The bicycle is the most efficient form of transportation in the known universe. For those of you who are fortunate to live near the ocean you may easily exchange your time, money and gasoline for waves.
A human on a bicycle achieves 750 miles per gallon, 20X more than a Prius. Parking at the break with a SUP can, in a single year, produce more marginal waves than a short boarder will catch in a single year.
Hopefully this motivates you to go and be a wave HOG stealing waves from nothing but . . . . the open ocean, trading your ass in an automobile for you nuts in your throat. RIP!
Arbitrage The Electric SUP (http://vimeo.com/31458266)
Great vid.. Loved it.. ;D
DJ
WOW...
Very cool video....lots of great angles!! but I'm a little confused...are you advocating an Electric Sup, or biking to the surf or simply that SUP is the best way to catch a lot of waves? Sorry, I goes the espresso hasn't kicked in yet...... ;D
Wow is right! Great way to start my day, except that now I don't want to go to work. Hey CRT, Let's head up to the Cape this afternoon!! Can't wait anymore! Thanks for the stoke Beasho!
Fun video, Beasho! "Bringing back" interesting w/the Go-Pro.
Don't listen to them much but Coldplay sorta sounds like U2 minus guitars. Roughly, What's your location? I think I may recognise some things but I could be wrong.
Great vid!
Which go pro mounts were you using, the chest mount and the handlebar mount on your paddle?
is that a home made sup leash belt
As a cyclist whose bikes are gathering dust while I try to figure out this SUP thing, that video hit the mark. Thanks for the stoke! (Is that the right way to say it, "Thanks for the stoke!"??)
Great original video. A bit cryptic text but enjoyable anyway. See that you've changed boards. Thanks for the effort and the stoke.
I was also wondering what exactly this video (looks pretty cool) was getting at .
I would like to point out 2 things though
#1 It seems in the beginning of the video you were traveling against the traffic flow. I'm pretty sure that is illegal with either a bike or an electric moped.
#2 Was your SUP an "old school" 80's windsurfer...If so it worked pretty good for you. Also it looks like it got snapped in half at some point.
Other wise GREAT video and be careful out there driving
JimK
www.extremewindsurfing.com (http://www.extremewindsurfing.com)
Quote from: Ake G on November 11, 2011, 05:45:43 AM
Fun video, Beasho! "Bringing back" interesting w/the Go-Pro.
Don't listen to them much but Coldplay sorta sounds like U2 minus guitars. Roughly, What's your location? I think I may recognise some things but I could be wrong.
Looks like Half Moon Bay to me. Looks like he rode past Jeff Clark's surf shop (or darn close to it, anyway). Of course I could be wrong.
Really great video of a nice session, with lots of long rides. But I don't understand the following sentence in your text:
"Parking at the break with a SUP can, in a single year, produce more marginal waves than a short boarder will catch in a single year."
But I'm not an English speaker, so it may be just me.
Which bike rack are you using? Is that a home-made PVC contraption?
I am looking for something which I can take off entirely, as I use my bicycle (non-electrical) to go to work as well.
Cheers,
Bruno
after 2:46 it is really nice video.
not SUPing per se, but rather surfing with paddle being used as video crane.
beautifull long rides, great angles. really enjoed it.
old recycled windsurfing board is cool, a leash attached to the belt is strange...
before 2:46... what is that? a green energy commercial? not consistent - there is a car in the driveway... (and it is not prius)
and how this relates to the concept of arbitrage?
BTW, speaking about arbitrage: how much energy (fuel, oil) was consumed to build this electric bike and the batteries? is it more than you will save through the life of the bike or less? because if you had spent upfront more energy to produce it your net effect is negative.
Fun video. I love my electric trike. I don't think of anything that has to do with it as arbitrage. But what the heck.
I call bait and switch. I'd thought I'd be watching a video about arbitrage--maybe some technical analysis, discussion of derivatives and price convergence, interviews with arbitrageurs, that sort of thing. Instead we just get surfing.
The surf rack was the basic Hermesman design found here:
http://www.rodndtube.com/surf/info/surf_racks/BicycleSurfboardRack.shtml (http://www.rodndtube.com/surf/info/surf_racks/BicycleSurfboardRack.shtml)
The caveat I add is that this design does not carry load very well. I added 2 stays that run from the top tube to the end of the front cantilevered pipe and from the seat to the end of the rear cantilevered pipe (see photos). These attach with a stainless steel eye bolt drilled vertically through the joint. This completes the truss structure and permits the design to carry significant loads. I have carried everything from Short boards to 12 foots SUPs, 2 longboards (at one time) and a windsurfer, sail boom and all equipment on this rack. The stays also permit the modular design. If you do NOT glue the cantilevered pipe then the rack can be removed in less than 1 minute.
The last thing I would recommend is to orient the board fins forward and out. This seems to have the best aerodynamic and swing weight profile to handle quick(er) turns and lateral wind gusts.
That is a great lifestyle...wish I could feasibly pedal my bike to my break with my stick....keep it simple....good stuff!
Relatively risk-free gains at minimal cost...
that video was pretty bad ass ;D
Beasho, thanks for the info!
My normal wintertime spot is at walking distance. Will see how often I go to the other place (2 km down the road) this winter before I start building.
The video was originally created to showcase the advantages of the electric bicycle. I have 3 young kids and a supportive wife that allows me to escape for 120 minutes of solo time in the mornings usually on weekends. Since time is money financial arbitrage can translated to time arbitrage. The bike can add 25% to on-water time.
7 years ago I built a surf rack for my bicycle and learned that I could get to surf spots in the same or less time on my bike than by driving and walking. This was typically because I could park my bike closer than my car to the break and reduce total commute time to the water. The only downside was additional exercise on top of an already taxing SUP session. Getting home could be much slower and I would often lose 4 lbs. to as many as 7 lbs. of water weight from a combined bike and SUP session.
3 weeks ago I saw an electric bike at a street fair and knew in 3 ticks I had to have one. The electric bike has since tipped the scales from nearly breakeven to massively in favor of bicycle commuting. Some people will get this. Others with different pressure on their time e.g. empty nesters, no kids . . . distance to the beach > 5 miles, or passion for their vehicles will hear me singing from the rafters to no avail. Believe me I have been crowing about Stand Up for exactly 2 years (today) and have only managed to convert a handful of people. You are the converts, just not yet to bicycle surfing.
The electric bike is treated exactly like a bicycle. As long as the motor is less than 750 Watts and the assisted speed limited to 20 mph the only legal requirement is to wear a helmet. You gain all the advantages of a bicycle but travel at 2X the speed. You can zip up and down bike paths, bend a few rules (e.g. go the wrong way on the highway because crossing US-1 on a bike is near death sentence) and lock your bike at the beach steps. As with SUP these advantages will bring out the haters. Southern California has already bred E-Bike free zones and E-Bike Nazis to enforce said laws. The arbitrage only exists until the masses realize its value.
I add, what used to be an 8 minute drive, 2 minute unload and 8 minute walk (18 total minutes) has been reduced to 11 minutes on this bike saving 7 minutes each way. Historically a 2 hour window diminished to just 60 minutes of water time when I added the time to get dressed, load, commute and unload. The ~15 additional minutes, +25%, on a SUP can easily translate to 4 more waves per session. 4 more waves 100X per year equates to 400 incremental waves that would otherwise have gone un-ridden while I was driving and then walking to the beach.
On efficiency: A human on a bicycle expends 40 calories to travel 1 mile. A gallon of gasoline has the energy equivalent of 30,000 calories. This equates to 750 miles per effective gallon on a human powered bicycle. To pedal the 6.5 mile round trip shown in the video would have cost me 260 calories. Alternately the bike consumed 250 Watt hours. In California this cost 7.5 cents of electricity. Driving my car would have cost $1.30 in gasoline and I could double this expense for the depreciation on the vehicle.
In summary the electric bike reduces commute time, reduces cost, leverages the most efficient form of transportation known to exist and keeps my car sand free. Win-Win-Win-Win. The bike hustled me to a spot that others considered too difficult to access or marginal to bother surfing. I put a premium on having fun catching waves. This footage was all filmed in less than 50 minutes, 1 man's solo session on a beautiful day that wasn't perfect but pretty darn close and this IMHO is why we SUP. We saw an opportunity to convert the time sitting in the water to the time standing, paddling and getting exercise. We can spot waves at a distance paddle over and catch what used to slip by out of reach. We ride waves too small, too big, too mushy or too sloppy to catch with conventional boards. This is arbitrage. Taking the mundane and making it magical. Creating something from nothing and converting free time to pure stoke.
I am not selling these items but I should be. The electric bike was purchase from Len Rogers 660 Bryant Street in San Francisco. I came to him with a request. He let me test drive several bikes. I still thought I wanted an iZip Zuma and he managed to get one shipped up from LA the next day. SOLD! Great Service . . . found here: ElectricBicycleOutlet@yahoo.com
The SUP board was not a vintage windsurfer rather a custom Jeff Clark 10'. I asked him to put a mast track in the board because I thought I would windsurf it in light air. I have only sailed the board twice. Once I learned to SUP, and discovered all the waves I could catch out my back door, I lost my appetite for driving, rigging and chasing the wind. This board has been broken in half (repaired), buckled once (repaired) and buckled again (repaired). It is still my go to board when its glassy, choppy, 2 feet or 20 feet. This board is great but it was one of his first generation boards and they keep getting better.
Jeff Clark's website here: http://jeffclarkmavericks.com/ (http://jeffclarkmavericks.com/)
I was pretty sure that was Pillar Point/Half Moon Bay. I haven't been to Jeff's place since he moved from the warehouse area closer to the marina, but I'll stop by soon. On of the local greats for sure.
Cool video and I dig the message. No fair giving away the spot, some things should remain unsaid...
I get it now, thanks for the expanded text.
Due family matters and work matters, I miss more surf than I get. The arbitrage point is so true.
Nice work Beasho! You inspired me to grab my kid's favorite xmas present and head for surf!
Outstanding on all accounts and points. Some very excellent thoughts and ideas, I only wish that I was closer to my preferred spot than I am, so I too could commute the way you are.
BTW, the camera angles and footage were some of the best and funniest (loved the "lone" paddle flying/spinning off in the air) I've watched.
And yes, as has been said here before, "Thanks for the Stoke". Friday can't get here soon enough . . . putting a new board in the water for the first time, so now I'm really STOKED!!! (http://www.baseball-fever.com/images/smilies/hyper.gif) (http://www.baseball-fever.com/images/smilies/rockon.gif)
Okay, I watched the video again and now I need to do some work--I built a 1200 watt electric bike here on Maui last year but I shipped the monster batteries (40AH 48V) to Hood River for my trike. So I need a decent sized LiFe 48V battery to stick on my bike. But I built a half-assed battery box by riveting aluminum angle together, that's not going to cut it, so I need a spool gun for my welder so I can weld up something proper.
If I'm going to build a better battery box then I should build a bike with a lot more style. I've been drawing a kind of cruiser/chopper thing with a lower rail that would hold batteries and a feet-forward recumbent/chopper style (easier on the butt). I'll have to build a jig to weld it up. And probably buy a K-Mart bike as a donor. Then integrate a board rack, and probably add a touchdown wheel to it for stopping and parking. Hmmm, maybe a sidehack!?!
Then I need to build a better rack to hold it on the jeep so I can drop it off for downwinder shuttles.
That means I need to clean the garage to make room for all this.
Damn, what a troublemaker you are, Beasho
Woops! I just figured this video posting thing out! I'll try this again! ;D
Nice work Beasho! You inspired me to grab my kid's favorite xmas present and head for surf!
IMG 2465 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDqqKy6ZRbQ&feature=youtu.be#ws)
gopro on the paddle, video looks great!
I hope to see more people doing this
p.s. no need for a paddle mount, just tape the camera to your paddle with electrical tape.
Quote from: PonoBill on January 12, 2012, 08:39:49 AM
Okay, I watched the video again and now I need to do some work--I built a 1200 watt electric bike here on Maui last year but I shipped the monster batteries (40AH 48V) to Hood River for my trike. So I need a decent sized LiFe 48V battery . . . ., maybe a sidehack!?! . . Then I need to build a better rack to . . . That means I need to clean the garage to make room . . . Damn, what a troublemaker you are, Beasho
Awesome ambition Pono. I went through many of these mental gyrations and learned that the iZup ZUMA was probably a $100 bike with $1,400 worth of electronics. Rather than piecing it all together I just bought the package. I am very happy with it. I just crossed the 350 mile mark on it in 2 months. Considering its 6.5 mile round trip to my favorite beach that's a lot of extra waves and savings.
Great vids of surfing Mavs.
I'm building a bike rack based on your pics and the link you provided. What is the tube on the bottom outside made of? Looks like a fishing rod though I assume anything that keeps the two sections apart will work.
Thanks,
Quote from: Beasho on November 12, 2011, 08:48:42 AM
The surf rack was the basic Hermesman design found here:
http://www.rodndtube.com/surf/info/surf_racks/BicycleSurfboardRack.shtml (http://www.rodndtube.com/surf/info/surf_racks/BicycleSurfboardRack.shtml)
Here is Beasho's UPDATED rack where he uses 1.5" pipe and a copper connector:
http://www.standupzone.com/forum/index.php/topic,22778.msg237453.html#msg237453 (http://www.standupzone.com/forum/index.php/topic,22778.msg237453.html#msg237453)
I just made a bike rack using 1" pipe but stiffened up the back arm with an extra bracket to a lower stay
of my bike; however, you can't do that easily for the front arm. I think I would use 1.5" pipe if I were
to do it over to get the extra strength and stiffness (my SUP is 26 pounds). While the back arm is plenty
stiff, I may, later, replace the front arm with 1.5" pipe to make it stronger. Mine's just on a bike, not electric,
so I'm not planning ongoing very fast.
I connected my front and rear arms with a 1/2" pipe using reducers (from the 1" pipe at the corners)
but, in hindsight it would be easier and cheaper to use a T-reducer higher up or, just use the same diameter T.
1/2" seems strong enough for that part, but maybe I'd use a larger diameter if I made another one. Rather than
gluing that pipe, I used screws on each end so I can easily take it apart from the arms, need be.
I discovered a stack of the 5000 mah 11.7V lipo batteries I already have for my drones work fine for my electric bike. four batteries in series is about 48V at 5AH and I take an extra 4 along on longer rides as spare. The total pack weight is about four pounds, eight if I take the spare. I set the low voltage cutout to 40V to be conservative and it gives me an easy ten mile range with average pedaling on our hilly maui roads, then ten more for the spare pack.
Of course LiPos are a little nutball, and you need good charging and balancing to use them safely, but can't beat them for power to weight.
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Thanks. I really liked the video. IMHO it was inspiring on many levels.
Here is a quick photo of the latest design. The key difference between my design and Hermesman are the support stays. There are two ropes holding the rack up connected to the seat and the top stay tube on the bicycle. These lines form a 'Truss' which basically gives the rack unlimited capacity. I have ridden this design with a kid 120 lbs kid standing on the rack.
Note to the Cross Bar Support has been modified into a full 1 1/2" PVC with Rubber gasket for flex. This helps keep the rack from wobbling under load or when used for a kickstand. The rack shown below is a decade more advanced than Hermesman link provided.
I am going to repost this:
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The total cost for the rack was ~ $40.
It has been constructed from 1 ½" Schedule 40 PVC. Be sure to use the blue PVC pipe primer. I have had historical rack failure when some of the lower section came apart but this was a result of a rush job without primer and with smaller 1" PVC tubing.
In this design I have replaced the PVC T joints at the bike frame with 1" Copper T's. The Copper T fits INSIDE the 1 1/2" PVC and is NOT permanently secured. The plastic T-joints would break every 12-18 months which wouldn't necessarily damage the board but would cost me time to replace and/or make me miss a surf session. I have also added a rope sling to hold the board. This eliminated the need for padding on the bottom of the rack cross bar. Regardless of how much padding I used the sand, or pad itself, would eventually abrade the board's rail.
The top of the outer tubing was cut at an angle to allow the board to slide easily into the rack. The 6.5" width accommodates most any SUP with deck pad. The paddle sits in a cradle on the other side of the upper board pad. The paddle has been secured with its own line making it independent of the board.
I also added a connection at the bottom of the rack using a 1 ½" PVC rubber couple. This sufficiently stiffened the rack without making it rigid and provides for a solid kick stand when lowering the board to the ground.