StandUP Paddle Planet

La Jolla, California - Surf Diva Surf School is proud to announce their new surf division: What’SUP, specifically for Standup Paddle (SUP) surfing. Known to the originators as, Hoe he’e nalu, Standup Paddleboarding is an ancient form of surfing and can be traced back to ancient Polynesia. Standup Paddle Boarding, or SUP, is the hottest new sport to hit the coast in San Diego. Long recognized in Hawaii as a great way to get a workout on a flat day, standup paddle boarding has also evolved int

With temperatures pushing triple digits this week, there are many places on Queen Anne where you can retreat to find a little comfort and coolness. Here are a few favorites we discovered:Play in the water at the International Fountain at Seattle Center. For a smaller crowd, there’s the Fountain of Creation, a wading pool and fountain we found tucked away near Seattle Center’s Northwest Rooms. The Center House (305 Harrison St) at Seattle Center is air conditioned inside and is open from 7am-9pm

Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 This is a pretty ho-hum video of body boarders getting pounded into the ground and surfers not quite making the drop on a massive swell a few days ago in Southern California. When you get sick of seeing people going over the falls, skip to 3:40–it’s when a gonzo surfer cranks his standup paddle board onto the wave. The board is massive. It’s like watching a couple guys in a canoe paddling into oblivion. If stand up paddle

Only one race remains to determine the final champions in the 2009 seriesSanta Rosa Beach, Fla. (July 27, 2009) - YOLO Board LLC announces the results of the fourth 2009 YOLO Board Stand Up Paddle Series Race event on July 23rd at the Boathouse in WaterColor. The top teams in both the women’s and the men’s divisions have remained consistent throughout the series with On the Coast Magazine taking first in the Women’s Division and South Walton Lifeguards Black winning the Men’s Division. On the

Hawaii’s Kanesa Duncan Claims Women’s Ekolu Kalama Takes Standup Honors HONOLULU - (July 26, 2009) — For the eighth consecutive year, Australian Jamie Mitchell proved he’s light years and hard-earned miles ahead of his paddleboard peers, winning the 32-mile Rainbow Sandals Molokai to Oahu Paddleboard Race that is the unofficial world title of the sport. The toughest tidal conditions in years kept Mitchell from breaking the record he set in 2007, coming in 10 minutes slower today at four hours, 5