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Stand Up Paddle => SUP General => Topic started by: AirJunky on June 03, 2011, 09:39:32 AM
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In light of the Eddie Vedder thread.... I ran across this bit last night. Apparently Detroit has their own celebrity spokesmen on SUP too.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110603/ap_en_mu/us_people_kid_rock (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110603/ap_en_mu/us_people_kid_rock)
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Chris Chelios has been doing standup for years. He trains with Laird Hamilton:
"Chelios's training days don't end when he returns to his beachfront Malibu home. He'll often take 40-mile bike rides along the Pacific Coast Highway, then spend the afternoon paddle-surfing for as much as 16 miles in the Pacific. Usually he'll be joined by his neighbor and big-wave surfer Laird Hamilton -- or by his 18-year-old son, Dean. "Paddling is underrated as an exercise," says the 5' 11", 191-pound Chelios of the ancient Hawaiian technique of standing on a 12-foot-long board while paddling with a seven-foot oar. "It's a real workout when you're dealing with waves or going against the wind. The paddle is like a hockey stick used for balance and steering. Paddling works everything: legs, stomach, shoulders, back."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/hockey/nhl/09/11/chelios.workout0917/ (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/hockey/nhl/09/11/chelios.workout0917/)
It's actually a lot like hockey. You're sliding around on water with a stick (like he says above)--they just freeze the water for hockey.
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Great link! Better slideshow here:
http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/article/C4/20110603/SPORTS05/106030367/Chelios-Lidstrom-paddle-surf-Kid-Rock?odyssey=nav (http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/article/C4/20110603/SPORTS05/106030367/Chelios-Lidstrom-paddle-surf-Kid-Rock?odyssey=nav)|head
Looks like the Red Wings stars and Kid Rock they are on a couple of Surftech Lairds...
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What is that white board?
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Love the shot in their cooler!
(http://cmsimg.portclintonnewsherald.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Site=C4&Date=20110602&Category=ENT&ArtNo=106020801&Ref=PH&Item=5&Maxw=640&Maxh=410&q=60)
So come to find out this American Badass beer is actually his own brewery.
http://www.americanbadassbeer.com/ (http://www.americanbadassbeer.com/)
And to make it even better, the guy has some very noble reasons for starting it.
http://www.maxim.com/amg/MUSIC/Articles/Kid+Rock:+King+of+Beers (http://www.maxim.com/amg/MUSIC/Articles/Kid+Rock:+King+of+Beers)
Their slogan is pretty funny:
It's the difference between being a badass and a dumb one...
Please Drink Responsibly.
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I wonder if he keeps his Winstons in that butt pack? :D
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Badass beer is O.K., it will do once and a while.