Tag Archive for 'SUP'

Standup Paddle Magazine Launches In Three Months

For Immediate Release July 10th, 2008 Honolulu, Hawaii- The first ever magazine which will cover the fastest growing recreational sport of stand up paddling launches this fall and will feature some of the most fascinating images captured over the last year and a half by the world’s greatest photographers.

Stand Up Paddling – The Great Fitness Workout

Check out this video from Surftech featuring some of the US top triathletes promoting the training benefits of SUP. Surftech works with top triathletes and trainers to show how standup paddling offers a fun, social and challenging activity while providing a rigorous core workout to supplement their regular training. (click thumbnail to launch video)

Tropical Blends Newsletter

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Stand Up Paddle Skateboarding

My son seems to think that everything needs a paddle. See the video. (click thumbnail to launch video)

Surfer paddles with Pele

Looks surprisingly similar to the article on Reid Inouye and Leleo Kinmaka a while back… Read the original article here: http://starbulletin.com/2008/07/10/news/story12.html C.J. Kanuha brings cultural respect to his ride near the lava By Rod Thompson rthompson@starbulletin.com HILO » When professional Big Island surfer C.J. Kanuha paddled within a few yards of lava flowing into the […]

Quiksilver Edition Molokai Challenge

QUIKSILVEREDITION MOLOKAI TO OAHU PADDLEBOARD RACE SUP Division Presented by C4 Waterman

New Takayama Fins

In an interview I did with Donald Takayama he mentioned some state of the art radical new fin designs. I asked when they will be available and he wasn’t sure so I called up Steve over at Surftech and he had some that I demo’d. They are so different that I didn’t even know which […]

Tandem Stand Up Paddle Surf Video

Here’s a cool video courtesy of Heath Thompson from Waterlogged Video Productions. Check them out at http://www.tygurneysurfschool.com/video.html and give Heath a call at 808-292-9185 if you’re interested in hiring him to shoot your video. This was shot on a day that my 5 year old son was off from school and I took him to […]

Jimmy Lewis Distance Stand Up Paddle Board

I finally got a chance to try the Jimmy Lewis 12’6″ stand up board on a downwind run. It was actually by chance. My buddy Kekoa and I took out the C4 Waterman Vortice 14′ and Holoholo 12′ from Wailupe to Kaimana Beach. The wind was perfect side shore and aligned nicely with the swells. […]

A Work of Art – Kinimaka Ku Iluna Paddle

I just got my hands on a special hand made Leleo Kinimaka wood paddle. I know all the guys that appreciate working with wood are going to love the pictures of this one. This paddle is so nice that I may just hang it on the wall instead of put it in the water. I […]

Cool Stand Up Paddle Surfing Video from Surfline.com

Here’s a cool video I saw on Surfline.com (click thumbnail to launch video)

Tropical Blends Newsletter

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New Ron House Performance Boards

New Ron House stand up paddle surf boards at Wet Feet Hawaii. www.wetfeethawaii.com 9-1 Quad 9-6 Lopez 2+1 9-10 Quad All under 20#

Kainoa McGee in a Deep Pipeline Barrel

I recently saw Kainoa in Waikiki at Canoe’s and he was teaching a surf lesson and riding an 8’6″ or 8′ SUP. He’s 210 lbs and the board was literally a few inches underwater. I wish I had my camera because it was a sight to see him paddling underwater. Check out Jamie B’s site […]

Chad Carvin Wins 7th annual Surftech Jay Moriarity Memorial Paddleboard Race

Record High temperatures, raging fires and a pumping south swell did nothing to dissuade the largest group of participants to ever compete in the Seventh annual Surftech Jay Moriarity Memorial paddleboard race.