StandUP Paddle Planet

32-mile ocean crossing tests the endurance and daring of men and women - Race updates and latest event information available thru Facebook and TwitterHonolulu, Hawaii (PRWEB) June 22, 2011 Founded in 1997, the Molokai-2-Oahu (M2O) Paddleboard World Championship, presented by Kona Brewing Co., is set to celebrate its 15th anniversary on Sunday, July 31, 2011. ...

BOGUE BANKS, N.C. Ku Hoe hee nalu: To stand, to paddle, to surf a wave. With those words Dudley Brownlow began a stand-up paddle (SUP) class near our vacation rental on Emerald Isle beach. An instructor with Hot Wax Surf Shop, Brownlow caught the SUP wave three years ago as it hit the East Coast from its beginnings in ... Surfing - Water Sports - Sports - Watercraft paddling - Emerald Isle ...

The International Surfing Association (ISA) announced that is launching the first ISA World Stand Up Paddle Surfing Championship in history.According to the release:The ISA is aware of the growth of the sport and would like to honor all SUP Surfers their respective medals, crowning for the first time in history a Stand Up Paddle Surfing World Champion.ISA President, Fernando Aguerre, one of the masterminds of this initiative commented about the creation of this World Championship: “Stand Up Padd

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

Surfing legend Laird Hamilton is going back to the roots of his sport by teaching and practicing standup paddle surfing. Sandra Hughes reports.