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2014 Stand Up World Series Finals at Turtle Bay Day 2: Sprint Races

Here are some photos from day 2 of the 2014 Stand Up World Series Finals at Turtle Bay. Just like last year, the waves were pumping which provided spectacular racing action. Congratulations to all the winners!

Wednesday Training Group: Downwinder – Meeting 4:30 PORTLOCK

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 […]

Wednesday Training Group: Meeting at 5:00 PM Hawaii Kai – Topic: Video Analysis

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 […]

Kenny Kaneko Recounts Japan Race

By: Allie Brown The racing scene in Japan seems to have grown tremendously this year. There are races literally every weekend between the month of May thru October.

Wednesday Training Group: Downwinder – Meet 4:30 Kahala

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.

Kenny Kaneko On Podium In Japan

By: Allie Brown Kenny Kaneko took a very impressive 2nd place this weekend in Kumano Japan! There were 167 paddlers and a strong international field with Travis Grant taking the top spot. Looks like the race scene is really taking off in Japan…

La Torche Pro France kicks off with a dramatic City Race and World Tour Surfing Trials

La Torche Pro France gets off to a spectacular start with a stadium set up Pointe de la Torche provided a spectacular amphitheater for today’s action as the Trials component of the 2014 La Torche Pro France got underway in beautiful conditions. Sunshine, waves and thousands of people lining the cliffs of the legendary Point […]

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

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.

SIC Team Athlete Lina Augaitis Wins 2014 Stand Up World Series

By: Allie Brown OAHU, Hawaii – SIC Maui Team Athlete Lina Augaitis sealed the 2014 Stand Up World Series title over the weekend with her results from the final round of the series at the Turtle Bay Resort on the North Shore of Oahu. Fresh off her Battle of the Paddle victory on her SIC […]

Starboard’s Zane Schweitzer Wins Sprint Race at Turtle Bay

By: Au Dedicated and Determined Waterman, Zane Schweitzer overcomes a foot injury suffered at the BOP to win the Sprint Division of the Stand Up World Tour, Turtle Bay event. Having a set back in the long distance to the foot injury, Zane was determined to continue and to all out go for the win […]

Halie Harrison secures the World Series Finals victory and Lina Augaitis, the 2014 World Title

Halie Harrison secures the win in the World Series Sprints, and the overall event win Halie Harrison shows incredible skill to win the World Series sprints to cap off a great weekend for the Hawaiian born athlete, taking the overall win at the 2014 World Series Finals.

Wednesday Training Group: Meeting at 5:00 PM Hawaii Kai – Topic: Catch

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 […]

Kai Lenny secures the Finals win, Zane Schweitzer the Sprints, and Connor Baxter the 2014 World Title

Kai Lenny secures the win at the World Series Finals @ Turtle Bay in epic conditions Kai Lenny (Naish) secures a well deserved win at the World Series Finals presented by Turtle Bay, taking 1st place in the long distance and 2nd place by a matter of inches in the sprint racing, giving him his […]

SIC Team Rider Lina Augaitis Takes 1st Place At BOP

By: Allie Brown Dana Point, CA – SIC Maui (Sandwich Islands Composites) had an awesome outing from the SIC Global Team rider Lina Augaitis, as she finished 1st overall for the 2014 Battle Of the Paddle at Salt Creek. Racing on SIC production boards, Augaitis earned 2nd place in the elite course on her X […]

Dramatic Racing on Day 1 of the World Series Finals at Turtle Bay sees Kai Lenny & Fiona Wylde victorious

Kai Lenny is victorious on Day 1 of the World Series Finals at Turtle Bay Kai Lenny (Naish) storms to victory here in the Stand Up World Series Finals Long Distance race. On Day One of the final event on the Stand Up World Series calendar the fleet had to battle through some heavy surf […]