Standup Paddle Surfing
takes on the world. The
World's leading Stand Up Paddle
professionals have formed the A.S.U.P.P (the
Association of Stand Up Paddle
Professionals), an association that will
govern all athlete related matters of the
Stand Up World Tour, from judging and event
format, to the qualification processes. The
riders have elected 5 initial committee
members to represent participating athletes
in the decision making process. The chosen 5
are Ekolu Kalama, Duane Desoto, Bonga
Perkins, Chuck Patterson, and Leleo Kinimaka.
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Video courtesy of standupworldtour.com | Forum Link
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6-18-2009 | Standup World Tour Announced
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Video by Chris de Aboitiz | Laguna Bay Longboards | Forum Link
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6-11-2009 | Keahi de Aboitiz killing it at Boiling Pot, Noosa.
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Recently here in Noosa we had one of the biggest swells we've had in years. The point around the corner was pretty maxed out but the Boiling Pot and Nationals were pumping for days. The swell on the open facing beaches would have been 15 foot with enough of it getting around to the points protected from the wind. This was one of the smaller days with the day before having a couple of extra feet on it. This is definitely not a standup wave and this was the first time I think anyone has tried to surf it being that size. I had been surfing it on a shorty a few days prior and figured it probably would be doable on a standup. Of course I got the best barrel on the day before I decided to film when it was bigger and more hollow. This day was not nearly as make-able as the day before so I took a few beatings trying to get footage. Noosa is a very crowded spot as you can see in the video and it makes it very difficult to get waves sometimes. It was a great opportunity to get to surf it with a standup and I will definitely get it out there again next swell. These shorter boards really start to open up the sport so much more because there is no way we could surf some of the larger boards as easily in these types of waves. It's really fun surfing these waves on a standup because it allows you to get in early and set your line way before you would on a shortboard. This is something very unique to standup that allows us to surf some of these waves.
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Photo provided by Imagine Surfboards | Forum Link
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6-9-2009 | Corran Addison busts 'em loose.
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The wave I'm on is very flat and
gutless... it has no lip to talk of... it's like riding an ocean
swell. One of the things that stand up offers over shortboarding, is
the power that the paddle provides. I learned from kayaking that you
can generate all kinds of energy (and thus moves) from the paddle.
So to me its not just about using the paddle to catch, and turn on
waves, but also to use the energy that can be harnessed to do things
that shortboarding simply can't. In this case, its doing airs off the "lip" when there isn't one. I'm not doing an ollie (face trick), but rather making my bottom turn with the blade feathered away from me as a guiding "bow rudder" or "bow draw" so I can guide the nose of the board to a specific point on the wave exactly (same technique used by slalom kayakers to but the kayak within an inch to navigate through the gates). Then as I hit the "non existent"
lip, I turn that bow draw into a wide sweeping stroke and put all my
weight into the paddle, and then use my feet to lift the board out
of the water and turn it in the air. When I land, its perpendicular
to my direction of travel, so the impact with the water brings it
back under my feet, and again my entire body is on the paddle (I'm
going to snap one for sure) in a lay-back position. I carve the
board back across the wave the other way and use this energy to get
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