Photos: Stand Up For Our Oceans Race #1
Click the picture below to see the gallery.
You can read about the event here and the results here.
Photo Credits: Madra (www.M-PublicRelations.com)
Race day.
Stand Up For Our Oceans Race Report #1
Wow! What a great turnout for the race! Thanks to everyone who participated and helped to put on the event. We’ll post results, photos, and some video here real soon. Unfortunately, our power has been out in here in Blue Mountain this evening. So the uploading will have to wait until tomorrow… after the beach clean-up…9:00 am at the Majestic / Surfside public access. See you there! –Mike
A photo gallery for the race is here.
Shots from the morning beach clean-up are here.
Photo Credits: Madra (www.M-PublicRelations.com)
Photo Tours
The Florida Gulf Coast is a photographers dream setting! With incredible sunsets and sunrises reflecting over the water, we can guide you to the best vantages for a full days photo hounding. Of course, there are plenty of beach shots… we can also steer you to magnificent oaks, unspoiled dunes, wildlife teeming wetlands, local history, and culture.
Porpoise in Mexico Beach
My brother and I were heading out of Mexico Beach, Florida for a fishing trip when this porpoise came in for a closer look.
Stand Up Paddle Surfing
Stand up paddle surfing or SUP has become increasingly popular on the Gulf Coast. If you feel like going for a paddle, Blue Mountain Surf can provide the SUP. Cover miles when the seas are calm. You don’t need surf for this activity… although waves will make your adventure more challenging! Use our Contact page to schedule a trip.
Stand up paddle surfing
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stand up paddle surfing, or SUP, is a surface water sport, a variant of surfing where the surfer uses a paddle to move through the water while standing on a surfboard. Stand up paddle surfing is derived from its Polynesian roots. The Hawaiian translation is Ku Hoe Heʻe Nalu; to stand, to paddle, to surf, a wave.
History
The popularity of the modern sport of SUP has its origination in the Hawaiian Islands.[1] In the early 1960s the Beach Boys of Waikiki would stand on their long boards and paddle out with outrigger paddles to take pictures of the tourists learning to surf. This is where the term “Beach Boy Surfing” originates, another name for Stand Up Paddle Surfing. In the early 2000s Hawaiian surfers such as Dave Kalama, Brian Keaulana, Archie Kalepa and Laird Hamilton started SUP as an alternative way to train while the surf was down. As the years went on they found themselves entering events such as the Moloka’i to O’ahu Paddleboard Race and Mākaha’s Big Board Surfing Classic. Now you can find Stand Up Paddle Surfers in many of the Outrigger and Paddleboard races as participants within their own division.
One difference between the modern idea of surfing and SUP is that the latter does not need a wave. In SUP, one can paddle on the open ocean, in harbors, on lakes, rivers or any large body of water. One of the advantages of Stand Up Paddle Surfing is the angle of visibility. Because of the standing height over the water one can see both deeper into the water and further across the surface of the water, allowing better visualization of features others lower above the water may not be able to see, whether it is the marine life in the harbors, lakes and coves or the incoming swells of the ocean marching on the horizon.
References: 1.^ Catherine Lo (August/September 2007). Get Up and Blow. Hana Hou! Vol 10, No. 4.
This article is a copy of the Wikipedia article “Stand up paddle surfing” as it existed at 20:59 GMT, 14 February 2008 (History) and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License Version 1.2, or any later version.
Hurricane Surf
If there is a swell hitting the East Coast or the Gulf then there’s a good chance we’re already figuring out how to be in the right spot! Let Blue Mountain Surf do the storm tracking, route planning, and late night driving. We can plans trips for beginners or advanced surfers.
John Cross / Destin, FL / Hurricane Dean (2007)
Steve Combs / Carolina Beach, NC / Hurricane Noel (2007)
Steve Combs / Destin, FL / Tropical Storm Barry (2007)
Unknown Surfer / Panama City Beach, FL / Hurricane Wilma (2005)
Unknown Surfer / Shell Island, FL / Hurricane Katrina (2005)
