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 – 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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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 ’08!), boiling eddy fences, bull kelp, barely submerged rocks, and all of it spread over one of the most technically challenging pieces [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Two weeks before the Round the Rock SUP race at Mercer Island, I had decided not to go. I’d 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 [...]

The Food Bank Relay, Kayak Polo and SUP Demo Day were proof that here in Washington, “We don’t change our plans, we just change our clothes!” It was dumping rain, yet paddlers came bearing good spirits and huge grins! Any day on the water is a good day. And today, we were an expo of [...]

It was a sight to see – on a crisp, clear, fall day women from as far as Portland, Oregon, made the pilgrimage to Deep Cove in BC to participate in the Women’s Surfski Demo and Clinic.Women came from a variety of backgrounds and had their own unique reason for being there. Many were outrigger [...]

Q: I picked up a Kokatat drysuit… now help with the gaskets before I die! A: Congrats, Graham!!! As for the gaskets, one word: Scissors. Don’t be scared. They’re meant to be cut down to fit, and that latex is stronger than you can imagine. Just take off 1/4″ at at time or whatever you [...]

Bring a C-A-N, Paddle an S-U-P! What could be better than that? Try the fastest growing sport in the world, and support the local Food Bank at the same time! Saturday Oct 17th, 12 – 2PM at Lake Padden in Bellingham, WA. We will definitely be there, so, if you are even thinking about it, [...]