Channel Islands SUP Adventure

Channel Islands SUP Standup paddling in Painted Cave on Santa Cruz Island… (Originally published Sep 10, 2008) We spent the last several days pioneering standup paddling, and exploring, several of the Channel Islands with some old, and new friends…possibly even retracing some of the steps of Cabrillo…

High Sierra SUP Adventure Part III

High Sierra SUP Adventure This was originally posted 10 years ago…faraway time…faraway place… The backpacker resupply station where we based from is in close proximity to the 211 mile John Muir Trail (JMT) and brought us in contact with backpackers who spend a couple of weeks hiking the Sierras from Yosemite to Mt. Whitney… The JMT is part of the …

High Sierra SUP Adventure Part II

High Sierra SUP Adventure This was originally posted 10 years ago…faraway time…faraway place… Our Chocolate Labs, Anna Mae and Molly Claire, love the water…but, having them swim and standup paddle with us the 8 miles up to the headwaters and back seemed like it could be a Sysyphean task, because when they would get close to each other while on …

High Sierra SUP Adventure

High Sierra SUP Adventure This was originally posted 10 years ago…faraway time…faraway place… With another successful Summer turning into a blur…our phenomenal staff stepped up to the plate to allow us an opportunity to get away from the daily grind of our mom and pop, one stop SUP shop, and recharge our batteries…we were looking for a little bit of …

Mendonoma

Mendonoma Some great summertime-like standup paddling on a river with water in it, up in Mendonoma…long hikes along a stunning coastline…our Labs had an absolute blast… Vid clip paddling our 8’11” Hammer and 10′ Mahalo Shaka SUP models…

Windsurfing – The Early Years

You guys (and gals) will always remember the first time that you did it… Windsurfing, that is…what did you think I was referring to?…;-) In many cases it is love and passion at first sight…you just have to do it… Surfing was like that for me…and, here I am over four decades later still doin’ it… For other people it …

Spring SUP Surfing

Spring SUP Surfing Some more good Spring SUP surfing… The swell, tide, & wind conditions came together to provide some nice surf for WD to get the 9′ WD Stoke SUP up to speed… Our friend Woody scored this killer left on his 8’4″ production WD SUP…

Spring Standup Surfing

Spring Standup Surfing A couple shots from last Spring of our friend Woody…Spring standup surfing on his custom 8’10” x 30″ WD SUP.

Yaquina Bay SUP

Yaquina Bay SUP We spent the next couple of days up in Yaquina Bay with our college amigos, Mike & Heidi…got some long hikes in…beautiful standup paddling at a lake off the beaten path…and, we scored a fun day of waves… Click for vid clip… An Oregon surf session with Mike and amigos 25 years ago…wow, a quarter century…YEWWWWW!!!