Stand Up Paddle Race #3

It’s time to stand up once again for the Yolo Board Paddle board race series.

CALLING ALL WATERMEN AND RACE SPECTATORS!
The four-member teams will compete in three heats as race paddlers vie for the champion title “YOLO Board Cup Series” to be awarded after the final race in September. One time race entry fee is $150 per team. Free signature race series t-shirts for each team member. YOLO boards will be provided for use at each racevevent. Additional race divisions will include individual men’s, individual women’s and parent/child to name a few. Come out and support our local beach community and be a part of the fastest growing recreational water sport in the world!

For event details including race locations, visit www.yoloboard.com or contact Madra McDonald at 850.376.7386 or madra@M-PublicRelations.com. All events are free and open to the public.

July 17 • July 31 • August 14 • August 28 • September 18

Download the flyer here (.pdf).

Race # 3 is scheduled for this Thursday in Watercolors, just off hwy. 30-A. 

The map is here.  Racers will gather near the boathouse and marina prior to the 6:00 start time. See you there!

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Stand Up Paddle Instructional Video

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Stand Up For Our Oceans Race #1 Photos

Photo Credits: Madra (www.M-PublicRelations.com)

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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)

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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)

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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.

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