Category: Tips & Techniques
Be a better paddler – Swim Drills Keeping Your Body Straight
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Coach Robb (coachrobb.com) illustrates some drills that you need to implement into your swim workout to avoid your hips dropping in between every stroke. Once you implement these drills, you will avoid the sinking hip...
SUP Pro Talk Workshop with Suzie Cooney
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Buy Suxie Cooney's New VidAvailable at http://www.standuppaddlingfitness.com/sup-pro-talk-workshop-with-suzie-cooneySuzie Cooney has released an educational and informative 2 hour, 3 part video on stand up pa...
Paddling Science – If I lose weight, will I be faster?
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Paddling sports such as standup (SUP) paddleboarding, kayak or surfski amongst others can be thought of as moving a hole through the water. This hole is created as a result of water displaced by the hull. The total w...
Is Lighter and Thinner Really More Maneuverable: A Personal Story
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By Len BarrowAuthor Len Barrow on 15 pound heavy LongboardCommon knowledge would have it that lighter thinner boards are more maneuverable and superior to heavy and thick boards. Many of my friends are obsessed w...
Video – Advanced Paddle Steering Strokes
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SUP Paddle Technique series #6- steering the board, this video goes over the basic steering stroke and more advanced steering techniques including the crossbow turn and kick turn aka pivot turn.Video shot ...
Dan Gavere – 1080 Flat Spin 360 Body Variable
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Dan Gavere Master Instructor at SUPInstruction.com completes the 1080 Flat Spin 360 Body Variable on the river in WA. This is entry number 2 for the Boardworks, Whats Your Move Contest.
Prone or Surfing Paddling Technique
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Advice from the world’s best on how to maximize your stroke and catch more waves by Dr. Tim Brown.One thing I think we can all agree on is that to be a good sufer you must possess an effective, strong, fast paddl...
Dave Kalama – Three Common Mistakes
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When I was in high school I did a lot of ski racing and was fortunate to have some very good coaches work with me. One of the things that always intrigued me was how the right combination of words could have a prof...
Dan Gavere SUPInstruction Series – Eddy Turns
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Master Instructor Dan Gavere shows us how to do execute an eddy turn on a stand up paddleboard in moving current. Eddy turn refers to the action of moving from the main current into an eddy, or vice-versa, and is al...
How to Surf Better – Paddle faster w/ Watermans Jamie Mitchell
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Somewhere on the way to his 10 championships, Jamie Mitchell picked up on a few things that can make anyone’s stroke more streamline. Photo: Hodgson/A-FrameWe could go on and on about the delicate intricacie...
Stoke technique video analysis from SUP racing workshop
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This is a 18 minute video from our North Shore SUP racing workshop held this morning, Aug. 21st. We had 8 participants and two coaches: Dennis Pang and myself.If a picture says a thousand words, video says even...
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...
VIDEO – Whitewater SUP- How to Ferry across current
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SUP expert and fitness trainer extraordinaire Nikki Gregg shows us how to traverse across currents in fast running water.
MUCH ADO ABOUT FINS by Len Barrow
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If you are like most surfers and SUPers you have probably spent a lot of your time looking at your fins. It has been said that fins are inch for inch the most critical performance feature on your board. &nb...
Flatwater speed test- unlimited SUP’s
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The S-16 standamaran came in a big wooden crate. Last week Evan Leong and I had a chance to test Mark Raaphorst's S-16 Standamaran prototype that he was shipping to New York for a race with a stopover on O...
Maui’s Maliko Run – The Mecca for Downwind Training and Racing
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Paddling Maliko Gulch to Kaului on a stand up paddle board is an awesome summer activity. The nine mile run is fully exposed to strong trade winds making it a great spot for windsurfers or stand up paddler's looking ...
Fine Tuning the Rudder by Robert Stehlik
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I like racing on unlimited boards with rudders. The rudder makes these long, straight tracking boards surprisingly nimble and fun in the bumps. I avoid using the rudder when trying to catch a bump as it ...
Downwind Coaching video by Robert Stehlik
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Great video by Robert at Zen Waterman - He has a great blog so be sure to subscribe to his feed
Downwind Clinic video- with Nicole Madosik, Jared Vargas, Morgan Hoeserey, Kainoa Beaupre
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One of our customers asked me if I could join him on a downwind paddle and give him some tips. I invited some other customers and got help from some of my friends who also happen to be some of the fastest padd...
Training Day with SUP Elite Racer Rob Rojas
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By Rob RojasLets get creative!!! Hey friends! Hope all is well out there in the active people world. I know everyone is out there striving to train harder, striving to paddle faster, striving to perfect their buoy ...
Some thoughts on water flowing over a paddle- by Robert Stehlik
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Quickblade's Jim Terrell recently came out with an excellent video breaking down the SUP stroke with high tech video analysis. . The video analysis clearly shows that on longer raceboards at cruising speeds, good padd...
The art of the forward stroke by Quikblades’ Jim Terrell
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Love or hate SUP, the art of moving forward through the water is universal. Surfing, Kayaking and swimming all draw from the same basic principals to obtain maximum efficiency whether you’re trying to catch a w...
