StandUP Paddle Planet

Ekolu Kalama rides a wave on his Starboard stand-up paddle board. Redefining stand-up The fastest growing ocean sport is inspiring more than just a new style of surfing. For Del Mar resident John Perell and professional surfer Ekolu Kalama, stand-up paddling is the foundation of their humanitarian organization - A Standup World. "If we as individuals can be stand-up people, and ...

Photo taken today by me at Pedro Point. Pacifica, California, USA Technorati Tags: paddle surfing, sup, stand up paddle surfing, surfing

August 15, 2008 Golden Journey…., photo by Doug Langham. Doug has a great shot of a sport I’ve been itching to try. Wikipedia’s Stand Up Paddle Surfing entry says: Stand Up Paddle, (SUP), is an emerging global sport with a Hawaiian heritage. It can be traced back to the early days of Polynesia. The sport is ancient form of surfing and began as a way for surfing instructors to manage their large groups of learner surfers as standing on the board gave them a higher view point increasing visibi

Stand-up paddling, a variation of surfing in which you stand on a board and propel with a paddle almost like a kayak, is taking beaches by storm, largely due to its endorsement by Hamilton. The sport stands to change ocean recreation, much as snowboards changed the ski slopes.

It is with great sadness that we recognize the passing of legendary Waikiki Beachboy and standup paddle surfing pioneer Robert "Bobby" John Ah Choy. Ah Choy, 66, passed away on Monday, May 21, 07. little more than a month ago Ah Choy steered an escort canoe of Beachboy legends out at Waikiki for a tribute and scattering of ashes of Don Ho.