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, [...]

The sport of SUP is exploding, and for good reason. It’s a COOL, easy way to get out on the water, it’s a killer workout (or relaxing, whatever you want, really), and it’s accessible to anyone with a hearty sense of adventure. And yesterday at Boulevard Park we had a chance to gather a few [...]

Hayden was bouncing off the walls ALL DAY on Wednesday in anticipation of his first kayak race on Lake Whatcom! We pulled our trusty tandem Double Joy off the rack and made a race plan: Hayden would ride shotgun with Mama, and Papa would steer and power-stroke in the back. The three of us, we [...]

This coming Monday marks the final weekly All-Comers Track and Field Meet for the summer. The All-Comers Races, hosted by Bellingham Parks and Rec, draws hundreds of racers every week from toddlers to veteran track stars. Little tykes like Hayden start their meet with the 50-yard hurdles, with the hurdles set 6” off the ground. Then, they [...]

At 2 1/2 years old, Hayden decided he was ready for some solo paddling on Lake Whatcom. With Mama running the camera, Hayden worked on his forward stroke — then ditched the paddle altogether for some hand paddling. By this fall he’ll have outgrown his 1st boat, so it was awesome to see him get [...]

“What’s Wildside?” someone asked JD just after the race. “Well,” JD said, “The Columbia’s the state line. You got the Oregon side… and the Wildside!!!” And what a frothy, world-class playground of a state line that river is. Without a doubt, the Columbia is one of the most insanely energy-rich corridors on the planet.  On any summer day you’ve got a giant, corduroy-surfaced river gunning [...]

Brandon and I started off the summer with a vision of growing a Stand-Up Paddle Board Community in Bellingham. There were a scattering of SUPer’s and a ton of people who wanted to check out the new-to-Bellingham sport. But, not many of us actually knew each other… or knew how to find each other. A [...]

At 2 years and 5 months old, Hayden laced up his running shoes and strapped on his Thomas the Train pack for his first backpacking trip! Hayden and I teamed up with some of our favorite people in the world, the Burnett’s (Mischa, Danielle, Maddy (9 ) and Abbey (7)), for our journey. Our destination, [...]

Racers, we’re totally stoked to announce that online registration is OFFICIALLY OPEN for the Paddle Grand Prix. All you need is a credit card or PayPal account, and you can secure your spot — not to mention your race T-shirt — by clicking HERE to get registered. There’s also a link on the Registration page [...]

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 [...]