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Laguna Beach is where geography, oceanography and architecture come together in a swift collision of angles, arches and deep, blue sea. Certainly the most unusual, picturesque stretch of coastline in Southern California, Laguna Beach is also the happy cruising ground for stand-up paddlers. These are members of Team Riviera, near Paradise Bay.

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PUBLISHER Reid Inouye EDITOR Ben Marcus COPY EDITOR Mason Thorpe MANAGING EDITOR Lucy Lucille DESIGN First in Flight Creative ADVISORS NUTRITION COACH Scott Estrada YOGA INSTRUCTOR Jeramie Vaine TRAINERS Thomas “Maximus” Shahinian, EJ Johnson

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P U B LISH ER’ S N OT E For the seasoned paddler who finds the stoke on the water, mixing paddle routines, routes, equipment and even a little discipline of watercraft always makes for new adventures. For me personally, it’s been a 10-year journey of standing, traveling, meeting new people from California, the east coast of the United States, the Florida Keys,

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P U B LISH ER’ S N OT E Central America, Asia - and there are so many more adventures in more water not often paddled.

The stoke that comes along with the journey is one shared with everyone once they get on the water: You know, the one that lights up one’s inner soul, gives you the feeling of stoke and connection while syncing the flow and motion of water. Whether it’s the calm of Lake Tahoe during a chilled morning where you just close your eyes and feel that tranquility and peace, or maybe being on the ocean, a quarter mile off shore and feeling the breeze drifting you into that state of “tune out”, “turn on.” Then comes the realization of waters calming, a source of healing. And when you get back to shore you turn back and take one last look at the light, reflecting the waters.

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HOW TO Scott Estrada: Good to the Bone Thomas Maximus: Entering the Ocean With Waves, Part III Jeramie Vaine: Start With The Base EJ Johnson: Straight Front Arm Raises

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O N T H I S P A G E : R i v i e r a Te a m R i d e r A n t h o n y Maltese catching some air as he launches his 1 1 ’ R i v i e r a i n f l a t a b l e f r o m t h e r o ck s a t P a r a d i s e B a y. P h o t o : Ta y l o r R a m b o

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H OW TO H EA LT H w ith Scott Estrada

GOOD TO THE BONE :: Bone Broth For Good Health Over the past few years the shift towards cleaner sourcing of foods has been gaining steam. More people are ditching the over-processed, empty, dead calories-in-a box options to fuel their active lifestyle and performance. One hot cup o’ soup – er’ broth - has caught fire and questions about the health benefits have been coming my way. Let’s break down this age-old tradition from a functional perspective.

Ramen, dashi, your grandma’s chicken soup: Many cultures over time have practiced making broths and stocks by emphasizing using the whole animal (fish, beef, turkey, chicken) when preparing their recipes that are basically the same foundation: water, flesh or bones (or both), vegetables and seasoning.

Bone Broth is typically made with bones and can contain a small amount of meat adhering to the bones. As with stock, bones are typically roasted first to improve the flavor of the bone broth. Bone broths are typically simmered for a very long period of time (often in excess of 24 hours), with the purpose being not only to produce gelatin from collagen-rich joints but also to release rich minerals from bones. At the end of cooking, the bones should crumble when pressed lightly between your thumb and forefinger.

A regular broth or stock are prepared in much less time - usually about two to four hours - and are used with other recipes as

foundational flavor bases for soups, stews, sauces, and meat and grain preparations.

Bone Broth is rich in protein, especially the amino acid glycine, which supports the breakdown of toxic residue from the body, helps to build/balance the blood, and bile, and aid in healthy digestion. Gelatin, collagen and minerals from deep in the bones are pulled out from the longer cooking time which aid in immune support and digestion/colon health and can help support our own connective tissue.

Broths have stood the test of time because of the way they make you feel when consumed: energized, balanced, and nourished. Medicinal in nature they bring us back to a time when all was well and good. When mom or grandma made broth for us we felt cared for and loved, that we were doing something good for ourselves and the same is true today, which is driving this new movement of broth lovers it seems: Giving busy people a healthy, quick option that can support their lifestyle.

Drinking Bone Broth as you would a hot tea in the morning or between meals is an effective way to get an easy-to-absorb protein boost anytime you need it. Post workout is another functional way to get the protein in for muscle repair/recovery and the mineral balance needed to replenish electrolytes. Rich in iron, potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium and other trace minerals, bone broth can be a good option in a hurry - post paddle - until you get to your next meal. The fatty acids from the bone marrow add to the overall nutrient density as well.

Whether you’re making your own or buying a prepared broth, sourcing cleaner, organic and/or grass-fed versions is worth it. You’ll be reducing your exposure to elements and compounds that would settle into the bone of animals: heavy metals, antibiotics, steroids, and other chemicals from their feed or environment can find a way into their bones and ultimately your broth. Stacking the odds in your favor with food sourcing is always wise.

Here are two companies that are doing it right in the broth world and will ship their artisan product right to your door.

Kettle & Fire kettleandfire.com Bare Bones barebonesbroth.com They have a great cookbook with over 100 gut-friendly recipes to boost overall health and nutrient density!

Try bringing a thermos of warm broth for your “after” of a paddle session and see how good you feel. It might become your new go to. Simple, easy and effective. Paddle on People.

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For info on this or other health/nutrition topics email Scott Estrada scott@risesup.com / Instagram: @scott_estrada

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HO W TO TRAINING with Thomas “Maximus” Shahinian

ENTERING THE OCEAN WITH WAVES:: (Part 3 of 3) This is Part III of “Entering the Ocean with Waves.” In Part II we discussed techniques to paddle over whitewater and waves. We suggest you read and understand Part I and II published in the previous issues of Standup Paddle Magazine before proceeding. In this installment we’ll discuss another technique to punch/pierce through cresting waves.

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Once you’ve evaluated the timing of the waves and your course, it’s time to commit and begin paddling out while keeping the nose of the board heading straight (centerline perpendicular to wave) when encountering small chop and whitewater. It may also be helpful to maintain a stance slightly further back on the board or apply more pressure through your heels to allow the nose of the board to easily ride up and over small chop and whitewater.

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When paddling through a cresting wave your goal is to increase the board’s speed and punch the nose of the board through the face of the wave by quickly lowering your center of gravity, stepping your front foot forward and switching to a surf stance while shifting your bodyweight forward toward the nose of the board, and simultaneously taking a stroke on your front-side at the moment just before the nose of the board touches the wave face.

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Pull back on the paddle as the nose of your board punches through the wave face while shifting your bodyweight back to a neutral position prior to completing the paddle stroke. Note: A few quick paddle strokes to increase your board’s forward momentum prior to maneuver helps while keeping your paddle in contact with the water.

Once your board has punched through you’ll want to return to your normal paddling stance while keeping a low center of gravity and continue paddling as you sight your course and next obstacle to get beyond the surf line.

Note: Learning to read the waves while adjusting your paddling tempo and choosing the correct technique is a skill that is learned with time and experience. It’s important to know your own abilities before attempting to launch through the surf line and/or seek professional one-on-one instruction.

Riviera team rider Thomas Maximus has more than 18 years of experience racing outrigger canoes. He has competed in more than 150 SUP races since 2008, resulting in over 80 first-place wins and multiple course records.

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H OW TO YOG A with Je ramie Vaine

START WITH THE BASE::

A pose to open the back and flex your feet, Thunderbolt Pose The benefits of standup paddleboarding are that it is a whole body workout. But we sometimes forget the most basic parts of our body to give back to, helping our time on the water. This variation of Thunderbolt pose will help us strengthen and stretch our feet, back and shoulders. This sequence can be used before and after paddling or integrated into a current workout.

If you have knee or ankle injuries this pose may not work for you.

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From sitting on the knees - thighs parallel to each other, knees touching, tops of the feet flat on the ground and heels touching - extend up through the crown of your head to encourage a straight spine, let the hands rest on the thighs and begin to connect with your breath.

3 Once the toes are tucked lower your sits bones back down to resting on top of your heels. If this causes pain or discomfort back out to standing on your knees with tucked toes. This pose will slowly gain flexibility in the feet: let your breath be your guide in bringing you deeper into the pose. The breath should stay steady throughout this pose, if it is not back out to where the steadiness returns.

Rise up to standing on the knees position; be mindful of the alignment created with the knees and heels touching with the thighs parallel.

Tuck the toes under the feet and continue to lengthen the spine while keeping a straight back.

4 Whether you are sitting on your heels or standing on your knees, crisscross your arms in front of your body and reach for your opposite shoulders. Let your breath guide you to reach deeper across your body without affecting your breathing. Stay in this pose for one to three minutes, making sure to switch the cross of the arms halfway through.

5 This pose is aimed at opening up our back body while stretching our feet. While paddling, our feet sometimes become cramped. This will help prevent this from occurring and allowing your time on the water to be quality time.

Jeramie Vaine is a BOGA team racer and yoga instructor. He shares his knowledge and the benefits of yoga at clinics, demos and races around the country. Contact him at jvaine1@gmail.com.

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H OW TO T R A I N I N G with EJ Johnson

ST R A I G H T F R O N T A R M EJ Johnson is a true SUPioneer. From living on a sailboat to hand-shaping beautiful, one-of-a-kind paddles, he truly embraces the ocean fitness lifestyle. Since 2005, EJ helped shape the future of the West Coast race scene, and today assists with research and development for YOLO boards and paddles. The purpose of the exercise is to build your upstroke by strengthening your frontal deltoids. This can be a secondary exercise to the wrist rolls shown in the last issue of Standup Paddle Magazine, V8N1. EJ is using a 1.6” PVC pipe, thick rope and a spent Garden of Life protein container filled with beach sand. Of course you can also perform this exercise with a barbell or by alternating dumbbells.

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Raise the pipe in a semicircular motion to arm’s length overhead as you exhale.

Slowly return to the starting position using the same path you inhale.

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HOT SPOT TAHO E

BY MASON THORPE

FIND YOUR LAKESHORE Whether it be East or West Tahoe

Lake Tahoe by the numbers: At 6,225 feet above sea level, Lake Tahoe is 22 miles long, 12 miles wide, has a surface area of 191 square miles, a maximum depth of 1,645 feet, an average depth of 1000 feet and holds 36 cubic miles of water. How much water is that? There are 1,101,117,147,352 gallons in a cubic mile, so do the math.

There is an abundance of water in Lake Tahoe but the most important statistic for paddlers is the length of the shoreline. All the way around, Lake Tahoe is 72 miles of scenic, craggy, rocky, tree-lined, crystal clear, mysterious, beautiful, historical, naked, cloudy, blue-sky, atmospheric, reflective, crowded, isolated, rainy, scorching, accessible shoreline – which makes Lake Tahoe a perfect destination for stand-up paddlers.

Lakeshore Paddleboard Company knows lakes. Headquartered in Reno and despite their High Desert location, there is a lot of water they can get to fast. From Pyramid Lake to the northeast, Lake Almanor to the northwest and Donner Lake in Truckee. And we can mention random places - such as the Sparks Marina, 10 minutes from the shop and a good training area – and then the most heavenly

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of all water bodies – Lake Tahoe. Company founders Sean Adlao, Mike Tessier, and Aytan Litwin, have spent more than a little time stroking around Lake Tahoe – either cruising the edges or hauling ass around marks and back.

They love the lake, they know the lake, they want others to love the lake. There are many ways to paddle Lake Tahoe, but in the following pages, they detail two of their favorite paddles - one on the west shore, one on the east.

Sean Adlao explains: “They are both incredibly gorgeous paddle routes, and it’s hard to say which of the two is the best. I think the East Shore Tour is the most popular only because it’s more accessible and a shorter driving distance for most people to get to.

And you’ll encounter the most amazing sunsets on that side that you won’t quite experience on the West. But if you have the time to venture over to the West Shore, then I would highly recommend it.

Nothing compares to the serenity of DL Bliss State Park and the infamous beauty of Emerald Bay.”

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EAST: SAND HARBOR TO SKUNK HARBOR On the upper east side of Lake Tahoe, the Sand Harbor to Skunk Harbor paddle is 12 miles round trip, passing classic Lake Tahoe geography and landmarks, and access to some of Tahoe’s most hidden, secret beaches. This paddle starts at Sand Harbor, a popular beach a few miles south of Incline Village. Park early at Sand Harbor. The lot fills up fast, and there’s no street parking allowed. Or get dropped off and picked up. Parking is $12 for non-residents. You can launch from the boat ramp entrance on the north side of the park or the main entrance on the far-east side of the main beach.

This side of Lake Tahoe is mostly undeveloped, so you’ll mostly be communing with nature, with a few signs of man. At the start of the tour is Sand Harbor, which in itself is complete paradise, with its expansive sandy beaches and protruding granite boulders. You can probably spend the whole time there in awe if you wanted.

This paddle gets good, right away. The water depth drops to several

hundred feet right off the shore. Other places in the world, paddling over deep, crystal-clear water like that, you might be sketching about sharks. That’s not a problem in Lake Tahoe, and your only worry can be the wind.

According to Lakeshore co-founder Michael Tessier: “From the eastern slopes around midday, the wind will come up frequently from time to time and might gain gust over 15 knots in a matter of seconds.

This is all due to the heat coming off the high Sierra mountaintops and meeting with the cold-water temps below – which makes for some rideable down winder swells. You have to be aware because the wind can shift in a matter of seconds and push you right into the granite rocks that trim along the mountainous eastern lakeshore.”

Adlao continues: “Every time I plan one of these paddles I keep an eye on the wind forecast. The basic weather websites work just fine, and there are even live webcams you can check out at tahoenalu.com or southtahoesup.com. Obviously, morning paddles before midday are the best times to avoid any wind, but if you plan to paddle the whole

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Map of the East Shore, Sand Harbor to Skunk Harbor

Sand Harbor State Park (East) Photo: Lakeshore Paddleboard Co.

Thunderbird Lodge (East) Photo: Thunderbird Lodge Preservation Society

day then, for reference, 10-15 mph wind forecasts are manageable, 20 mph and above is a nightmare, and anything below ten mph is purely magical.”

You’ll see Bonsai Rock, which is one of the most photographed attractions in Lake Tahoe. It is a unique-looking rock with four miniature trees growing on the top of it and more than likely you would have seen it in professional photographs with an amazing sunset behind in the distance.

Then there is Chimney Beach and Whale Beach, which has two distinct rocks that look like whales.

Another mile down, Thunderbird Lodge – aka Tahoe’s “Castle in the Sky” – is an historic lakefront estate built in the 1930s by an heir to one of San Francisco’s wealthiest families – George Whittell. You can see it for free from the water, but you’ll have to pay to take the tour. So see it from the water.

In 1935, Whittell purchased about 27 miles of Lake Tahoe’s eastern shoreline and because of his refusal to commercially develop the land to preserve his privacy and seclusion at Thunderbird Lodge, he is attributed for the natural and unspoiled beauty of Lake Tahoe’s present day eastern shoreline.

Less than a mile from the Thunderbird is Chimney Beach – one of Tahoe’s most famous “hidden beaches.” There is a freestanding chimney right in the middle of the beach. It’s all that remains from an old beachfront cabin. Some people like to come here, take their clothes off and lay it all out under the sun. It is a known fact that some of the more remote east shore beaches are known for being a favorite hangout for naturists for more than 75 years. So just be warned you may get more than an eyeful.

Less than a mile farther south is Secret Harbor, which really isn’t so secret as it’s popular with boaters and hikers and can turn into a semi-rowdy party scene on the right weekend. If you aren’t social, keep

going, as there is plenty of peace and quiet along here.

Most people will do this paddle just to cruise and soak up the sun and the nature and the natural beauty. But others might want a little action, fishing action, and that is worth doing, according to Tessier: “Fishing Tahoe is an art to the newbie fisherman or SUPer. These waters cater to a menagerie of fresh-water fish such as mackinaw, kokanee, rainbow trout, bass, and yes there’s even goldfish in these parts. But you’ll have to move on down to the keys for that venture.

The eastern shoreline is a must for anglers looking to catch that big one on their SUP. From shoreline to the blue line is where you want to fish. Recommended tackle would be fresh water minnow with sliding sinker a beetle with a sinking line along the blue-line about 35-45’ deep with one of two (fly rod or a casting rod).

If you have fishing rod mounts such as our River Rover or River Rover LE – they are fully equipped with RAM MOUNTS© to hold all of your tackle and much more gear.

A fly rod or a casting reel will work well. We would let you in on a few secrets for fishing these types of species but that’s our best-kept secret,” Tessier smiles.

And then, many strokes, a lot of sun, and not too much wind later, you arrive at Skunk Harbor: Another secret beach popular with nudists. This is the perfect place to fuel up and rest as you can set up a hammock above the waterline on leftover wooden dock pillars. If you are having someone pick you up there, be warned: It’s a 1.5 mile hike to Highway 28.

You can either turn around and paddle all the way back or have someone get you in a boat.

And whether you are driving north to Incline Village or south to South Lake Tahoe, take a look off to the southwest, because another paddle adventure is waiting for you, in that corner of the lake.

WEST: D.L BLISS TO EMERALD BAY In the southwest corner of Lake Tahoe, Emerald Bay is one of the most famous parts of the Lake Tahoe geography. It’s also the end-point for a scenic, nine-mile-round trip paddle that begins at Lester Beach in D.L. Bliss State Park (D.L. Bliss named in honor of the timber and railroad magnate Duane Leroy Bliss, whose heirs donated 744 acres of land to the state in 1929.) The start point is Lester Beach in D.L Bliss State Park. If you aren’t doing the drop off/pick up thing, you will want to get to the parking lot by 10:00 – or you will be barred. It fills up that quick.

Lester Beach is at the south end of Rubicon Beach, which is over two miles of sand, private piers and private homes. You might want to head north a bit and check this out - those piers are good for fishing for bass, but be polite – or launch from Lester Beach and head around Rubicon Point.

From Rubicon Point to the mouth of Emerald Bay is about 2.5 miles of raw, rugged shoreline. The Rubicon Trail is visible from the water and you can wave your paddle at sweaty backpackers who will probably be wondering why they are humping all their gear out on the hot, dusty trail when they could be gliding along like those people out on the water on their SUP. Just past Rubicon Point you will see an outhouse-like structure that is actually the oldest lighthouse on Lake Tahoe – built in 1916. So don’t go running up there thinking it’s an outhouse. The lighthouse itself is a

Bonsai Rock (East) Photo: Hannah Thornton

historic landmark of sorts and efforts are being made to restore it. The lighthouse at Rubicon Point is known to have the highest elevation of any American lighthouse; and stands 6,300 feet above sea level, at a point where it can be seen most places around the lake.

The shoreline from Rubicon Point down to Emerald Bay is granite and rocky. There aren’t a lot of beaches for sunbathing – clothed or otherwise. But there’s lot of opportunity for rock climbing and diving and swimming and fishing and just generally goofing off in the sun – May through October are the ideal months to do this paddle, when the weather’s hot and sunny.

As you approach the north side of Emerald Bay you will most likely encounter a great deal of boats large and small, jet skis and other watercraft. Emerald Bay is famously popular with boaters, and you might have to deal with boat wakes and a disruption in peace and quiet – and also some fumes.

Approach the north side of Emerald Bay carefully, turn right and enter one of the natural wonders of Lake Tahoe, and one of the most photographed natural spots in America and the world.

Emerald Bay has a lot going on above the surface and below. It’s a designated underwater park, so you might be passing over snorkelers or the bubbles of SCUBA divers. Bringing along snorkel gear is not a bad idea on this paddle – there is a lot to see below the surface, including a sunken barge within Emerald Bay.

One of the beautiful coves in Sand Harbor State Park (East) Photo: Shutterstock

Chimney Beach (East) Photo: Paul Hamill Photography

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Teahouse atop Fannette Island in the middle of Emerald Bay (West) Photo: Shutterstock

Boats aren’t the only hazard flowing out of Emerald Bay, according to Sean Adlao: “Be careful of the wind in Emerald Bay, especially at the mouth. The bay is set in a bowl and surrounded by steep mountain peaks where the wind comes down off these slopes and generates pretty gnarly gusts in the bay concentrating at the mouth where it exits the bay (and you enter). It could be dead calm paddling, from D.L. Bliss but once you come around Emerald Point you might have to put it in low gear. My suggestion is to go on this tour as early in the day as possible, maybe even early enough to catch one of those amazing sunrises that you only see on the west side.”

The north shore of Emerald Bay is about 1.5 miles and takes you to Vikingsholm – a Scandinavian-styled estate built by eccentric millionairess Lora Knight, who was English, but apparently had a thing for Vikings.

The purchase of the property at the head of

A map of the D.L. Bliss to Emerald Bay, West Shore route

Emerald Bay also included the only waterfall emptying into Lake Tahoe - Eagle Falls – and the only island on Lake Tahoe – Fannette Island, where you’ll find the remains of a structure Mrs. Knight and friends used to take their tea. From the head of Emerald Bay at Vikingsholm, the south shore is another 1.5 miles of scenic beauty – rocks, trees, eagles, sky and peace, and quiet.

Eagle Point is at the southern tip of Emerald Bay. From there you can paddle straight back to Rubicon Point, if it’s not too windy, or paddle about a mile and a half down to Baldwin Beach campground for a pickup.

Whether you choose the East or West to discover the important thing to remember is planning. Know your route, do your research, check weather conditions and be aware that you are paddling in high elevation so you may need to take it slow at first. Be mindful of the fact that it is also mandatory that all

D.L. Bliss State Park (West)

Emerald Bay at sunrise (West)

Photo: Lakeshore Paddleboard Co.

Photo: University of Nevada Reno

Marley navigating as Breeze explores the West Shore. (West) Photo: Breeze Turner

stand-up paddleboards on Tahoe are required to have PFD’s. You will be giving a citation by the Coast Guard if you do not have one, it is the law. As well as establishing that a life jacket is required they try to convince you not just to carry your PFD – WEAR IT. The water at Tahoe is cold and if you fall in and your PFD is strapped to your board, and you don’t have a leash it is a dangerous situation and hypothermia can set in. The only other safety equipment required on a SUP is a “sound-producing device.” You may think it unnecessary, but the Coast Guard takes water safety seriously. Some paddlers are known to carry air horns, but the minimum requirement would be a whistle, which can be easily attached to your life jacket.

Find your Lakeshore, whether it be the East or the West!

Rubicon Cliffs at Rubicon Point (West)

Vikingsholm Castle (West)

Photo: Breeze Turner

Photo: California State Parks

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M2O 2015, Buzzy coming around Portlock and dealing with chop, cross-chop, swell. Photo: Barbara Kraft

In 1990, former professional surfer Buzzy Kerbox and Laird Hamilton prone-paddled from Molokai to Oahu. Unsupported.

No boats, no helicopters, no nothing but their 12’ paddleboards with compasses on the deck for navigation, Buzzy had a camera, some bottles of water and chocolate bars. On the Molokai side, they got dropped off close to the southern tip by friend Hans Hedemann at 5:00 AM and promised they would call when they got to the other side, from the Outrigger Canoe Club.

Hans promised he would call the Coast Guard if he didn’t hear from them.

So how did it go? “It was heavy,” Buzzy said.

“It’s a long way to go, and that run was the windiest channel I’ve ever seen to this day. It was blowing 15 to 25 and the stronger the wind gets, the stronger the current gets. At one point I lost sight of Laird. There was so much swell and current and wind, we both had to be up high to see each other. That got me a little worried, but he stopped, and I caught up with him.”

The paddle covered 30 miles in six hours: “We were gonna try to paddle all the way to the Outrigger Canoe Club in Waikiki, but the current was so strong we paddled ashore at the southeastern tip of the island into Maunalua Bay. We walked up and put our boards down and found this guy and told him we just paddled from Molokai, could he give us a ride to the Outrigger?

He’s all, ‘Yeah I could give you guys a ride,’ and we picked up our boards, and he said ‘Where’s you guys’ paddles?’

And we said we don’t have paddles.

Our hands are our paddles.

We just paddleboarded from Molokai.

Photo Courtesy: Buzzy Kerbox

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Left to right: Buzzy and his quiver of boards, circa winter 2016; Buzzy with Kody (21) and Kyler (14); Off the top on a fun day Laniakea on his 8’3” Jimmy Lewis; Buzzy at Waimea on his 10’ Jimmy Lewis Baby Bomb. Photos: Barbara Kraft

He’s like: ‘Oh my god!’

But now we do it with the paddle.”

This little adventure went down in August of 1990. That Fall, they paddled the English Channel - without permission. And then there was Corsica to the island of Elbe. To make a long paddle a short story, they looked at nautical maps that showed a distance of “37” between the islands. The Lovely Lads figured that was kilometers, so 23 miles.

Piece of cake.

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pie by yourself: dangerous. A long, funny story, but they survived - and later found out there are some very large white sharks in the Mediterranean.

But that was then, and this is now. Twentysix years later, Buzzy is now a dedicated standup paddler. At the end of a long decade as a prone competitive paddleboarder, finishing top tier in the Maliko Run but also the first Molokai to Oahu race in 1996. Paddling a 16foot, rudderless prone board: “I was leading in the first half of the race, but went too far north and ended up fifth.

And during those years, I got third in two

consecutive Catalina races. I never won one of the big channel races, but I was always in the hunt to win.”

And then Buzzy had an epiphany: “I saw Laird standing up on paddleboards around Maui and, to be honest, I thought it was kooky. He was launching out of Maliko Gulch and doing the downwind run while I was still paddleboarding it. He was still using canoe paddles, so he was bent over. It just looked odd.”

But then Buzzy tried it, and he liked it. He took out one of the big, clunky early SUP for the downwind run out of Maliko - and that

An assortment of images from Buzzy and Laird’s European vacation: from Corsica to the island of Elbe, to mainland Italy and from France to England. Photos courtesy Kerbox Collection

was that: “We did the Maliko Run down to the harbor. That’s the same run we used to do when we were doing a lot of prone paddleboard racing and training for some of our channel crossings. So that’s about nine miles.

This had to be the late 90s, when Laird was getting started. I can’t remember exactly. I would have to look at some old pictures to get the dates. I had been doing a lot of paddleboarding, so I was doing a lot of downwinders on paddleboards, like during the race season. In the summer, I’m doing it three or four times a week.

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as you can. With prone paddling, you get into swells and stay on them, but standup was so much more natural and so much more fun.

Standup was a lot more civilized and was right from the get go. And it wasn’t long after I did that first standup run that I never got on my paddleboard again.”

And now, 26 years later, SUP is a big sensation that has swept the nation and is covering the world. Is Buzzy surprised that what they were doing on heavy, clunky boards with outrigger paddles from Maliko to the harbor has become such a giant deal?

“I am surprised because the early days of the standup - the surfing part of it - we were on those super-heavy boards. They were like 40 or 45 pounds, and wave-riding performance was not very exciting, and I didn’t think, ‘Oh yeah we can make these tiny boards that you can barely stand on.’ I never fathomed that. It seemed like to stand up and get on a wave, you had to have a big board with a lot of volume and the weight seemed to help to carry and all that and I did not expect in a million years for standup to get as big as it did, as quick as it did and as widespread as it did with the two different disciplines: Wave riding and the racing which has just gone crazy around the world.

I think the racing is the fastest-growing part of it. People are catching on and racing all over the world. It used to be the Hawaiian and California guys, and a few of the Australians were the best, and now Europeans and Japanese and South Africans and people from all over the world who are into the water are getting into the standup racing. The races are getting so much more competitive.

If you look at the supracer.com website you will see there’s a race virtually every day, somewhere in the world. Racing has caught on like absolute insanity.”

SUP has happened fast. From the late 1990s to now is still under two decades and in that time, SUP has evolved from funky and kooky, to a multi-national, mega-bucks sensation.

Blame Laird? Blame the Internet for a lot of that speed, but also just blame the fact that SUP is a lot of fun, good exercise, easy to learn and can be done anywhere.

Buzzy has been part of the evolution. Maybe not as much as he was with tow surfing, which he pioneered with Laird and Darrick Doerner and the Strapped guys out of the 1990s and into the 21st Century. But since that first time at Maliko Gulch in the late 1990s, Buzzy has evolved with SUP and is now living on the North Shore, and dedicated.

Buzzy can’t remember what his first, personal, bespoke SUP was, but he knows he has gone through about 30 different standup paddleboards “between race and wave” in the last 16 or so years.

Two and a half years ago Buzzy moved from Maui back to the North Shore, and he now lives in a house just up the street from Shark’s Cove. From his balcony, he can see swell lines

marching into Waimea Bay - and he saw a lot of that during the winter of 2015/2016.

Down in his garage he has a collection of toys somewhere between Pee Wee Hermann and Gerry Lopez: electric, fat tire bikes, long and shortboards and a healthy supply of SUP for race and wave: “I have my big 17’ SIC Bullet race board with the rudder on it that I use in the big races. Then I’ve got a 14-foot Jimmy Lewis, downwind board and then a whole quiver of Jimmy Lewis wave boards, from 8’ 2” to a 10foot baby Bomb Gun. I have equipment for everything, and I do what is best suited. I have been doing a bunch of standup here, but it just depends on the waves and the crowd. I don’t like to do standup in a crowded lineup, but sometimes when the conditions are a little junkier, side wind and it’s kinda sloppy, and there’s a small crowd then I will go out on an SUP and have a lot of fun.”

Buzzy stand-up paddled out to Waimea once, but mostly he avoids Sunset, Pipe, and Waimea on an SUP for the same reasons he and his friends were pushed into tow surfing = crowds. But the big advantage of SUP is it makes you mobile, and just like the downwinder from Maliko Gulch, the North Shore offers a lot of shifty outer reefs with few takers, and that is Buzzy’s playground.

In the winter, he surfs. When the North Shore goes flat in the summer, it’s serious training time.

“For my race training in the summer, I will go to Waimea and do laps or carry my board down the street and launch at Shark’s Cove and paddle up to Sunset and turn around and come back to here.”

When Buzzy says “up” he means “upwind” and anyone who has paddled the North Shore knows that paddle from Shark’s Cove to Sunset into the wind equals work. Buzzy’s physical work ethic is rigorous. He has a big, strong body that needs a great deal of work to stay tuned, and he gets it on those upwinders.

“I mix it up. I do laps in Waimea Bay and then sometimes, a lot of time I go upwind or back or varied distance. Sometimes I go Turtle Bay to Haleiwa.”

Sometimes he paddles with friends, but he isn’t afraid to go it alone: “One of the reasons I paddle alone usually is you have to meet somebody, and they’re late and let’s go, and you have to drop a car, etcetera. I don’t like to take too much time to get my paddling in. A one-hour paddle can take four hours if you have to meet guys and wait and pick them up and this and that. Plus I don’t mind paddling alone. There’s something so peaceful about just being out there by yourself and not having to worry about anybody.

Normally I have all my safety gear, and typically I paddle with other people so if there’s a problem, there’s not usually too much of a problem. I stay pretty far out.”

But going solo can have its hazards:

“I was doing a downwinder one-day, and I forgot my leash. It didn’t look that windy here, but when I got up around the corner it was blowing like 35 MPH, and I got dropped off, and I got out there and realized how windy it was outside Kawela Bay. I’m like a mile out, and these wind gusts are hitting me, and I’m like, ‘Oh my God! This is stupid. If I fall off, and this board gets away for one, I’ll probably never see my board again and two I’ll have to swim in from a mile out.’

So if you paddle alone, you have to be smart and use all the safety gear.

Buzzy prefers the solitude of paddling long downwinders by himself or with a friend or two. Going back to the tow surfing days, he has always followed the advice of Satchel Paige: “Avoid crowds.”

But when it comes to wave riding on the North Shore, avoiding crowds isn’t easy.

Buzzy paddled out at Waimea once on an SUP, but it’s a spot he checks every day, and he has seen a slow emergence of standup paddling at the big-wave spot: “I was out there once this year, but I’ve seen almost every swell there’re one or two guys who venture out there on their stand-up boards.

Most of them that I’ve watched are pretty patient. They paddle around; they wait their turn; they get a wave, and it’s kind of accepted.”

But what is true of a couple of SUP pioneers at Waimea is not entirely true of the SUP scene across the rest of the North Shore. Buzzy’s nose is somewhat hawk-like but so are his eyes, and he observes the scene with precision: “There’s a vibe to the standup guys in the lineup, much like longboarders are to shortboarders. Now longboarders have somebody on a standup board who can catch it before they do, and they don’t like it. The longboarders probably like us less than the shortboarders.

But when I’m out I try to be patient. I try not to be greedy. I wait my turn and get my quota. A lot of times it’s not great days, so it’s not that big a deal. On the great days, I just surf.”

Wave riding in the winter, racing in the summer. The North Shore offers it all for Buzzy, and he can see a lot of it from the balcony of the house he shares with photographer Barbara Kraft.

One of the best all-around athletes/ watermen to put two feet on a surfboard he has been racing and finishing top tier for many decades. But the decades also take their toll, and Buzzy is seeing himself get passed by the New Generation, which includes his son, Kody: “The last five years I have trained and raced many of the local races, and every year it’s getting a little harder. Probably the hardest part is the cardio, to paddle a fast pace and keep it for a whole race. So I am doing more cross training and I just started yoga classes.

I do some kind of training three to four days a week. I paddle timed laps in Waimea Bay

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The finish of the Elite Technical division of the 2015 Pacific Paddle Games. That’s Kody Kerbox leading Connor Baxter (overall winner) and Casper Steinfath. Photo: Buzzy Kerbox.

YOUNG GUYS, it gives me a kick. I used to tease Kody when he started beating me years ago, are you happy now that you beat a guy that gets a senior discount at Denny’s?”

Left: Buzzy and Kody at the Pacific Paddle Games Right: Buzzy sprints his Jimmy Lewis 14’ race board to the water’s edge for the start of the Technical semifinals for the 2015 Pacific Paddle Games PHOTOS: Barbara Kraft

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And then the Molokai race is a great race that I still enjoy. Last year I did it with my son Kody, and we were a two-man team and had

T CROSSING. in the early morning, and then some upwind and downwinders. Those runs will be longer this year as I train for Molo solo.

I want to beat young guys, it gives me a kick. I used to tease Kody when he started beating me years ago, ‘Are you happy now that you beat a guy that gets a senior discount at Denny’s?’

As I’ve gotten older and competing for age divisions and stuff, it’s a little frustrating because I used to race - especially in the paddleboarding - and try to win the overall. But the guys have gotten younger and faster.

My oldest son Kody is now 21, and he has been doing well in the races. He had a great finish to the racing season last year. He got a third in the technical portion of the Pacific Paddle Games, which was formerly the Battle of the Paddle. He came back to Hawaii and got second in the Championships at Turtle Bay in the big surf there.

The wave competitions seem to be faltering a little bit, but the racing is stronger than ever. So Kody’s gonna try to train and see how well he can do. And it’s exciting to watch. If I can’t compete in the race, to have my son in contention is exciting.”

Racing and wave riding. That’s how it’s been for Buzzy for almost 30 years, going back to those first clunky, kooky downwinders from Maliko to the harbor.

“My favorites are the Hawaiian races. My best condition is downwind. I love the Maliko race.

There’re two Maliko races but for the last five years, there have been hardly any good days. We train during the downwinders in 15 to 25 knots of wind all the time and then when the race comes it’s five knots.

But last year we had a good condition.

And then the Molokai race is a great race that I still enjoy. Last year I did it with my son Kody, and we were a two-man team and had a great crossing.

We were the fourth group across. It was the first time a team had won the overall race - because, at the last minute, Danny Ching chose to paddle as part of a team.

We got across there in a hurry. It was disappointing we didn’t win the team, but it was like, “Who is that

guy up there? Oh, it’s Danny Ching! That bastard.

Why is he on a team?!”

Kody and I were fourth overall with Travis and Kai Lenny in front of us.

This year was grueling. Very grueling. Very light conditions. All work, no glide.”

Twenty-six years after the Dynamic Duo paddled the Molokai channel solo, Buzzy is buffing himself up to do the race solo.

“The thing about the Molokai Channel is when we did it - before the paddleboard race even started - we did it unescorted with no equipment, and you had to not only paddle the channel, you had to navigate and get there and find your course.

So the Molokai race, now you can have an escort boat - they can give you your line and hold your line and navigate and give you stuff - if you need hydration - but to me, it takes away a lot of the challenge of it.

Some guys in the race last year they had a boat with two navigators, they had a physical trainer, they had a film crew. Just every possible thing you could have, they had on their boat. To me, it kind of takes away the excitement and challenge of the channel race.”

Buzzy is having trouble with his knee but will start training in the next couple of weeks for M20 in July.

He will ride his bike, do cross training and paddle five days a week, mixing it up between Waimea, downwinders from Turtle Bay, and upwinders from Shark’s Cove.

Buzzy will know in a month or so whether he is ready to SUP what he partnered in 1990. He will have a support boat with Kailua friend Marc Librie at the helm.

Paddling Molokai to Oahu at 60 is no small undertaking. Buzzy believes that has been done on paddleboards, but doesn’t think anyone has attempted it on an SUP. So which is hairier, going it with a partner in 1990 on paddleboards and no support, or standup paddling it at 60, with support? “I would say doing it with Laird was hairier, but stand-up is paddling it at this age, even with a support boat, is more physically challenging.”

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Breaks off Monarch Boil make for fun times. Photo: Scott Shannon

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Indian Summer is California’s big secret, the best time of year for sun and surf, but without the crowds of summer. Along the coast, the summer fog is gone, the sun is out, the sky is blue, and it’s beautiful. The water is crystal clear; the kelp is in bloom. It’s like paddling over the kelp tank at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, except this is the real deal.

The south swells that have riled the coast all summer are dissipating.

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Shae Foudy and Rob Rojas at Monarch, double trouble. Photo: Mike Muir

The North Pacific isn’t quite ready to rumble, and the result is perfect conditions for doing close coastal runs on stand-up paddleboards.

Whether it’s Point Dume to Latigo in Malibu, Big Rock to La Jolla Cove in La Jolla or in the case of the Riviera family, Dana Point to the 10th Street Pools; exploring waters closer to home.

According to company president Mike Muir, “It’s difficult to get everyone together and sometimes when you mention getting together on the water, suddenly everyone can make time. It was a bonding mission. We were looking for some place with a scenic backdrop that would look good in pictures. Go straight up the coast and explore anything that looked interesting. Laguna Beach is in our backyard, so we figured why not?”

Riviera Paddleboards is based in Orange County and some of their most talented team riders are in San Clemente, Dana Point, and Laguna.

For this trip, the family and extended family consisted of Taylor Rambo, Rob Rojas, Drew Brophy, Sarah Messina, Shae Foudy, Brian Haag, Thomas Maximus, Jade Howson, Kathryn McCann, Alex Higginson, Tiffany Tudyk, Robert Howson, Rene Bruz, Daniel Russell, Nicholas

It’s always good to see where you came from. Looking back at Dana Point. Photo: Scott Shannon

Drew Brophy laying some style down.

Photo: Mike Muir

“We were looking for some place with a scenic backdrop...

Laguna Beach is in our backyard, so we figured why not?”

- MI K E MU I R Nicky Scheel riding the wake.

Poncho gets a much needed drink.

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Scheel, Mike Muir, Brandon Rambo, Mike Baker and Scott Shannon.

Paddling 10 miles is not exactly a walk in the park for everyone but going down the coast and stopping at some outer reefs for a surf break is worth it. Adults and kids were on this day trip involving everyone - young and old. Meeting on the beach at Doheny State Beach Park gave an edge of anticipation and excitement as they waited for everyone. The ages of the paddlers ranged from 13 to 51, and they paddled a variety of boards from 10’ 6” to 14’: Race boards, touring boards, SUP surfboards, and inflatables. Because you just never know what the Pacific Ocean is going to do, a 26-foot Power Cat, Double Trouble, supported the paddle. While they waited some of the younger crowd hopped into Shae’s car, (Jade and Alex) blasting music (21 Pilots).

In the parking lot, it was cold and foggy. By the time they pushed off for the paddle, it had cleared and was warming. Promises of a beautiful day.

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Inaccessible from the beach but from the water, pools in Paradise Bay where the Riviera Crew had fun. Photos: Taylor Rambo

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OFF THE BEACH AT DANA POINT As we left the beach, the whole crew of paddlers was giddy with excitement. This wasn’t a race, it wasn’t a training paddle, it was simply a fun day on the water. Double Trouble, piloted by Brandon Rambo and Mike Muir aka ‘Muir Man’ and Scott Shannon, Riviera Team Manager on board.

Thirteen-year-old Jade Howson was one of the Riviera crew on the beach that morning: “My experience with the Riviera crew on that day we paddled up the coast was unforgettable. I had done this paddle before and thought that it would be a long, hard paddle up the coast, but it turned out I was just paddling with some of my best friends. The conditions were perfect. I live in Laguna so I know when it is a good day, and this was one of the best days yet. When we started paddling in Dana Point, the air was super clear, and you could tell that it was going

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to be warm that day.”

At roughly 7:30 a.m. eighteen of them, launched out into the deep and dark blue ocean. The first leg was San Juan Rocks, which are about 600 feet southwest of Dana Point. “We set our course and rounded the jetty as a giant flotilla of multi-colored boards,” said Rob Rojas, who has been racing for Riviera since January of 2014.

San Juan Rock was the first stop. With a little bit of swell that day, it made “shooting the rock” a little hairy. The rock is split down the middle, which allows for a daring paddler to paddle right between the two halves but beware: there are razor sharp barnacles and mussels on either side.

First one up on the rock was Riviera’s own man of steel and brawn, big bad Mike Baker. If anyone knows Mike Baker, he is one of a very

Rounding the point towards Strands

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Alex and Jade headed back to Dana Point

select few people who SUP surfs the peak at Salt Creek on a regular basis. If you’ve ever seen him, you’ll know why people don’t mess with him. Baker was the only one who was able to muscle his way up to the very top of San Juan Rock, where he joined a small colony of harbor seals and cormorants who have established residence there. Taking his 12’6” Coastal Cruiser to the top made for a killer photo op. Meanwhile, the rest had some fun paddling around the rock and trying to catch that little mysto wave that breaks around the rock. It’s a crappy wave full of boilers, but it’s fun, especially on an inflatable.

Moving from San Juan Rock, the Riviera team doubled the Dana Point Headland, weaving through boiler rocks and reefs that speckle the close waters off the Dana Headland. This is a Limited-Take Marine Protected Area so it’s alive with fish, abalone, lobster and urchins, all hiding and swaying in the kelp and sea grass. There was also a bit of surf in the rocks and over the reefs heading into the Dana Strand area making for some fun, riding the little runners that run North, giving a little energy pulse that makes paddling there fun.

Avoiding the Salt Creek break and confrontations with the local surfers, Double Trouble stayed well beyond the surf line and started doing circles around the group of paddlers making waves. Thinking outside of the box is one of the things this Riviera Family loves to do. It was a highlight of the trip. The best part - if a paddler fell off the wake wave they just had to paddle back into the circle and catch another wave.

Following the wake-surfing session off Salt Creek, the Riviera flotilla continued north toward Monarch Point, passing the infamous cliffs that divide Monarch Point from Three Arch Bay and located on one of the most coveted properties in Southern California. If you know the area, La Senda Drive should ring a bell. These cliffs are prime cliff-jumping spots, and Rob Rojas can remember getting chased out of there by Mrs. Robb, the property owner, back in the 80’s and 90’s. They found the water here calm and glassy making for a more relaxing part of the trip.

Higginson and Howson took advantage of this jumping in the water to unintentionally swim with sea lions. “It was very clear and three large sea lions were swimming and spinning under us. It was special, fun and

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exciting,” Alex says.

Passing Mrs. Robb’s cliff into Three Arch Bay, everyone took to surfing race boards and various SUPs along the shore break on the south end of the bay. It’s kind of an iffy spot as it’s considered a private beach and they don’t want people accessing it even from the water. The wave there is a fun little drainy wave that is a board breaker if there is any size. This is where the Riviera Inflatable came in handy, as it is virtually indestructible, not so good for the surfing race boards. It was only a matter of time before the so-called security guard presence decided to pay a visit but we were conscious of staying below the low tide mark, and the most he could do was watch their antics in disdain.

When you look at all of this on Google Earth, after Three Arch you will see what appears to be artificial pools cut from the rock off

10th Street. These pools are natural, making another opportunity for the crew to check them out. Only the locals know where they are so many miss the chance to discover them. But that was as far as this expedition went. By the time they got to 10th Street, they still had to head back to the Harbor. Tired from surfing, paddling, swimming and rock jumping the last leg of the trip was the hardest. Back on land at Doho and adjusting from sea legs the group ventured to Beach Harbor Pizza. Pizza and a cold beer never tasted better or if you were the younger of the mix, a cold soda. It was one for the books well remembered by all.

Exploring along the Laguna coast past the 10th Street Pools and up to Main Beach, there are a thousand wonders waiting for exploration. Remember sometimes the best discoveries are right in your own backyard.

...there are a thousand wonders waiting for exploration.

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In this eighth year of Standup Paddle Magazine’s Board Guide, the industry has seen a change in trends and designs. But companies are staying on course to improve the quality of production and branding a look and feel to make each company distinct. Here are this year’s models from 13 board companies.

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HOBIE

With over 60 years of board building tradition and innovation, Hobie has developed a lineup of stand-up paddleboards that brings together proven board and boat building technologies. Hobie’s spectrum of stand up paddleboards have been designed to fit almost every paddler’s needs.

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01VENTURE

0212’6 TOUR INFLATABLE

03ATRV3

12’4” x 30” x 5.4” - 247.5L

12’6 x 32” x 5.75” - 298L

10’4” x 32” x 4.8” - 182.1L

10’4” x 30” x 4.85” - 192.5L

Get up and Go. The Tour makes stand up paddling easy, fun, and portable. With everything you need all in one bag, skip the fuss and spend more time on the water. There is nothing left to hold you back from your next excursion.

11’2” x 32” x 4.8” - 201L

True multi-use boards, this versatile design fuses racing, distance, touring, and surf features all into one. The result is a series of boards that can go almost anywhere and be fun to paddle in a wide variety of conditions.

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Classic and approachable, the ATRv3 series is one of the best all-around recreational boards. In its third generation, this series showcases versatility, form, and function. Novice or expert, child or adult, the ATRv3 provides an unforgettable experience for everyone.

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04CM_PRO 8’10” X 30” x 4.5” - 124.4L 9’4” x 30” x 4.65” - 140.5L The Colin McPhilips series translates Hobie’s commitment to crafting quality surfboards in to SUPs. Inspired by 3X longboard world champion and all around waterman Colin McPhillips, this series is recognized as one of the best performing surf SUPs. Designed specifically for vertical, in the pocket high performance.

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BOTE BOARD

BOTE is a stand up paddle brand and a lifestyle brand. We are racers, we are anglers, we are industry leaders and we are technical innovators. The technical innovations are what allow us to stand apart. From designing the world’s first fishing-specific stand up board to creating numerous industry first advancements, BOTE continues to push our sport forward. This is what allows our customers to paddle faster, further and with purpose.

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06 05RACKHAM

06HD 12’

07DARKROOM RACE

12’ x 32”

12’ x 32”

12’6” x 26”

BOTE has once again redefined the stand-up paddleboard. Combining BOTE’S best-selling 12’ HD with the advanced features of our 14’ Ahab, the 12’ Rackham is the most versatile paddleboard BOTE have ever offered. The recessed standing platform and thick bow keep the paddler and gear high and dry...And speaking of gear, the Rackham sports a capacity of near 400 pounds.

It’s all about the lifestyle and the HD embodies it. The HD is a hybrid between a recreational surf-style hull and a displacement-touring hull with a “V” nose entry.

The design paddles effortlessly while maintaining excellent stability. Throw in a Stashpod, Tackle Rac receivers, and nose/tail bungees and you’ve got the most versatile board that BOTE has to offer.

Darkroom Race boards are handcrafted works of art, produced on demand, that take advantage of the latest design innovations derived from experimentation and testing by BOTE and have been proven to perform. Utilizing advanced composites that combine lightweight and strength, Darkroom Race boards outperform the competition every time.

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08 08BREEZE INFLATABLE 11’ x 32” The 11-foot BOTE Breeze inflatable paddleboard is the next evolution in paddleboard technology.

The Breeze is a rough and tumble inflatable paddle board that transforms from a fully functional SUP into a form factor small enough to fit in a backpack in under 30 seconds. Don’t worry about scratches and dings because the military-grade PVC skin is virtually indestructible.

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YOLO

With the motto “You Only Live Once” and a passion to share stand-up paddling with the world. Since its grassroots beginnings, YOLO has grown into a full-scope lifestyle brand. Today, the evolution of the “YOLO®” lifestyle continues to empower and inspire an interconnected community of water-sports enthusiasts to live each day to the fullest, forever exploring the world around them.

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09 09ORIGINAL TRIBE SLATE

10HAMMERHEAD

11YOLO HYBRID 10’6” MINT

12’ x 32” x 4.8” – 236L

10’7” x 32” x 5” – 227L

10’6” x 31.5” x 4.5” - 186L

Hammerstrength molded epoxy and spectacular graphics by Jake Meyer and Richie Gudzan set this board apart from any other. It’s equipment that works for you and a fantastic work of art. With a new, sleeker shape and consistent performance, the 12’ Original continues to be a favorite in any quiver and on the water. With great stability and tracking, this board is built for ease-of-use and can be a great fit for any paddler, beginner to pro. Features include a built-in bungee system, cooler tie-down plugs, LIFTSUP handle, GoPro Camera Mount and Gortex Air Valve.

Lightweight + durable + great price = the YOLO® Hammerhead! Finally, the perfect solution for the rental market and for those who are tough on their boards. This is a traditional fiberglass board with EPS foam core wrapped in an ABS thermo-formed plastic.

A tough band covers the rail seam and serves as a rail protector to prevent damage from the paddle blade.

The technology of this board is a game-changer in the industry.

Our latest design is a cross between a touring and a rec board. The V-shaped hull facilitates more speed and excellent tracking. Fiberglass/epoxy construction on a new sleek shape with the same aesthetics you have come to expect from YOLO Board®

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12 12ORIGINAL WATER HONU 10’6” x 31.5” x 4.3” – 189L Like the 12’, this 10’6” is constructed with hammer strength molded epoxy and graphics that are out-ofthis-world. Perfect for the smaller paddlers or those who might want to catch the surf when it’s breaking.

Just like the 12’ version, this has been a favorite mainstay year in and year out. The right combination of beauty, maneuverability and performance. Features include a built-in bungee system, LIFTSUP handle, cooler tie-down plugs, GoPro Camera Mount and Gortex Air Valve.

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STARBOARD

Starboard is a paddleboard pioneer, producing stand-up paddleboards and paddles. They established themselves as the premium brand by producing innovative and quality products since 1993, starting with their windsurfing boards that have won nine out of ten Professional Windsurfing Association Manufacturer’s titles over the last 10 years.

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13 13ALL STAR • “THE RACING 14ELITE TOURING 12’6” x 31.5” - 254L REVOLUTION” 12’6” x 24” – 251L

12’6” x 30” - 249L

14’0” and 12’6” available in Carbon Sandwich

Extra fast, real stable and great tracking. Multifunctional for cruising over distance, super fast yet incredibly stable. Equipped with two bungee tiedowns to carry extra gear and four FCS inserts for installing a camera. The bottom shape is round V double concave mid-section to deep V concave tail.

The wider 12’6” x 31.5” Elite Touring is more stable for heavier riders up to 110kg or for carrying more supplies. The slimmer 12’6” x 30” Elite Touring is fast and easy to paddle, great for the riders up to 100kg who want efficiency, ease and control.

and Hybrid Carbon The most versatile and popular race board from elite to beginner riders that can perform and win in all conditions. New design combines the All Star rail stability with the speed from the triple-concave bottom shape of the 2015 Race, making it a winner on flat-water. Added nose volume and refined overall volume distribution made the hull easy and sensationally fast downwind. The bottom shape offers speed from the center channel, stability from the side planes and control from the sharp rail edge for surfing and downwind

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15ATLAS 12’0” x 33” - 236L The entry-level board for all aspects of the sport providing a stable platform for the heavy rider or multiple riders. One of our best-selling boards due to its versatility for many riders and conditions. The 33” width offers a stable platform for entry-level paddlers up to 115 kg. 12’0” length is the longest in the all-round range and has the fastest glide. The Mono to double concave to V in the tail allows easy rail-to-rail drive, speed and mid-point turning and smooth cutbacks when stepping back onto the tail.

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15 16HYPER NUT 7’ 8” x 30” – 115L Ultimate stability and performance with added length.

The 7’8” is suited to riders of up to 95kg who want stability and glide with exceptional drive, acceleration and reactivity. Its lively performance from its short length makes it a highly popular size that can be thrown into most conditions. High maneuverability matched with comfortable stability. Available in Blue Carbon, Wood and AST Electric Technologies. The bottom shape is mono-concave feeding through to channel tail.

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Naish

Since 1979 Naish has been crafting the tools for riders to heighten each and every moment on the water. Fine-tuning every curve, edge and seam along the way, each product is thoughtfully constructed not only to excel in the moment, but to stand the test of time. Driven by a passion for the sport and a thirst to innovate, Naish fuses the talent of top engineers and athletes with cutting edge technologies and premium materials. The result is a wide range of SUP products developed to suit the individual needs of anyone from the seasoned professional, to the weekend warrior, to someone just getting their toes wet for the first time.

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17JAVELIN 14’0” X 26 CARBON

18NALU 11’0” GS

19GLIDE 12’6” X 30” GTW

11’0” x 31” — 175L

12’6” x 30” — 250L

14’0” x 26” — 260L

This versatile design delivers classic longboard surfing performance, touring and flatwater cruising.

It has been fine-tuned with decreased volume in the nose and tail areas, resulting in an extremely responsive board with easy maneuverability. It features a longboard-style outline and double concave deck in the stance area for optimal stability and comfort.

Engineered to provide enhanced directional stability, the Glide 12’6” X30 GTW is phenomenal at building and maintaining speed and transitions seamlessly between flat water and open ocean conditions. The GTW construction features a visible wood sandwich deck and bottom for natural load spread and energetic flex as well as a glass matrix deck and bottom, which delivers an outstanding strength-to-weight ratio.

Javelin Carbon boards are suitable for ambitious racers and professional competition. Their stateof-the-art rocker line and deck and bottom shape deliver lightning-fast acceleration and ultimate gliding speed. The advanced dihedral nose allows water to instantly release instead of wrap, forcing water to split off the sides of the board instead of toward the riders’ feet. This creates more lift when pearling for a smooth pace without interruption.

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20ONE 12’6” 12’6” x 30” — 265L Incredibly durable and stable, the ONE is ideal for flatwater adventures, cruising and competitive racing. The perfect travel companion, the inflatable Naish ONE takes just minutes to set up and put away—fitting into a convenient backpack perfect for trips to even the most remote locations. Accommodating riders up to 230 lbs., this inflatable adapts to riders of many shapes, sizes, ages and skill levels.

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Riviera PaDDlesurf

Riviera Paddlesurf was founded on a families love for SUP Surfing. Just the same today, the Rambo family owns and operates Riviera Paddlesurf while actively living a SUP lifestyle which draws paddlers, athletes, and cultural influencers to become a part of the Riviera Family. Since day one, we’ve paddled ahead to innovate and give as much back to the sport of SUP as we have gotten out of it. With nearly 10 years into building SUP’s, Riviera has become known for their quality and high performance SUP shapes. Our responsibility is to the sport of SUP, along with the people and environment that sustain it. We are committed to make Riviera as respected for our impact as we are for our products. In doing so, we will help to make SUP, and our lifestyle, sustainable well into the future for our team riders, dealers, factories and employees.

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21RP-SERIES RACEBOARD

22EL TIGRE

23RIVIERA ORIGINAL

12’6” x 22” / 12’6” x 24” / 12’6” x 26” / 12’6” x 28”

7’2” x 25” / 7’8” x 27” / 8’2” x 28” / 8’8” x 29” / 9’8” x 31”

10’6” x 32” x 4.5” – 171L

14’0” x 23” / 14’0” x 25” / 14’0” x 27”

7’2” x 28” / 7’8” x 30” / 8’2” x 31” / 8’8” x 32” / 9’8” x 33”

11’6” x 33” x 4.875” – 210L

Developed for speed, efficiency and control, the RP’s are crafted with quality and performance in mind. The board outline disperses water steadily and efficiently, providing enough planing surface when sprinting, as well as giving paddlers more stability and control in turbulent waters.

The El Tigre is designed for high performance SUP Surfing. Featuring a slightly fuller nose and diamond tail, the El Tigre packs a lot of volume in a small package enabling you to ride shorter and narrower.

The Riviera Original is a perfect board for first-time paddlers. It is a very stable cruiser ideal for touring with a slightly pulled in nose and pinched rails for maneuverability in the surf. Built from a Riviera Eco Molded Blank.

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24VOYAGER 12’6” x 32” x 5.25” – 280L The ultimate touring board equipped with nose and tail tie downs to hold your gear. The displacement hull cuts through the water more efficiently than surfboard-shape cruisers. Built from a Riviera Eco Molded Blank.

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SURFTECH

Surftech is a global community of surfers, shapers, designers, and craftsmen who are connected through surfing and the pursuit of perfection. For over 25 years we have been pioneering new technologies and introducing them to surfers around the world. We take immense pride in every board we make, celebrate the millions of waves around the world that have been ridden and look forward to being a part of the lineup for years to come.

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25BARK VAPOR

26SPORT TOURING TEKEFX

27AIR INFLATABLE

12’6” x 26” x 7” – 233L

12’6” x 32” x 8” – 341L

11’0” x 32” x 6” – 248L

Feed your need for speed with the all-new BARK Vapor. Designed by Joe Bark in collaboration with the world’s best paddlers, the Vapor brings together an entirely new outline, rocker and foil to create a board that is fast, stable and serious in a variety of racing conditions. Combining the best of both displacement and flotation design, its minimalist outline curves, decreased rocker and all-new nose design gives it fluid entry and glide to maximize the speed of every stroke. The Vapor comes in both 12’6” and 14’ and is wrapped in orange, black and gray paint. Perfect for racers looking for an edge in any waterway.

Excellent in both chop and flat-water, the Sport Touring TEKefx is ready for whatever our excursion entails. With good stability, glide, efficiency and speed, it has outstanding ocean performance, but would also be fitting for a smoother day on the lake. Designed with the same shape as the AST model, the TEKefx version has vibrant blue or green graphics, classic bamboo veneer, and a high gloss finish that keeps this board looking good over time.

The included tie-downs can secure all your gear, so pack it up and go spend the entire day on the water.

The new Transport Air Series introduces three unique inflatable shapes to the Surftech lineup that provide boards for paddlers looking for the best option for their recreational and touring adventures. The new boards combine progressive outlines, strategically placed handles with integrated deck pads and fin boxes, and the most advanced technology to create one of the most lightweight inflatable compact travel partners.

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28UNIVERSAL CORETECH 9’6” x 30.6” x 4.6” – 172L

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10’6” x 32” x 5” – 206L 11’6” x 32.13” x 5” – 238L The Universal Coretech is the best all-around shape for recreational paddling in flat-water. It’s larger volume and full rails allow you to float with ease in flat water, making it a great solution for the entry-level paddler looking for additional stability and control. Inside every Coretech board is our dense, purpose-molded foam and high-quality fiberglass and epoxy resin, making it just as lightweight as it is durable and long lasting. With a full deck pad with tie downs, an integrated ledge handle and leash plug, it’s a great starter board, family board or beach house addition.

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LAKESHORE

Our main goal is to promote a healthy lifestyle consisting of fitness, adventure, competition, and fun. We are proud to offer a line of products that truly represent the environment we live, and play in. Lakeshore is not just a brand. Lakeshore is a lifestyle. And we invite you to become part of it!

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29SUNSET CRUISER

30RIVER ROVER

31HEAVENLY AIR

12’6” x 29” x 5” – 239L

14’ x 31” x 5” – 297L

12’6” x 31” x 6” – 251L

The Sunset Cruiser sets the standard for touring boards, offering a sleek shape with increased performance and better glide. Carbon fiber rails add durability, stiffness, and aesthetics.

The River Rover is the ultimate expedition SUP. Whether it be fishing, camping, snorkeling, diving, exploring, or touring – this is the board for your next adventure.

The Heavenly Air is a go anywhere, do anything, allaround design that weighs in at a mere 23 pounds.

No car rack required, airplane compatible, and urbanliving efficient.

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32 32HEAVENLY 11’6” x 31” x 5” - 229L The Heavenly is a pure all-around recreational board designed with the whole family in mind and enjoyable for anyone at any skill level. It is a true representation of the Lakeshore lifestyle - easy and fun.

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BIC SUP

Founded in 1979 by the Bich family, of BIC pen fame, BIC Sport grew from the family’s passion for watersports and expertise in sustainable manufacturing. BIC SUP is the company’s dedicated paddleboard division, focused on designing, building and distributing stand up paddleboards, paddles and accessories around the globe.

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33WING

34CROSS

35TRACER WORLD SERIES

12’6 x 30” – 285L

10’ x 33” – 195L

12’6 x 24.5/26” – 252L

11’ x 29” – 220L

11’ x 34” – 260L

14’ x 24.5/26” – 275L

Designed for efficiency and stability the awardwinning WING series offers a smooth, effortless paddling experience. Go further, faster, quieter.

Perfect for sunrise cruises along the lake as well as more serious exploration.

An ultra-stable platform equally suited for first-timers, family fun, fitness, yoga, fishing or whatever your next SUP adventure may be. A unique keeled nose design keeps the board tracking straight and a full waterline improves efficiency and glide. 10’ and 11’ sizes available.

If you’re looking for a fast, versatile, all-conditions race board with surprising stability the Tracer World Series is your board. 100% UD carbon construction.

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36WAVE PRO 7’4” – 85L 9’4” – 145L SUP Surfing is all about Versatility – You want a board that makes soft, small waves fun but will still perform when it pumps. You want stability for paddling without sacrificing surf performance off the tail.

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PAU HANA SURF SUPPLY

At Pau Hana, we are fun-loving adventure-seeking paddle surfers, artists, yogis, makers, fishermen, athletes and travelers -- captivated by water. Pau Hana, [pronounced: pow HAH-nah], is a Hawaiian phrase that means “Work is over.” “Pau Hana Time” encapsulates the spirit of play and good times with friends and family. We love what we do and put that passion to work, every day, making boards to share that stoke.

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37BIG EZ ARMORED WITH RICOCHET

38CARVE

39MINISPORT

8’6” x 30” x 4”

10’10” x 29” x 6”

11’0” x 32” x 5”

14 lbs

22.5 lbs

32 lbs

130 L

225 L

225 L

Conquer the swell with the Pau Hana Carve. A high performance SUP, the Carve is built to handle any wave. The smaller design allows for precision maneuverability through the surf while allowing for maximum speed. The Carve has a quad fin setup and provides a hybrid of high performance and stability for the complete surf experience on a SUP.

The Pau Hana Minisport has been updated for 2016. The new model features a wider tail, which increases the weight capacity and stability. Featuring a displacement hull, the Minisport is fast and is a great training and sport board. Its lightweight and soft grab handle makes it easy to carry and transport.

The ideal solution for a punishing environment. Ricochet™ is a new impact-resistant technology designed to armor boards from rocks, paddles and striking blows. Years in the making, the specially formulated membrane is integrated into the fiberglass construction of the board resulting in a lightweight, traditionally finished board, that’s tough as nails. Best of all, the high quality and attractive design sets this board apart.

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40VIPER RACE SERIES 12’6”x25”x6.5”, 23.6 lbs, 207 L 14’0”x25”x6.5”, 25.6 lbs, 229 L

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This board is not for beginners or intermediates.

It’s challenging and should take the better part of a season to master on the open ocean. Why do it?

Because the pay off will result in an edge over the competition. From the pulled in nose to the wide thin tail, each part of the board is designed to exploit advantages. Additional widths available in 24” and 26”.

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ART IN SURF

Art in Surf is a Hawaii based surf company. They have a full line of stand-up paddleboards, paddles, surfboards and accessories with price point, construction and technology options from entry level to high end. Their shapers and designers include Terry Chung, Steve Tyau, Neco Carbone and Leleo Kinimaka. Their athletes include the current SUP Surf World Champion Caio Vaz, Ian Vaz and Nicole Pacelli and more. They also have the full line of Dewey Weber surfboards and SUP in PVC and PVC Carbon molded constructions! Being in the water is and always has been their passion and their desire to share it with the world. (all photos by Christian Jung) ARTINSURF.COM

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41WAVE AMAZON CRUISER

42FUN4ALL RHINO HIT

Skill Level: Intermediate (up to 75kg/165lb) /

Beginner: up to 115kg/250 lbs

43VAZ BROTHERS MODEL INSUP SURF

Advanced (up to 85kg/187lb)

10’ x 32” x 5” – 230L

Beginners up to 200 pounds

9’2” x 28 ½” x 4 1/2” – 133L

Weight: approx. 30 lbs.

8’ x 30” x 6” – 218L

Shaper: Steve Tyau

This board is ideal for paddlers up to 250 lbs. as well as a great rental board as it is super stable, paddles nicely and is virtually indestructible. Incredibly durable polycarbonate sandwich construction featuring kevlar and polyurea reinforced rails. Keep your rentals rocking! Spend less time repairing your fleet! High-density PVC/polyurea reinforced fin box, vent plug, leash plug and handle. Easily repaired (rarely necessary!) with epoxy resin.

Inflatable SUP surfboard, with the shape inspired on the IAN VAZ High Performance board, it is very maneuverable, lightweight and practical. You can surf, cruise and do white water fun-runs with this board.

New design inspired by body paintings of the Amazon Tribes. The combination of a swallow tail and the round longboard-style nose make this board great for breaking the lines and maneuvering on the wave, as well as making the classic walk the nose routine. The rocker profile provides superior wave entry in all conditions. This SUP board is ideal for smaller waves and making a lot of turns.

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44DA SMALL FUN Level: Beginner (up to 90kg/198lb) 9’6” x 32” x 5” – 165L This line of boards feature a round tail and nose and is stable and easy to ride. Stability and comfort are its main features. This board surfs great and nose rides very well too! Ideal for learning how to stand-up paddle, this is the smallest board in the Fun4All line up. Fun for the whole family, built to last with our extra light bamboo construction technology, and also available on our state of the art strong and High Impact Technology – HIT Bamboo and HIT Composites constructions.

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INDIGO-SUP

Indigo-SUP makes high quality boards inspired by the customer. They are a full custom watersports company. Established in 2011, their customizations range from board modifications to graphic designs and offer a broad lineup of SUPs that will fit everyone from novice level to race level. Their world-class customer service sets them apart from the rest.

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45TIGER

46MANATEE

12’2” x 30” x 6” – 255L

10’6” x 32.5” x 4.5” – 185L

Tiger is one of our most popular and proven board designs. Developed with local surf legend, Bill Whiddon. The result of this partnership yielded a fast, stable and light-weight board that conforms to the WPA surfstyle race class. It is a great recreational board that allows you to do a little bit of everything.

A traditional style board is the Manatee. Our fiberglass innegra construction allows it to be lighter and stronger than most other boards out there. This is a solid, stable and maneuverable board. You can do it all with this one. It is great for fitness and leisure paddling, yoga and small surf.

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Ian Balding Boards

Our goal is simple…make boards that provide a seamless connection to a wave where the rider and the board flow together as a one. Whether you’re a traditional surfer, prone paddler, or stand up paddler, and whether you’re interested in one of our stock designs, or one-of-a-kind custom, we will get you where you want to be. We take pride in providing our experienced customers with cutting edge boards to lead the herd, not follow it. Proud to be made in NC, we design and build boards that work for our local beaches, to reefs, points, and sandbars around the world.

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4711’6” BUXTON MODEL

48NEEDLE

49EPIC RACE

This is a board the whole family can enjoy. Very stable at 30-32” wide yet has a narrow enough tail to perform well in the surf. Take the kids and the dog for a cruise then paddle out and enjoy a few waves solo. This board also provides a solid platform for fishing and can be ordered with gear fastening options. Truly a do-it-all SUP!

12’6” x 26” – 220L

12’6” x 26” – 216L

14’ x 26” – 240L

14’ x 26” – 235L

A narrower nose outline, reverse bow, and higher volume forward with good displacement for a forgiving nature when wave piercing. Designed to be fast on the flats, and stable in the ocean.

Good for racing, fitness, or just plain paddling fast. Features include a flat bottom in the midsection to slight vee through the tail. Flat enough to give full length of waterline for flat-water speed with enough rocker to handle downwind conditions and surfing.

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By Stone Parker Photos: Eric Haka

Edmund Pestana is a waterman: Thirty-eight years as a City and County lifeguard, prone paddleboarder, OC1, OC6, windsurfer.

His roots go deep in the volcanic soil of the Hawaiian Islands. Born and raised.

Womb to the tomb. He learned to surf at Browns, mentored by John Kelly and John Clark. A good friend of Nadine Kahanamoku, she gave him all of Duke’s Surfer Magazines after Duke passed. “Nadine was a real friend,” Pestana said.

“She called me one night when she was feeling down. She wanted to die. She found

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herself relegated to using a wheelchair and needed support. At 90 years of age, she was still sharp. That experience floored me. We got through it. Most people are stronger than they realize, but everyone can have extremely bad days.”

Pestana has crossed from Molokai to Oahu on everything from support boats to SUP. He was skipper of the escort boat when Gerry Lopez and Sparky Longley took their SUP across the Molokai Channel.

“My friends share quite a lot in the ocean with me,” Pestana said.

Pestana goes out in the four-man canoe to surf waves, cruise the coastline, play with dolphins, whales, and turtles. To feel the connection to nature he goes out to enjoy the colors and texture of the water or relax in the glassy water and watch the sunset outside of Waikiki or even marvel at the Friday night fireworks show. He has swamped the sailing canoe outside of Peahi while surfing overhead swells all the way from Hawaii to Maui. He has experienced the sacredness of going to spread the ashes of friends, and finding comfort during that mourning process.

For Pestana, it’s about sharing the many different ocean experiences

and moods. It’s about connecting with what’s real. “That’s the real me.”

HIS QUIVER CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: • three Naish SUP • some of the first Surfboards Makaha • Pestana-shaped Windsurfer • Iggy 6’8.”

• a collection of the first prone paddleboards • a slew of all kinds of boards from the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, 00’,10’.

So what does the experienced waterman use to cart around all that gear?

Sprinter? Ford F 350? Flatbed truck? Pestana believes in driving a clean car with a clean conscience, so he rolls in a white, four-door 2010 hatchback Toyota Prius: “My car doesn’t do more than get me places whilst leaving a minimal footprint. It’s just a material necessity.”

The Prius is the Thruster of electric cars, a game-changer getting 51 MPG highway and 48 city, which means you can drive around the

It’s about connecting with what’s real.

“That’s the real me.”

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island of Oahu on two gallons of gas.

“Got it used from Servco in Waipahu in 2012. The total cost was $21,000 with 18,000 miles of use. I think they were about $25,000 new. I had to wait for the right one. Buying it used, two years old, worked for me. I wanted to save $4000, and the 20,000 miles was just a break-in period. I would have loved the bigger model, but it would have cost me about $10,000 more.” he shares.

Economical and socially responsible, but is this car big enough to haul SUP and all the accouterment?

Apparently so, according to Pestana, “I

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have great Tulle surfboard racks that are five feet wide and cost $550. I’ve used the car to haul home-building supplies in the vehicle and on the roof. I’ve carried at least 200+ pounds of lumber and other supplies on those racks.”

The boards fit outside but also, surprisingly, inside he can fit his 10’8” Naish SUP and another couple of smaller boards. It only fits if he angles it in; tail on the passenger dash and nose behind the driver’s side. He has to take the fins off, and it rides tail first. A couple of other boards are found sandwiching it.

The paddles and surfboards fit in as well. He can also carry three, one-man canoes on the

five-foot wide racks with the iako and ama in the car. Pestana claims he can also fit three paddlers too.

Pestana loves his Prius; it does what he needs it to, and although he would love access to a truck, he doesn’t want to own another vehicle. His car of choice would be an electric or hybrid station wagon or mini-van, and he’s looking at upgrading but as he said earlier “My car doesn’t do more than get me places whilst leaving a minimal footprint. It’s just a material necessity.”

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