StandUP Paddle Planet

“I’m not even sore,” were Maui native Bart de Zwart’s first words after doing a 300 mile standup paddle from Hawaii’s Big Island to Kauai over the weekend. According to the Associated Press the 41-year old spent five days alone at sea in his attempts to be the first ever paddle boarder to cross from the Big [...]

Laird Hamilton is one of those rare living legends, larger than life, although he often appears as a mere spec on some of the waves he rides in his backyard at Jaws off Maui. He pioneered the sport of tow-surfing, utilizing jet skis to streak aboard mountainous peaks. More recently, he modernized stand-up paddle-surfing and not long ago paddled the length of the Hawaiian island chain — standing up, in daylight, darkness and on rough seas. Now Hamilton has written a book, his first, appropri