November 23rd, 2009
Holy Moly… 111 racers have already signed up for the Dec 12th Deception Pass Dash!
This year will be the first year for Paddle Boarders to be entered in the race.It is a fun, beautiful, and potentially gnarly course. If you are up for the challenge… register by Nov 28. If you wait prices go up [...]
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November 21st, 2009
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November 20th, 2009
Brandon returning from a paddle around Isla Coronado in Baja.
Safety is a choice. And being prepared for anything is a GREAT choice to make ā especially during storm season! In this 3-minute video, Brandon shows you how to rig your surfski or kayak for an instant field repair that will restore full functionality of your [...]
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Tags: repair and safety techniques, Surf Ski Safety and Rescue, surfski
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November 13th, 2009
Northwesters are TOUGH!!!
While over 150 people were muckin’ through the mud in the Lake Padden Mudfest, another three dozen water-loving adventurers came out to try Stand-Up Paddling.
Check-out Brandon and camera-man Dan’s video about what people thought of the sport…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQhy8h8udTE
Happy Paddling!
Heather, Brandon and Hayden
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November 8th, 2009
Up to 25MPH winds and the temps dipping into the low 40’s didn’t stop a crowd of eager Stand-Up Paddle Boarders and Boarders-to-be from coming out to Lake Padden for a chance to demo boards and play in the water with at least 3 dozen other hearty, like-minded folk!
To keep up with the Bellingham SUP [...]
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November 1st, 2009
The Deception Pass Dash in the gnarliest paddling race of the year. It happens in early December with typically freezing air temps, freezing water temps, rain and/or snow, wind, waves (6 feet in ā08!), boiling eddy fences, bull kelp, barely submerged rocks, and all of it spread over one of the most technically challenging pieces [...]
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October 30th, 2009
I had a chance to take the new Starboard K15 out for a test run Friday morning. (Thanks BellinghamSUP!) As I hit Lake Whatcom long before sunrise, my first impressions were that the board tracks incredibly well and glides nicely without losing much momentum when I switch sides with my paddle. The K15, with its [...]
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October 29th, 2009
What is it like to surf a 70-foot wave, or to be the guy running safety from a jet ski? To Stand-Up Paddle the 187-miles of the Grand Canyon? Or, to race from Molokai to Oahu across a channel reputed to be one of the most treacherous spans of ocean in the world? C4 Waterman [...]
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October 23rd, 2009
Hayden is not one to be left out of the fun! In the past few weeks he has watched Mama bring home a big, gold trophy from ‘Round the Rock‘, a quiver of shiny new Kialoa paddles, and most mornings he watches Mama rush out to the lake long before the sun has even begun [...]
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Tags: Hayden Storm, SUP
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October 21st, 2009
Two weeks before the Round the Rock SUP race at Mercer Island, I had decided not to go. Iād had a long, successful-beyond-my-dreams race season and I was just going to take that weekend off.
Then Beau Whitehead e-mailed his story from racing SUP down in San Diego, where he got a 2nd place finish! The [...]
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