Ever think about doing a long paddle on your SUP board? Perhaps three hours. What an awesome workout. How about racing your SUP board? The sense of competition and adrenaline that comes with it. Now lets combine the two. There are only a hand-full of athletes who can go hard for five and a half hours. That is exactly what happened this last weekend as a group of paddlebaorders and SUP'ers raced for 28 miles across Monetery Bay. Werner Paddles, Dan Gavere, finished in third place overall and was the first stand up paddler across the line with a time of 5:30:42.
The event was hosted by the Ghostryders Waterman Club, which plans to donate proceeds to local Junior Guard programs. To make things a little more exciting there was a shark sighting by one of the safety boats. To read more check out the Santa Cruz Sentinel. (photo courtesy of SC Sentinel). For more on Stand Up Paddling in Santa Cruz check out The Kayak Connection, they offer lessons and rentals.
Dan - What board were you riding?
Posted by: Evan | July 01, 2009 at 11:57 PM
hey Evan,
I rode the 18'8" Carbon Bark Board that SURFTECH let me borrow for the race. IT worked AWESOME. I was able to maintain about 4.7 knots for 4+ hrs till i started hitting the head winds. The foot rudder is sweet and that saved me a lot of energy. Had a blast on the that board-HIGHLY RECOMMENDED:)
Posted by: dan gavere | July 06, 2009 at 11:24 AM