Frank and Michelle Knight, owners of Adventures by the Sea, along with “Dr.” Bill Jones and Michael LaPage, headed down south this past weekend to try out their SUP skills at the Battle of the Paddle SUP race event. Each participated in the “Open” category 4 mile race and as a team (Team Adventures by the Sea) competed in the relay. No medals were awarded but we all did place in the top 10 in our age categories (except Michelle who got 12th!). It was an amazing event! Stand up Paddleboarding is charging into the future as an all around sport for the entire family. Next on our list . . . Battle of the Bay in San Francisco at the end of October!
Battle of the Paddle Event at Doheny Beach
September 27th, 2011Stand Up and Paddle
August 28th, 2011Stand up paddle surfing (SUP), or in the Hawaiian language Hoe he’e nalu, is an emerging global sport with a Hawaiian heritage. The sport is an ancient form of surfing, and reemerged as a way for surfing instructors to manage their large groups of students, as standing on the board gave them a higher viewpoint. This increased visibility of what was going on around them such as incoming swell.
Stand-up paddle surfing is the fitness rage of the summer. In lakes, rivers and bays where the surf is never up, Americans in skyrocketing numbers are standing on boards and paddling, a balancing act that strengthens the muscles of the legs, buttocks, back, shoulders and arms. Read the rest of this entry »
Kayaks, Kayakers and Kayaking
August 28th, 2011When you think about “kayaking”, what do you think of first? Which aspects of “kayaking” are important, which are essential, and which ones can you take or leave? You be the judge.
Kayaking can be recreational as well as adventuresome. Kayakers are serious about their sport. Kayaks give them an opportunity to see the world from a different perspective and, if they so desire, to pit themselves and the kayak against Mother Nature’s wildest rivers and rapids. Read the rest of this entry »