June 20th, 2008 by evan

DaKine came out with a coiled stand up paddle leash designed for downwind runs or touring. The coils have a larger diameter than others I’ve seen and used and the leash cord is thicker.
This is a dedicated downwind or touring leash because it stays nicely out of the water but if you wiped out [...]

DaKine Downwind Paddle Leash [0:40m]:
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May 27th, 2008 by evan

I bought a DaKine board bag for a friend for Christmas which turned out to be the best present he got last year. The bag was for a 9′ longboard but that gave me insight into the quality of these bags. For the first 3 months of 2008 we drove to the north [...]

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May 15th, 2008 by evan

I got my hands on 2 DaKine paddle bags for stand up paddles. I’m glad DaKine came out with a padded travel bag because it was pretty hard to find a travel bag that offered enough protection to go through the airline baggage process for my Maui trip to Pono Bill’s board test.
The padded [...]

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May 6th, 2008 by evan

There’s been some talk about hydration bags for stand up paddling and especially for long cruises or downwind runs. There are a number of choices out there although this is the first one I found that is water sports specific.
This pack is very minimalist in that you have only what you need. There aren’t [...]

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