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Venice: Stand Up and Gondola Paddling Adventure, January 2015

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Being able to go Stand Up Paddling in Venice was a dream come true for me. I had it on my bucket list for a while so when we took a family vacation to Florence this January I planned a day trip to Venice despite the cold weather. Continue reading ‘Venice: Stand Up and Gondola Paddling Adventure, January 2015′

Wednesday Training Group: Meeting at 5:00 PM Hawaii Kai- Topic: Pacing

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Coaching topic: pacing yourself

After coaching, we will either do sprints or do the regular 2 mile time trial training course, meeting at 5 pm at the boat ramp in Hawaii Kai.
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Wednesday Training Group: Meeting at 5:00 PM Hawaii Kai- Topic: Energy Conservation, Breathing and Breath with Stroke Rhythm

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Coaching topic: energy conservation, breathing and breath with stroke rhythm

After coaching, we will do the regular 2 mile time trial training course, meeting at 5 pm at the boat ramp in Hawaii Kai.
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Wednesday Training Group: Meeting at 5:00 PM Hawaii Kai – Topic: Stroke Tune Up

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Coaching Topic: Stroke Tune Up

We will review stroke technique and do some drills to work on improving stroke mechanics and efficiency.

The wind will be light and we will do our regular 2 mile time trial training course, meeting at 5 pm at the boat ramp in Hawaii Kai.
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Wednesday Training Group: Downwinder – Meeting 4:30 PORTLOCK

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We hope you had a great start to the new year!
Make one of your resolutions to join the Wednesdays training group on a regular basis!

This week, will meet for a Kahala Run downwinder. Meeting is at PORTLOCK, 4:30 pm SHARP (not meeting at Kahala). Jeff and Robert will coach and will give everyone a ride back to Hawaii Kai afterwards.
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SIC Downwinder // Hong Kong

By: Allie Brown

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Great down wind video from Robert Sherriff in Hong Kong!! If you haven’t ever done a down winder make sure you get one done in 2015!!
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Wednesday Training Group: Downwinder – Meeting 4:30 PORTLOCK

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We will meet for another Kahala Run on Wednesday. To get an earlier start, meeting is at at PORTLOCK at 4:30 pm SHARP (not meeting at Kahala). Jeff and Robert will coach and will give everyone a ride back to Hawaii Kai with his trailer afterwards.

Click here for a map of the Portlock meeting location.

Please let Jeff or Robert know if you want to rent a race board for $20. Continue reading ‘Wednesday Training Group: Downwinder – Meeting 4:30 PORTLOCK’

Wednesday Training Group: Downwinder – Meeting 4:30 PORTLOCK

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We will meet for another Kahala Run on Wednesday. To get an earlier start, meeting is at at PORTLOCK at 4:30 pm SHARP (not meeting at Kahala). Jeff will coach and will give everyone a ride back to Hawaii Kai with his trailer afterwards, Robert won’t be there, sorry.

Click here for a map of the Portlock meeting location.

Please let Jeff know if you want to rent a race board for $20. Continue reading ‘Wednesday Training Group: Downwinder – Meeting 4:30 PORTLOCK’

SIC Maui Paddles Lake Mead!

By: Allie Brown

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We paddled Lake Mead this weekend and we were so stoked to see great group of avid paddlers here in Las Vegas!! The paddling on Lake Mead is beautiful and the SIC X 14 PRO & PRO Lite were flying on the pure glass conditions. Special thanks to Clete and Raden for all the help!!!
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Wednesday Training Group: Meeting at 5:00 PM Hawaii Kai – Topic: Video Analysis

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Coaching topic: Video Analysis

Its about time we did another video analysis to see how you are doing or to video you for the first time. Video feedback is very important from time to time so you can see what you actually look like.

After coaching, we will either do our regular 2 mile time trial training course or interval training.
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Wednesday Training Group: Downwinder – Meet 4:30 Kahala

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Good thing you have a paddle!

Trades are coming back, so we will do a Kahala Run this Wednesday.

We will meet on Wednesday at 4:30 pm at Kahala Beach park. Please let Robert or Jeff know if you want to rent a race board for $20, otherwise we will see you at Kahala. Continue reading ‘Wednesday Training Group: Downwinder – Meet 4:30 Kahala’

Wednesday Training Group: Meeting at 5:00 PM Hawaii Kai – Topic: Protecting the Shoulders

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Coaching topic: Shoulders

We will talk about how to prevent shoulder injuries and show you some exercises to strengthen the rotator cuff muscles.

After coaching, we will either do our regular 2 mile time trial training course or interval training.
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Wednesday Training Group: Meeting at 5:00 PM Hawaii Kai – Topic: Catch

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Coaching topic: Catch

We will talk about getting good catch before applying the power and do some drill to practice the catch phase. The wind is forecast to be light on Wednesday, so no downwinder. Strong winds expected for the weekend!

After coaching, we will either do our regular 2 mile time trial training course or interval training.
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Wednesday Training Group: Meeting at 5:00 PM Hawaii Kai – Coaching Topic: Avoiding Three Common Mistakes

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Coaching topic: Three common mistakes

You can prepare for the coaching by reading this post by Dave Kalama:

http://www.davidkalama.com/three-common-mistakes/
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SUP Surfing on Downwind Race boards is FUN!

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Surfing on raceboards is a lot of fun and a great skill to practice if you want to get faster on downwind runs, it’s all about surfing the bumps. Surfing these big long boards also allows you to catch and surf waves that others can’t, which opens up all kinds of uncrowded spots and smaller waves that are barely breaking that you can catch from way outside, surf and ENJOY. Continue reading ‘SUP Surfing on Downwind Race boards is FUN!’