StandUP Paddle Planet

The 50th National Surfing Championships gets underway at Piha this week, and along with the longboard and shortboard titles the stand up paddleboard crown is also up for grabs.

The Punta Sayulita resort community formally announces the dates for the 3rd Annual Punta Sayulita Longboard & Stand-Up Paddle Classic to be held on March 9 – 11, 2012 in the beautiful surfside village of Sayulita, Mexico, along Mexico’s Riviera Nayarit.

(PRWeb November 30, 2011)

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The Inaugural Punta Sayulita Longboard & Stand-Up Paddle Classic, which took place on April 17th and 18th, was a huge success, with thousands of attendees, a long list of outstanding competitors, distinguished Honorary Ambassadors and an impressive amount of funds raised for the local community and coastal ecosystem. The first of what's sure to become a major annual event, it is already known around the village as "the Classic".

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You know those surfer dudes who are always ripped, and always hanging with the honeys? They get that way from the total body workout surfing gives them. Paddling out hits the upper, riding in hits the lower. Their newest workout involves standup paddle surfing. Standing on a longboard and paddling across the water with an extra long paddle. Great workout, if you live near an ocean. And since the vast majority of the country is landlocked, I give you the Kahuna Big Stick Land Paddle. A new