Tag Archive for 'races'

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: 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: 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Wednesday Training Group: Meeting at 5:00 PM Hawaii Kai – Coaching Topic: Avoiding Three Common Mistakes

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/

Battle of the Paddle hits Salt Creek Beach

This article was originally published on http://www.ocregister.com/articles/event-636823-elite-races.html. Two-day event hosted by Rainbow Sandals and surf legend Gerry Lopez also includes kids’ events and vendors. Stand-up paddlers ride the waves in, after rousing a buoy/marker out in the water during the Open SUP Relay race in 2013, part of the Battle of the Paddle.

Lina Augaitis Talks SUP Community

By: Allie Brown I came down to southern California 2.5 weeks before BOP and likely will stay and head to Turtle Bay the week after BOP. I am a Pro athlete which means I do have a lot of fun on the job but also spend a lot of time alone, figuring out logistics, and […]

Candice Appleby makes it a clean sweep at the World Series & earns the Grand Slam Title in Huntington Beach

Candice Appleby makes it a clean sweep in the World Series & is Grand Slam Champion Candice Appleby takes Huntington by storm as she surges to victory in the Long Distance 10km race to take the overall World Series win, but also the Grand Slam Title with a 3rd in the surf and 1st in […]

Starboard’s Bart de Zwart Tackles the Muskoka River X Race

By: Au Congratulations to hard core, Bart de Zwart who just loves expeditions! After a grueling 11 City Tour, where Bart came out on top for the 4th time, he then went to Canada to take on the longest 1 day expedition in the Muskoka River X race only to Win AGAIN!

Wednesday Training Group: Meeting at 5:00 PM Hawaii Kai – Coaching Topic: Surfing on Raceboards

Surfing on Raceboards: This Wednesday we will talk about surfing raceboards, warm up, do a sprint out to the Blinker Buoy, then practice catching and surfing waves in the bay. Please note: meeting time is 5 PM at the Hawaii Kai boat ramp.

Wednesday Training Group: Meeting at 5:00 PM Hawaii Kai – Coaching Topic: Rough Water Paddling

Rough Water training: In preparation for the Wet Feet Blue Planet race coming up on Sept. 14th, we will paddle out to Portlock Point again for some more rough water paddling. Please note: meeting time is 5 PM at the Hawaii Kai boat ramp. Instead of the regular time trial course, we will paddle up […]