YOLO Stand Up Paddle Race #3 Report

The YOLO Board Stand Up Paddle Board Race Series continued last night with another great race. Watercolors provided a beautiful setting. The boat house and dock made water entry and transition staging a breeze. Excellent racing was complemented by another spectacular sunset and full moon rising.

Also rising was the level of competition. All of the competitors are looking more polished as we work our way through the series. Heat one action included all the ladies teams and the jr. lifeguards. Several teams had last minute recruiting going on along the docks as a few team members were unable to attend. This found the Jr. Lifeguard team supplemented with two first time racing adults Allison and Phil. Kitty Hawk Kites also found a last minute recruit. Thanks for answering the call to fill in! The heat one results were:

1–Yolo Ladies

2–Jr. Lifeguards

3–Walton Wahines

4–Yololitas

5–Waterbabes

6–Kitty Hawk Kites

Heat two included all the Men’s teams. The racing started off with a bang as all the teams took off fast. One team broke out in front and kept it up for a commanding finish. Team Aqua came across the line at 15:34, a comfortable 30 seconds ahead of Yolo Men. Third place went to Team RYNO. At 16:20, Team Surfrider (also now known as “team we weren’t last”) just edged out Sunset Beach Services, only one second separated the two teams. The racing was rounded out by team Amavida at 18:06 and Team Kitty Hawk Kites at 18:37. It should be noted that Kitty Hawk kites recruited three of their four members on the docks just before the event. Thanks again to the folks that were willing to jump in!

1–Aqua

2–Yolo

3–RYNO

4–Surfrider

5–Sunset Beach Services

6–Amavida

7–Kitty Hawk Kites

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Surf Movie Night

Don’t miss the next Surf Movie Night this Saturday, August 16, 2008, at Spinnaker in Panama City Beach! A local surf movie is on tap for this event. Raffle prizes, good food, and great folks… see you there!

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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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Beach Day in Blue Mountain

…another beautiful day at the beach today. Blue Mountain Beach was the birthplace for a dozen new surfers today as we taught lessons all day for several families from Texas. The picture below shows our beach setup early this morning.

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Surf Sunset

It turns out that BlueMountain was going off tonight with clean chest to head high swell complements of Edouard. The wind did finally calm down, I didn’t get stung by a jelly even once, and the surf got another push. To top it all off, the sunset from the lineup was one of the most spectacular I’ve seen all summer. We had a brilliant light show and dolphins jumping through the set waves. No kidding, it was that beautiful. Hope you were able to enjoy it too!

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Surf Report

Edouard may have come and gone. Dawn session this morning started off pretty well, but after just a couple of hours the big ones were few and far between. By 8:00 a.m. there was an occasional chest high set with a fun drop, but otherwise mostly sitting around itching jellies. I just took another look down at BlueMountain and it’s dropped even more with a strong East wind blowing. I was hoping to see some lines filtering in from the Southwest but it looks like it may not happen. If the wind backs off, there could still be some fun longboard lines left. We’ll see.

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