If you’re paddling a lot, whether you’re touring on your stand up paddleboard or training for a long distance SUP race like Chattajack, there’s a good chance you’ll eventually develop medial epicondylitis. That’s fancy talk for, “My elbow hurts.” You definitely don’t want to ignore the elbow pain — it WILL
The Alternative to Towing With Your SUP One of our favorite techniques for recovering runaway boards or fatigued paddlers is the trap and push technique. It only works in calm water, but it’s a great alternative to towing with your paddleboard. To trap an errant board, just paddle up to
I’m a list person. I’ve even been know to finish a task, add it to my list, then cross it out. It makes me feel good. Don’t judge. In addition to satisfying some innate neurotic tendencies, this gear checklist helps me relax mentally the week of the race and prevents
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A Stand Up Paddleboard Race Week Checklist The week before your big race is a unique animal. You can’t win a race the week before your event, but you can definitely lose it. Here’s what we mean. If you haven’t put the training time in prior to this week,
Unless you just plan on skipping races because it’s raining (noooo!), you should never skip a training session just because it’s raining. We’ve seen athletes use this approach to mentally crush their competitors time and time again — a little rain? A little wind? No problem — you’ve trained in
Jennifer at Ohana Paddle Sports in Surf City, NC, gives us an overview of the Boardworks B-Ray stand up paddleboard. Check out Ohana Paddle Sports at http://ohanapaddlesports.org!
Jennifer Hill, owner/operator at Ohana Paddle Sports in Surf City, North Carolina, gives us her review of of the Surftech Mickey Muñoz Wateryder stand up paddleboard. If you’re ever on Topsail Island, be sure to give Ohana Paddle Sports a visit! http://ohanapaddlesports.org. The Wateryder is a great all around SUP that
If you want the real skinny on a paddleboard, ask somebody like Jennifer at Ohana Paddle Sports — Jennifer tells us about the Boardworks Joyride stand up paddleboard.
SUP Electromyography with Travis Grant from SUPLOGIX on Vimeo. If you’re really into improving your stand up paddle stroke, and if you’re a bit of a physiogeek, you’ll dig this study from http://suplogix.com. SUPLOGIX glued a few wireless electromyography (EMG) electrodes to elite paddler Travis Grant to learn how Travis uses his
When Jimmy Terrell talks about paddling a stand up paddleboard, it’s always a good idea to listen. While there no one “right” way to paddle, Jimmy lays out some technique you’ll see just about every top stand up paddler using. If you apply the principles you see here, you’ll paddle
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