some learning to river SUP surf in Iowa with the Badfish designs

[weldernot]

The two video clips show the SUP wave at Charles City, Iowa at 2 different flows.  Unlike the videos of already skilled whitewater SUP surfers doing nifty things, these clips show the initial experiences of whitewater kayakers trying out the various Badfish SUPs.

For anyone interested in getting into whitewater SUP surfing from whitewater kayaking, I hope the videos indicate how easy it is to make progress toward SUP surfing with the Badfish SUPs. 

The first video clip shows my first river experiences with the Badfish MVP-S and small River Surfer.

<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/42815999" width="500" height="283" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <p><a href="">1st river experiences with Badfish MVP-S and River Surfer 6'11"</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user9578075">Piper Wall</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

The second video clip comes from my second river SUP surfing outing with all three Badfish designs and includes the first river SUP surfing outings of two other whitewater kayakers.  Because I only had a couple of SUP paddles, we also messed about with hand paddles and a kayak paddle.

<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/42850126" width="500" height="291" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <p><a href="">Learning to surf the Badfish MVP-S, River Surfer 6'11", and MCIT</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user9578075">Piper Wall</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

[weldernot]

Forgot to include with the video clips:

The first surfing shown is on the MVP-S after about 40 minutes of play.  The end three bits on the River Surfer are my 1st, 2nd, and 3rd attempts with the River Surfer.

The flow was 890 to 810 cfs throughout the day of the first video clip.

The flow was 480 to 460 cfs throughout the day of the second video clip.

[Badfish]

Great videos! Stoked you guys are having fun. We need to make it out to Iowa for some surfing!

[PonoBill]

Happy to see that the MCIT is surfable. Got to try that with mine.

[Admin]

Happy to see that the MCIT is surfable. Got to try that with mine.

Just got some rubber fins in the mail   We'll have to check them out soon.

[Deadbait]

Looks like fun!

[Wavecloud]

Looks fantastic!

That River Surfer looks tricky in the eddies!

I love the look of the MVP