SurfingSports Standup Paddle Surf & Standup Paddling BLOG

We were playing with the new GoPro Surf Hero mounted on a standup paddle yesterday...





This is the same camera that we had tail mounted for these shots...



It's been warm, sunny, and some playful, uncrowded point waves...trunking it in January...cruisin' down the line on my wood Starboard Fish...gotta love standup!







More shots here...

We're pretty impressed with the quality of the images and video that this fun, new, toy creates...plug & play friendly, too...

Only $160 for the camera...and $20 for the paddle mount...we have the full line in stock...

Labels: GoPro Surf Hero, Santa Barbara standup paddle sports, Santa Barbara standup paddle surf, waterproof vidcam, waterproof helmet cam

Here's a few images from this morning's SUP sesh...

Fun, little barreling zippers...beautiful colors...clear water...warm fun in the sun...toons playing with the Swimman waterproof iPod...

Not too bad to be in trunks first week of January...







A few more images here...

Labels: Santa Barbara standup paddle sports, Santa Barbara standup paddle surf

One stroke...one board...one world...

That's all it takes on Joe Bark's carbon 18'6"...one stroke and you're done!!!
What an incredibly gorgeous piece of hydrodynamic work...



Everytime we visit Joe Bark's factory we come home to our Santa Barbara SUP shop with the goods...yesterday's visit yielded 3 more Bark SUP's...
including the 18'6" pictured above...as well as a 12' surf model and a 15' surf racer...


These boards are fast and light...that's a given...the fact that they can also catch swells and waves is frosting on the cake!!!



The 15'er lineage has given birth to Joe's new production epoxy 14' Expedition SUP by Surftech...we'll be the exclusive dealer for this board in the
Santa Barbara area...better get on the waiting list as this board will be in extremely high demand...we'll have demos available to glide...MSRP $2150...



Click on pic below for more images of these Bark SUP's...

Labels: Joe Bark, Santa Barbara standup paddle surf, Surftech Bark

Nothing like a full moon coming up over the California coastal hills in September as you BBQ on the deck of a boat after a great surf & SUP sesh...with a cooler full of icy refreshments...;-)



Only had the P&S...moon = small orange dot...but, L@@K outside tonight and you can get a better feel of how big and gorgeous it was...then, add in the smell of the sage in the offshore breezes with the anticipation of scoring the dawn patrol with the moon still up...sweeet!!!

Not quite like the galley on this "boat"...but, we make do...;-)

Labels: Santa Barbara standup paddle, Santa Barbara standup paddle surf, Santa Barbara standup paddling