You can (and should) definitely practice buoys in open water, but you also need to practice getting around an actual buoy. It’s difficult to work on position and precision without a buoy in place, and you probably don’t want to see an actual buoy for the first time in a
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
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
We have a saying around our house that started when we first started to take our kids snow skiing: “If you’re not falling down, you’re not skiing hard enough.” The boys were about 14 inches tall, tiny little Michelin Men with tiny T-Rex arms, making their way down the slopes on tiny
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