Carbon Kevlar composit. fins are $70 per fin. Use as the forward fins in quads. Front 2. supposedly adds lift..
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SAN DIEGO — Catching a wave can do more than give you a paddling workout. It also boosts mood, according to a new study.
The results show going surfing for 30 minutes is associated with an increase in positive, upbeat feelings and a decrease in negative feelings as well as fatigue.
While the study was conducted on a general surfing population, the findings were true regardless of how frequently people surfed, how old they were and what their skill level was.
The results might not come as a surprise to those who surf.
“If you ask any surfer, he or she guaranteed will tell you, ‘Oh man, I feel a lot better after I get out,’” said study researcher Ryan Pittsinger, a doctoral student at the University of Iowa and a surfer himself.
via Need a mood lift? Grab a surfboard – Health – Mental health – msnbc.com.
SURF: Wrightsville Beach, NC: knee-thigh. Not great. Keep your eye on this weekend.
WEATHER: Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s…except in the upper 80s at the beaches. SChance of rain 20 percent.
WIND: Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
TIDES: Low Tide:9:24AM, High Tide: 4:12:00 PM
RECCO: DOWNWIND THIS AFTERNOON. Do a point to point.
SURF: Wrightsville Beach, NC: knee to waist and semi-clean. The wind will be on it soon. So if you’re going to go, Go.
WEATHER: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s…except in the lower 90s at the beaches. Heat index values up to 106.
WIND: Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
TIDES: High Tide: 7:55:00 Am, Low Tide:1:52PM
RECCO: Downwinder. D-o-w-n-w-i-n-d-e-r. Point to point paddling. two cars. Drop one car at the bend by dockside (leave towels and drinks in this car) and drive the other to trails end. Paddle north. Ride the bumps. It’s a blast. Saty out of teh way of boat traffic. And bring lots of water. It’s a 106 heat index out there.
THANKS AGAIN TO EVERYONE WHO CAME TO THE EVENT. We were able to raise alot of money for Surfers Healing and the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue Hospital. I just woke up after sleeping for 14 hours and feel great. Thank you so much to all the volunteers. Where the event lacked in organization, it made up in stoke and fun.
Races this weekend:
HI—Molokai to Oahu Paddleboard Race, Ka’iwi Channel Molokai
CA—SurfMonkey Oceanside, Oceanside Pier Oceanside
- Mullet Run registration at Dockside tomorrow night 6-9 and at Mellow Mushroom Friday Night 6-9. Race on Saturday! #
41 people competed in the 1st Annual Mullet Run. Conditions were tough, but everyone seemed to have a good time. I’m happy and on my couch now…Thanks to all our sponsors:
Surf Recreational Womens
1. Heather Downs
Surf Recreational Mens
1. Brian Hill
2. Keith Jensen
3. Greg Lew
4. Mack Bernhart
5. Dr. Ed
6. William Pope
7. Phil Luther
8. Todd Yancey
9. Miles Abernathy
10. Zo Tipton
11. Mike Rodden
12. B Smith
13. Jason Hand
14. Jo Pierce
15. Clark Shay
16. Mike Abernathy
17. Jason Gaskill
18. John Fox
19. Larry Bergman
20. John Klutz
21. Nick Cosmat
Open 14 Mens
1. Chris Hill
2. Bill Gassett
3. Haywood Newkirk
4. Kevin Vangritis
5. John Beausang
Open Stock Womens
1. Ann Gasssett
2. Katie Moore
3. Jenna Schmidt
Open Stock Mens
1. Chris Curry
2. Craig Stephens
3. Kevin Rhodes
4. Jason Colclough
5. Benjamin Surrazin
6. Greg Roach
7. James Molean
8. Mark Schmidt
9. Matt Casmat
10. Tyler Hustrulid
Relay:
1. Brian Hill, Chris Hill, Jason Colclough
2. Bill Gassett, Mike Abernathy, Miles Abernathy
3. Katie Moore, Kevin and Keith Jensen
4. Craig Stephens, Sonny Stephens, and Chris Curry
The Gallery of photos from the event:
Sponsors: Brax Spirit Cups, Sidearm Surf & Skate, Wrightsville SUP, GOYA events, H2Overdrive, Electric Sunglasses, Dr. Ding, The Brandit, Double-Haul Guide Service, Drypack, EFX, Clontz/Newkirk, Schmidt Builders, Cape Fear Chef and James Bain, Blue Green Machine, Charleston Watersports, Port City Java, Werner Paddles, and Mellow Mushroom.
CHill sent this to me: Ikaika Kalama SUP from paddlesurfhawaiitv:
Chris Hill: 6’4″ 205 lbs Surfing for 25 years, prone paddle boarding 8 years and SUP paddling 4+ years. Began racing SUPs about 2 years ago but my passion is anything to do with the ocean and right equipment for the conditions be it surfboard, SUP, diving or a pair of fins and just body surfing.
Chris’ sponsors:
Sidearm Surf & Skate
SURF: Shin slappers. Got out with Hobie Guy, Stan, Justin and Zo at Spot C this am. Nothing to ride but skate wakes. Clear water. Sold the SubVector. Life is moving on….
WEATHER: Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs around 90…except in the mid 80s at the beaches. Chance of rain 20 percent.
WIND: North winds 5 to 10 mph…becoming east this afternoon.
TIDES:Low Tide: 10:55:00 AM – High Tide: 5:40:00 PM
RECCO: Go fishing. It’s calm. The water’s clear. Just paddle. Tonight will be a good time to paddle with the high tide. Just keep your eye on the radar for T-storms.
MISC: Kristin bought my Ron House. Sherry bought my SubVector. Dang. Spreading the love. The Ohanas are coming next Tuesday. Mine will be here hopefully by next Friday. Can’t wait. Leaving for Florida tomorrow morning for the EC Paddleboard Championships. I’m really looking forward to it. I’m bringing Brad’s Hobie 14′ Hellcat. Hopefully, its rocket boosters will propel me into last place. Looking forward to seeing everyone.
Looks like Hobie guy, and mullethead, Colin McPhillips took second. Nice work Colin!!
Waterman League
From Standuppaddlesurf.net:
Congratulations to Antoine, who fought off the cream of stand up paddlesurfers, to win the second event of the Stand Up World Tour.The competitors, an international list of champions included: Hawaii’s Kai Lenny winner of Sunset Beach Pro, Duane Desoto, Ekolu Kalama, Kainoa McGee 3 times ASP World Longboard Champion Colin Mc Phillips France’s Peyo Lizarazu South Africa’s Chris Bertish winner of Maverics big wave contest 2010
Stand Up World Tour Anglet, France 2010 : Final heat
Posted on Youtube by: ericF43
CHill (AKA, Chris Hill) is sponsored by Hobie, SideArm Surf & Skate, TrySports and DistressedMullet.com
- I uploaded a YouTube video — Distressed Mullet Chupacabra—First blood http://youtu.be/qowhRXtts3s?a #
I just had the permit approved by the Town of Wrightsville Beach. Sat, July 24th. The 1st Annual Mullet Run will be a Battle of the Paddle-Style race (Note, this is not an actual Battle of the Paddle) with competitors paddling out through the surf, around 2 bouys, in through the surf, run around a pole, then around 1 more time. There will be a downwind section. The event will raise $ for Surfers Healing, a charity I love. Sponsorships opportunities are available. Please send cash. Kidding.
There will be mens and womens 12’6″ race division and a surf division, a run-what-ya-brung surf SUPs.
I’m waiting on the Coast Guard, so I won’t be releasing the poster/flyer, etc. just yet, but save the date. I’m also applying to the WPA for this to be included in the points series.
Prizes and prize $ TBD. There will be a pig pickin’ and festivities after as well as a used SUP flea market.
Things are heating up. More details to come.
John
- @surfershealing hey John! In sc with chupacabra. Have a great walk. Will catch up this week. Your pal, John #
From James Bain:
Are you kidding me?
T-shirts and Trucker Hats now available:
North Carolina:
Sidearm Surf and Skate
8258 Market Street
Wilmington, NC 28411-9388
(910) 686-2969
http://www.facebook.com/people/SideArm-Surf-Skate/1174885792
New Jersey:
No Flat Earth
990 Cedar Bridge Avenue
Brick, NJ 08723
737-262-8404
http://www.localswell.com/NoFlatEarth.html
- I've been sick for 5 days. I'm so sick of being sick. A surf session and a sinus flush might be just what i need to eradicate this. #
We’re going to find new breaks. It’s a moral imperative. On standups, well be able to hit waves in places we’ve never considered. Waves we looked at on our longboards and said, “If I could find the lineup and time it right, I could get one out there some day.” Well, some day is now. You have the range to try. You have the ability to get in early. And once we start finding these places, it’s all gravy.
From Chris Curry:
Just a heads up, Todd and I caught the Shoals at Masonboro yesterday really good (Possible Peak & Breakname: On the Rocks!). 1.5 – 2 minute rides easily video tells all! But I think I will keep these on the down – just for the Distressed Mullet’s viewing right now. Wait until we get a tropical storm or hurricane – 4 -5 minutes of riding a single wave is my guess. Leg and Chest burn is all I can say when that day comes!
Check out Justin’s head. Holy crap. Hes been so stoked on learning to SUP. He’s a good surfer from CB and has been surfing for a LONG TIME.
With his new board, he got into the shore break, and his new Subvector tattooed him. Dang. Heal up!
For those of you new to SUP surfing, remember that the board is significantly bigger than what you’ve been surfing. Keeping control over your board is INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT—especially in off-shore wind conditions and around other people. WEAR A LEASH. When you fall, Cover your melon with your arms. And finally, this is my rule and is, SURF LIKE YOU HAVE NO LEASH! Even know you need a leash. This will give you the ultimate awareness over where your board is.
This is from Justin:
Here you go John….
Surfing 9’3 C4 Subvec near Ft Fisher. Shallow shore break where they just dredged….wind switched to the south….got real choppy and had a nice spill. I was by myself.
Hit a fin, big laceration. Eleven staples across my head. Kudos to CB Emergency Clinic for taking me in right away….helps he surfs too.
Have to stay out of water for 10 days…risk of infection, especially b/c of the dredging. Staples get removed in 14 days, and hopefully that will be it.
I will be getting a helmet http://www.murrays.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=52-15&Category_Code=&Store_Code=MS
Be safe, ride with a partner if possible. Attached is a picture of the doctor doing his work….
Wish I could have been out there with you. Feeling better. Maybe tomorrow.
- I subscribed to supTAHOE's channel on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/supTAHOE?feature=autoshare_twitter #
WATERMAN 2010
Registration starts @ 7:00am
@ yellow lifeguard tower
$20 entry fee
Race starts @ 8:00am
2 mile prone paddleboarding
and stand up race
Awards to top 3 in both categories
in the men/womans division
1st 30 people to register
receive free rash guard
May 8th
All money goes to the junior lifeguarding program
Contact Robert Martini:
rmpaddler5@gmail.com
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Event Start: 9:00 AM
Event Site:
Newport Aquatic Center
1 Whitecliffs Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660-5726
HOVIE SUP
For questions please call Brian @ (949) 646-0787
info@hoviesup.com
www.hoviesup.com
Race route 2
- Congrats chris curry and chris hill, 1 and 2 in Wrightsville beach biathlon #
- I uploaded a YouTube video — Distressed Mullet Race Board—sanding sanding sanding http://youtu.be/O-hmqdCANKo?a #
- I uploaded a YouTube video — Distressed Mullet Race board is coming http://youtu.be/c2m1au5rgT4?a #
- My body is at work. My brain is still in the water. #
Still in SC. Going to miss the biathlon. Get out there and paddle until you get the runs!!! I mean get to run. hate it when that happens. James, kill it. Chris, kill it. Jason, watch peacefully from the beach. I’ll be home later tonight. Maybe we can all get some waves tomorrow…
Here it is:
From Mark Colino:
A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away I was able to pull-off living 6 months of the year at the beach and 6 months in the Rocky Mountains. And surprisingly, I learned an important lesson about SUP wave riding while I was in the mountains.
I was fortunate enough to meet Olympic bronze medal slalom skier Jimmy Heuga. He politely answered questions from my friend Tom and I on a range of topics from training to competing in and representing our country in the Olympics. Then he did something that surprised both of us. He invited us to meet up and ski with him. You see, Jimmy was diagnosed with MS (multiple sclerosis) shortly after the 1964 Olympic Games, and now needed to use two canes to get around.
The big day arrived and Tom and I did not know what to expect. Jimmy led the way down on that first run and after 100 yards or so my perception of what it takes to perform at a world class level changed forever. The man was smooth as silk. Like water flowing downstream naturally. All this from someone who had lost use of most of his muscles!
Were all those hours in the gym, on the bike and paddling, building muscle for naught? We pressed him for words of wisdom. Jimmy explained that without muscle mass it becomes critical to rely on your skeletal structure and body position to form angles to achieve leverage.
So how does this apply to SUP surfing? Even small SUP’s are 9’3” and very thick and wide. Forming correct body angles and using the paddle are critical for those of us who are not built like Laird. Watch video of Rob Machado or Gerry Lopez riding a SUP. I would be surprised if either one was over 150 pounds dripping wet. Yet they position their body, board and paddle in ways that result in great turns!
Of course being a CPT (certified paddle board trainer) I encourage people to build up their muscular endurance, but I stress that it does not replace proper technique! Have a friend video your next session and make note of the angles and position of knees, back, arms, paddle etc… when you nail a good turn and compare it to one that’s not so good.
Now put down those dumbbells and go out and lay into some carves!
Mark Colino is the East Coast Starboard rep and runs “Stand Strong” stand up paddle board lessons and fitness programs throughout Ocean and Monmouth counties, New Jersey
I spoke to Jeremy and he said he just got through three of the best days of surfing in a row that he’s ever had in his life. Apparently they enjoyed 10-15 foot Hawaiin and glassy. I can’t even fathom it. Nuts. He sent me photos from an unidentified break, never to be revealed. One funny thing he said was that he and Dave were wearing their GPS watches to see how fast they were going on these waves and he hit 24.3 mph. Holy crap.
He says he’s riding a new Naish 9’0″ that he loves. I’ll have to find out what model. I don’t know if it’s one of the Nalu, Manu or Hokua Series, but he says it’s awesome. I’ll get more details.
- I subscribed to RIDESTRIDE's channel on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/RIDESTRIDE?feature=autoshare_twitter #
Rob Rojas from My Local Lineup on Vimeo.
I found this through James Bain who directed me to http://watermansappliedscience.com/blog/?p=1923
who got it from:
http://www.mylocallineup.com/videos/blog-sup/training-routine-of-sup-racer-rob-rojas.html
Check out this photo of Jeremy shot by Darrell Wong from December. (Darrell gave me permission to post it.) I have more shots from Jeremy going up this week. And no, I’m not able to say where they are surfing in Maui…
Check out Darrell’s site, portfolio, etc. Seriously talented photographer:
Darrell Wong Photography
P.O. Box 1388
Haiku, Hawaii 96708-1388
USA
Office: (808) 575-2402
Cell: (808) 264-0913
Skype: darrellwonghawaii
E-mail: darrell@darrellwong.com
Web: http://www.darrellwong.com
Print Service: http://www.printroom.com/pro/DarrellWongPhotos
- I subscribed to supsurfdotnet's channel on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/supsurfdotnet?feature=autoshare_twitter #
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