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August 10th, 2010 by davi
August 10, 2010 (New York, NY) Surftech team riders, Jamie Mitchell, Candice Appleby and Slater Trout will be in New York City this week to participate in the 4th Annual Surfers Environmental Alliance SEA Paddle NYC around Manhattan. The 28-mile paddle/race around New York City is a fund-raising event to benefit autism awareness and research groups, such as Autism Family Services of New Jersey, Autism Speaks and Surfers Healing, a volunteer group that facilitates surfing adventures for autistic children. Sea Paddle NYC is hosted by environmental advocacy group Surfers’ Environmental Alliance.
Continue reading ‘Mitchell, Appleby and Trout to paddle the SEA Paddle NYC event this Friday to raise funds for Autism’
August 6th, 2010 by davi
ALOHA
Alas!!! A tremendously incredible week, Sports fans!!!!
Duane DeSoto is honored and honors others at the recent premiere of the Oxbox epic Surf movie “The Water Man Experience. Also, part of the gala was a Na Kama Kai Appreciation Dinner to recognize volunteers and sponsors of the organization. Planet Sun proud to be in attendance as a Na Kama Kai sponsor, and thankful for all Duane and the leadership are doing for our Children! A pic of Mr. Sunshine, Mrs. O’Malley and sir Duane attached.
Continue reading ‘Planet Sun Sport Report 5 AUG 2010′
August 1st, 2010 by davi
JULY 31, 2010 (Park City, UT) Design is performance inspired by passion. Surftech has assembled the world’s best designers to produce the sport’s best boards. Inspired by the passion that brings paddlers to the water every day, Surftech stand-up paddleboards are simple, sleek, and powerful enough to change the way we live.
Continue reading ‘Surftech Announces Laird Hamilton SUP Clinincs and Team Autograph Signing at Outdoor Retailer Tradeshow’
July 28th, 2010 by davi
ALOHA!
Ocean Canoe Paddling Championships rock Oahu. An incredible weekend of OC paddling with two back-to-back Championship Regattas hosted by the Hui Wa’a and Oahu Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association. The regattas are purely awesome events with thousands in attendance- not only competing in sport, but perpetuating tradition, culture and sharing much ALOHA. Six person crews hammer all out in anaerobic threshold effort during in sprint distance races ALL DAY long. Planet Sun enthusiastically on site at each event, offering suncare to all in Extreme UV Index conditions… PS pump sunscreen and Personal SunShelter UV Brellas dotted the lagoon.
Continue reading ‘Planet Sun SportReport 27 July 2010′
July 27th, 2010 by davi
Airing on Wednesday evening at 19:00 (7pm) Central European Time is Stand Up World Tour stop number 2, in Anglet, France. Supported by Ron House and Gerry Lopez boards and presented by O’Neill, this event witnessed some of the most high performance stand up paddle surfing to date by the athletes of the Stand Up World Tour, as well as the emergence of some serious local French threats, challenging the strong Hawaiian presence on Tour and demonstrating that France’s stature as a capital of European surfing is well deserved.
Continue reading ‘Stand Up World Tour France leg airing on Eurosport 2 at 7pm Wed 28 July(CET)’
July 26th, 2010 by davi
FTP broadcast quality TV highlights package and high resolution images available. Contact Jodi Wilmott, Ocean Promotion.
MITCHELL CLAIMS 9TH MOLOKAI-2-OAHU WORLD PADDLEBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP
DUNCAN-SERAPHIN CLAIMS 8TH WOMEN’S TITLE
Treacherous Channel Dishes out Trademark Highs & Heartbreak
Maui’s Kalama & Moller Take Stand-Up Paddle Honors
Molokai2Oahu.com
Continue reading ‘Jamie Mitchell Claims 9th Molokai2Oahu World Championship, Kanesa Duncan Claims 8th’
July 21st, 2010 by davi
Aloha!!!
Mountain Magic. This past weekend Shonny Vanlangingham won the XTERRA Mountain Championships in Beaver Creek, Colorado! Shonny went kinetic on the bike course, delivering the fastest split of the day, eventually finishing the race more than seven minutes of runner-up Sara Tarkington. Continue reading ‘Planet Sun Sport Report 20 July 2010′
July 21st, 2010 by davi
M2O PRESS CONFERENCE:
Thursday, 7.22.10. 1pm Hula Grill, Waikiki
(above Duke’s Restaurant in the Outrigger Waikiki)
32::32
Share Your Aloha, Pledge a Dollar a Mile
Sunday, July 25, 2010 Molokai2Oahu.com
Continue reading ‘32 for 32: Molokai 2 Oahu Not Just About the Finish Line’
July 21st, 2010 by davi
Get it on – summer road trip – to Utah, land of BIG LOVE, BIG MOUNTAINS and BIG SUP RACING !!!
- H2O Overdrive SUP CUP PRO RACE to be raced on 14′ & under boards – your’s better be fast.
- Ghost Town Paddle – 5 mile course for everyone over the ghost town – Keetley UT.
-SUP Mountain Lake Expo – check out the latest designs & innovations.
Continue reading ‘Get it on – SUP Racing in the UTAH Mountains – July 31′
July 20th, 2010 by davi
The Surftech "Where to Next?" SUP Demo Tour is traveling to locations across America, giving people the opportunity to try our boards for themselves and find out why Surftech stand up paddleboards are the best boards on the water.
Continue reading ‘Surftech “Where to Next?” SUP Demo Tour Drops in on the Great Lakes!’
July 15th, 2010 by davi
A weekend of fast twitch muscle fibers, horses(?), and nurturing our youth.
30 teams worth of volleyballers in simultaneous play, on 7 grass courts under happy Hawaiian sun. A performance suncare companies idea of a great day and the site of the 1st Annual Lanikai Invitational Volleyball Tournament. A great day indeed… some of most competitive in the sport turned out, impressing kids of all ages with perpetual plyometric play. Planet Sun athletes off on other exploits, but Mr Sunshine on site as event suncare provider under High UV Index level conditions. Continue reading ‘Planet Sun Sport Report 14 July 2010′
July 7th, 2010 by davi
An explosive weekend of high adventure off the chart UV Index ratings for the collective Planet Sun
The Camp Bennett-Eck Freedom Fest hosted by none other than Amy and Erik Eck was 48 hours of patriotism, endorphins and much Kokua. Seven multi-sport events in the belly of the fabled Kualoa Ranch- ALL for charity. Goodness all around with Amy in superherocostume as the Statue of Liberty. Continue reading ‘Planet Sun SportReport – 6 July 2010′
July 7th, 2010 by davi
RECORD GROWTH IN PADDLEBOARD SPORTS
CLOSES ENTRY PERIOD FOR 14th ANNUAL
MOLOKAI-2-OAHU WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN RECORD TIME
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Molokai2Oahu.com
HONOLULU (July 6, 2010) — The Molokai2Oahu World Championships of Paddleboarding, long considered to be the most prestigious paddleboard race in the world, has for the first time in its 14 year history sold out. With over 140 entries, this is the largest field in the history of the event and the first time the race has sold out, illustrating record international participation with particular growth in stand-up paddleboard (SUP) racing. Entries of both team and solo paddleboarders have signed up to tackle the formidable 32-mile Ka’iwi Channel that separates the islands of Molokai and Oahu, Hawaii.
Continue reading ‘Molokai 2 Oahu: Record Entries, Unique Talent Lineup July 25′
July 3rd, 2010 by davi
Anthony Vela Wins 2010
Surftech Jay Moriarity Memorial
Paddleboard Race
July 2, 2010 (Santa Cruz, Ca) – When LA County Lifeguard, Anthony Vela told his paddling co-horts that he would be driving north to compete in the 9th Annual Surftech Jay Moriarity Memorial Paddleboard Race in Santa Cruz, Ca. last weekend rather than head south to the Waterman Challenge in San Diego, they couldn’t understand why. “The Surftech Jay Moriarity Memorial Paddleboard Race has always been my favorite race of the year. Fast paddlers, fast course, and lots of Aloha.” Continue reading ‘Surftech Jay Moriarity Memorial Paddleboard Race Title Returns to Southern California’
June 30th, 2010 by davi
Aloha to Sports Fans and Kids of all ages from the USO lounge at LAX. A very special on the road transmission!
Last week Shonny Vanlaningham placed second overall at the the XTERRA Eastern Championships in Richmond VA. A spectacular showdown ensued and continues among the top 3 PRO ladies of the sport- Shonny, Melanine McQuaid and “Swiss Miss”, Renata Bucher. An incredible site at the bike leg where the 3 super heroines raced tire- to- tire at times. Continue reading ‘Planet Sun Sport Report – 29 June 2010′
