About Us
I got into this stand up paddle craze through Jeff Chang who owns Offdalip.com and is a principal in Wet Feet Hawaii www.WetFeetHawaii.com. I started kiteboarding in 2004 and buy all my gear from Jeff. When there’s no wind, there’s no kiting so Jeff suggested I try stand up paddle surfing.
At first I thought stand up paddle surfing was stupid. I went to Wet Feet and looked at the early boards in February of 2007 and they only had a few in stock. In fact, inventory was nowhere to be found at the time. I decided it was not for me.
Then a month or two later I saw some people doing stand up paddling and changed my attitude. It looked cool and I gave in. I bought a C4 Waterman paddle from Wet Feet and rented a 12′ x 26.5″ Surftech Munoz in Waikiki, Hawaii.
I could not stand for more than 2 seconds when I started but I spent $350 on a paddle and I told myself I would give it at least 20 hours on the water to try. A Waikiki beachboy named Philip told me, “Eh brah, even monkeys fall out of trees…you just get back up and keep on trying.” That’s exactly what I did.
When I finally got on a ‘real’ stand up paddle board things really started to click. I tried the SOS Big Red, then the Surftech Laird, then Jimmy Lewis 11′, C4 10′6″ and C4 10′. What a difference a board change can make. I got addicted.
I started spending hours online every day to see what was new in stand up paddling. I got tired of that and had my web team build StandUpPaddleSurf.net for me, so I could come to one place to get all the new info on stand up paddle surfing. The site kept growing and it’s been a lot of fun so please enjoy yourself and remember, “Even monkeys fall out of trees.”
Profiles:
In his professional life Evan is the co-founder of Greater Good Inc www.GreaterGoodInc.com and Bubble Tea Supply www.BubbleTeaSupply.com.
In his professional life Carnet is the co-founder and CEO of ChipIn www.ChipIn.com.
