StandUP Paddle Planet

In this week’s workout we try a sport we never dreamed we’d experience. Stand up paddle surfing got its start in Hawaii, but you can do it anywhere. All you need is water – like Gray’s lake, and the right gear.

These affordable sports are self-powered, providing participants a valuable workout, usually in a beautiful setting.

These affordable sports are self-powered, providing participants a valuable workout, usually in a beautiful setting.

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

“What’s happening Mr. Dolphin?” Sunday morning my friends Eric and Brandon joined me for a standup paddle workout off the Malibu coastline. It was an unusually warm day for mid-winter and we set out for a short jaunt to the pier at Paradise Cove, a little over a mile up the beach. We were cruising along at a good clip, and almost there, when a pod of 12 dolphins surprised us by surfacing near us heading in the opposite direction. And when I say near, I mean some of them were within a few fee