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Dave Kalama ” Spin’n and Grin’n “
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My good friend Pat Myers has been in town the last few days, trying to collect some footage of me, and threw together this little piece of some fun south side action. Hope you like it. Also a quick congratulations to...
WPA National Race – Recap by Connor Baxter
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WPA National Race – by Connor Baxter:The 2011 Wet feet WPA National Race was a super fun event. I flew over to Oahu from Maui on Friday and the event was on Saturday. The WPA – World Paddle Association – has a seri...
Dave Kalama Story – Possessed
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About four years ago, Laird and I had concocted a plan to Stand up paddle across all the major channels in Hawaii and ride our bikes across every island, in an effort to help support our friend Don King, who was maki...
Dave Kalama – Who cares
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It seems that everybody around at the beginning of stand up wants to claim that they were the one that started the whole thing. Who cares, no one is giving away awards for the one that is responsible for it all. Ther...
Dave Kalama – Tempo Paddling Techniques
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Photo Darrell WongSo you’ve read all the technique articles, watched all the videos on you tube, maybe even attended a clinic from one of the pros. You’ve spent countless hours processing all the information a...
Dave Kalama – Use Your hips while paddling
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OTLMany of the technical parts in a good stroke come from canoe paddling because canoe paddling and canoe strokes have been practiced and refined for hundred, perhaps thousands of years. Extending your arm all the w...
Dave Kalama – One Fun Day
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A couple of weeks ago we had a very nice surfing day here on Maui. Here are a few shots from that day. Aloha, DavePhotos by Jerome HouyvetVisit Dave's site: A Waterman's Journal: Dave Kalama
Dave kalama – Paddle Tips – Reach, Dammit, Reach
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If you ever spend any time with me or almost any other paddle coach for that matter, you’re going to hear that phrase or something very similar.The key to any stroke, Tahitian or Hawaiian, stand up or canoe, is to ...
Nose Riding
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Nose riding looks easy, all you really do is stand there, but for many it seems like a mystery that’s unsolvable. With a couple of simple tips you can not only have a clue but most likely find yourself logging some...
Discussion – Do we really need a 12’6″?
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All teethBefore I even start please keep in mind that this is just my opinion and I am very willing to hear everyone that has an opinion about this topic.To me the 12’6″ is like racing unicycles. Sure you can do i...
Travel – Dave Kalama Back to Namotu
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I didn’t make it to the Battle of the Paddle but I did make it back to Namotu. Congratulations to Danny, Jamie and Slater. There couldn’t have been a better 1,2,3 combo. Here’s a few of the trip highlights. Al...
Kalama Kamp is going International – SUP Instruction
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KALAMA KAMP IS GOING INTERNATIONALDave Kalama and Brody Welte are excited to announce that Kalama Kamp is going international, Turks and Caicos here we come. We have partnered with Club Med and Big Blue Unlim...
Tip – Sequencing Techniques
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Why do really good paddlers seem like they use less energy but go faster? Because they can sequence their coordinated movements into a efficient continually flowing series of executed moves. For every mov...
Travel – Namotu Trip
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If you have a bucket list and Namotu isn’t at the top of it, then put it there. I just got back from Namotu, Fiji and I can’t believe that I haven’t been there in eleven years. I used to go there at least...
Tip – Dealing With White Water
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I’ve been thinking about this some more since writing this tip and have a couple more things that might help. The advice I gave is good for when you want to try and get over the white water, but what about when...
Tip – Climbing White Water
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Here’s a quick tip that may help you with getting over white water.When I’m in my four man surfing canoe and we’re paddling back out through the surf, as we approach a white water, there are basically two things ...
Starboard SUP needs your opinion on something
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SHAPE THE STATE OF THE PADDLE BOARD INDUSTRY Hey loyal and faithful Starboarders,Help us with this survey and there’s a special incentive in it for you. (nudge, nudge) Get entered to win ANY one of our boards in the...
Dave Kalama – Molokai to Oahu
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What a doozy that race was. Every year I say to myself ” I’m never doing that race again”. How quickly you forget the pain and mental anguish you go through to finish that race. As I described it at the awards p...
Connor and Dave – Maui to Molokai
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Finding the fun in races is sometimes an exercise in perspective. In the Maui to Molokai I was worried that my flight from Seattle the night before was going to be a factor in my performance, but at the two hour ma...
Dave on Jamie Mitchell
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When you think of domination you think of Lance (7), Kelly Slater (9), Michael Jordan (6), Tiger Woods (although perhaps not lately), Kobe Bryant (5) but you probably don’t think of Jamie Mitchell. Well you should....
