, 2009. Accused of being a one- dimensional athlete, Mitchell surprised all with a stunning win, a full 4 minutes and 39 seconds ahead of waterman Chuck Patterson's winning time at the previous year's event. Read More ...
October 14, 2009
"Mitchell is more suited for the races in Hawai'i than in California", ". A fast prone paddler, but he won't hang with the top guys in stand up", was the online chatter posted on message boards before October 3rd, 2009. Accused of being a one- dimensional athlete, Mitchell surprised all with a stunning win, a full 4 minutes and 39 seconds ahead of waterman Chuck Patterson's winning time at the previous year's event. Read More ...
Behind the Swell of Stand-Up Paddling
May 1, 2008
Imported from Hawaii, hybrid sport growing from Santa Cruz to Lake Tahoe By Ramona d’Viola In the blush of first light, on the island of Moloka’i, a conch shell bellows from the shores of Kaluako’i Beach. The kahuna has blessed the gathering of paddleboarders and their crews, bidding them good luck and a safe passage. The sound of his shell horn breathes life into the still morning. Read More ...
May 1, 2008
Imported from Hawaii, hybrid sport growing from Santa Cruz to Lake Tahoe By Ramona d’Viola In the blush of first light, on the island of Moloka’i, a conch shell bellows from the shores of Kaluako’i Beach. The kahuna has blessed the gathering of paddleboarders and their crews, bidding them good luck and a safe passage. The sound of his shell horn breathes life into the still morning. Read More ...
ASJ Interviews Paddleboarders Ramona d’Viola and Joe Beek
May 1, 2008
As one of the youngest riders to ever attempt Mavericks’ massive waves, he fittingly took one of the biggest wipeouts ever witnessed there. As surfer lore recalls, he surfaced from the violent 25-foot spin cycle already searching for a replacement board for the one he had just broken. Needless to say, Moriarity went right back in the lineup and straight into the annals of surfing legends. Read More ...
May 1, 2008
As one of the youngest riders to ever attempt Mavericks’ massive waves, he fittingly took one of the biggest wipeouts ever witnessed there. As surfer lore recalls, he surfaced from the violent 25-foot spin cycle already searching for a replacement board for the one he had just broken. Needless to say, Moriarity went right back in the lineup and straight into the annals of surfing legends. Read More ...
