To celebrate the end of a busy summer of racing, race organizing and adventuring, Brandon, Hayden and I decided to head out to the Olympic Peninsula for the 4th Annual Hobuck Hoedown – a 2-day long paddle surf festival held at Hobuck Beach, just outside Neah Bay. And, what a TREAT it was! Blue skies, [...]

I looked around on the starting line at the ‘who’s who’ of SUP racing, and saw guys with names like ‘Chuck the Truck’ at yesterday’s Round the Rock SUP race around Mercer Island in Seattle. The 13-mile race had drawn about 15 elite racers plus another 150 or so entrants racing open. I packed a fanny [...]

At this time last year, I loaded up my brand-new-to-me Stand-Up Paddle board (a C4 Waterman Vortice Brandon had found used on Craigslist), loaded the family in the van and we headed to Seattle for my very first SUP race. The race was the Round the Rock,  a 13-mile paddle around Mercer Island. We arrived, [...]

When we launched the Tuesday night SUP races at Lake Padden, starting just a week ago, we knew it’d take a shape and life of its own. We wanted to purposely avoid setting any too-strict rules or guidelines about the race course, length, start time, location, or any other factors that might alter the arc [...]

If this Tuesday’s Race is any indication of what a weekly SUP race and gathering will do for our little community – I would say we will all be 100% better paddlers, be totally dialed in on our gear, and be a tight knit, fun community. Our first Tuesday night had SUP’ers paddling in from [...]

We want to invite everyone out to Lake Padden this Tuesday Night (June 15th)  for the first weekly Tuesday Night SUP race. We are trying to build the same quality SUP community that we have with surfski and canoeing here in Bellingham. It would be great to get plenty of good paddler energy out there, whether or not [...]

Bellingham SUP if hosting free Stand Up Paddle Demos and Clinics every Sunday in March, starting tomorrow! For more information check out: http://www.bellinghamsup.com/ You can follow the local Whatcom County and Bellingham SUP chat at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/whatcomsup/ See you on the water!!! Heather, Brandon and Hayden

First, gather 158 single and double blade race boats, a row boat, a pedal boat, a flotilla of touring boats, stand up paddle boards and a couple traditional paddleboards. Then flip a coin.Heads, you get 30 knot gusts, over-head wind waves and El Nino ground swell finding its way from the deep, mid-Pacific, all serving [...]

“Cloudy with a chance of light rain and snow. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Southeast wind to 10 mph in the morning becoming light. “First snow of the winter is scheduled for Saturday. It wouldn’t be right if the weather Gods didn’t throw something fun at us for the Annual Deception Pass [...]

“There’s no secret to balance, you just have to feel the waves.” ~Frank Herbert Happy Paddling, Heather, Brandon and Hayden

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 [...]

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