Tag Archive for 'high performance'

Blue Planet Surf Potato Chip SUP Board Review

This is written by Darin Leong (http://www.hawaiiguitar.com/), my brother and a local attorney in Hawaii. I recently had the opportunity to demo the Potato Chip SUP board from Blue Planet Surf. It’s a fun board with a beautiful design.

La Torche Pro France sees dramatic action with Men’s, women’s and Na Kama Kai

Thursday 31 October Day 6 of the La Torche Po France lights up as Titles on line A full day of action today at the La Torche Pro France 2013 presented by Naish and Twenty-Nine, starting with the women’s repechage and ending with the first round of the Na Kama Kai Youth Challenge, with Round […]

Full day of action here at La Torche as top seeds dominate & survive

Wednesday 30 October Blue skies, calmer winds & good surf provide great action The Main Event got underway today here at the La Torche Pro France, presented by Naish and Twenty-Nine, as the performance level just went through the roof. The first round saw great action as the Top 8 trialists faced the 8 wildcards […]

Kai Lenny wins the Overall World Series Title at Huntington Beach

Tuesday 24 September Kai Lenny makes it two out of two wins in Surf City USA After winning both the Surfing World Tour event and the World Series Sprints of the Huntington Beach Pro Grand Slam, Kai Lenny (Naish) once again turned it on to take second place behind Australia’s Jake Jensen in the long […]

Kai Lenny & Izzy Gomez secure the win at the Huntington Beach Pro

Saturday 21 September Kai Lenny puts on a flawless performance in Surf City USA Kai Lenny (Naish) from Maui put together a flawless event campaign here in Huntington Beach to take the win at stop 3 on the 2013 Stand Up World Tour. Each round Kai put together high scoring heat after high scoring heat, […]

Blue Planet 9’0″ x 29″ Rockn’ Roller SUP Surfboard

I recently did a demo of the Blue Planet 9’0″ x 29″ “Rockn’ Roller” stand up paddle surfboard. The board is able to float a rider up to 220 lbs but the caveat is that if you’re over 200 lbs your balance needs to be really good, especially if your conditions are choppy.

Connor Baxter wins Stop 2 of the 2013 Stand Up World Series in Brazil

Monday 29 April Connor Baxter wins the long distance and overall in Brazil Connor Baxter (Starboard) makes it a clean sweep here at Stop 2 of the Stand Up World Series in Ubatuba, Brazil, winning both the sprint racing and Long distance courses at Praia do Centro and earning him the Stand Up World Series […]

Connor Baxter wins the World Series Sprint Racing on Day 1 of the Ubatuba Pro

Sunday 28 April Connor Baxter wins Day 1, the World Series Sprint Racing Connor Baxter (Starboard) builds on his momentum in 2013 with a win on day 1 of the Ubatuba Pro Grand Slam, the World Series Sprint Racing. With a stacked field of athlete featuring amongst the world’s best paddlers, Connor was able to […]

Build up to the Ubatuba Pro: the Starting Line

Thursday 25 April The Ubatuba Pro Grand Slam will kick off this weekend The Ubatuba Pro Grand Slam will kick off this weekend in the Center of Ubatuba town, at Praia do Centro. Featuring a selection of the World’s leading paddlers matching up against Brazil’s very best, this weekend’s World Series Racing promises to be […]

Ubatuba Pro Brazil Grand Slam Entries now open: 27th April – 5th May

Friday 12 April Ubatuba Pro Grand Slam to run from 27th April – 5th May The Ubatuba Pro Grand Slam will run from the 27th April – 5th May in the beautiful region of Ubatuba, just north of Sao Paolo, Brazil.

The Abu Dhabi Surf & Paddle All Stars Invitational is announced

Tuesday 12 February The Waterman League takes the world’s best to Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi may seem like an unlikely location for a World Class Stand Up Paddle Showdown, but it has all of the ingredients to become a World Class destination for the sport. From flat water cruising in the warm waters and continual […]

Stand Up World Series Update: Philippines and France events

Monday 9 April CamSur World Paddle Challenge to make history next week as the first major stop for the sport in Asia The CamSur World Paddle Challenge will make history next week as the first major Stand Up Paddle event in Asia, opening the market to some of the very best and most high performance […]

How to size a Blue Planet Featherlight High performance carbon paddle

Here is an instructional video with Robert Stehlik on how to size, cut and glue a Blue Planet Featherlight High performance carbon paddle with T-handle. (click thumbnail to launch video)

Blue Planet Surf Featherlite Carbon Paddle

Here is Robert Stehlik with the new Blue Planet Surf featherlite high-performance carbon paddle. Robert also shows us their new high-performance paddle edge tape and microgrip paddle grip tape. I tested the paddle during this session at Mokuleia and was impressed.

Bonga Perkins wins the Sunset Beach Pro in epic conditions

Tuesday 14 February Bonga Perkins edges ahead of Kai Lenny in dying minutes In one of the most dramatic and exciting Finals yet for the Stand Up World Tour, Bonga Perkins digs deep in the last minute of the heat to edge ahead of Kai Lenny (Naish) by the smallest of margins and take victory […]