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Stand Up Paddle => SUP General => Topic started by: supthecreek on September 01, 2019, 06:56:32 PM
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Anybody going?
I will be there from Tuesday through Friday.
Tino and Bert from Sunova will be there as well, plus many of our riders like Sean Pointer, Noic and Yuka will be there.
Get in touch with me and say hi!
I'll be hanging with the Sunova peeps much of the time..... look for Balsa boards :)
These events are always a blast and the Pros are nice, approachable folks.
Last one, I was in the practice area and Kai Lenny paddled over with a smile and struck up a conversation as we all shared some waves.
Sean Pointer, Danial Hughes and Ian Cairnes are all with Sunova now..... check out their new "GenRation" line. Some awesome new boards! Those boards are why I am going!!!
Link to whats happening at the Surf and Race events:
http://watermanleague.cmail20.com/t/ViewEmail/r/1E56A006B6F6A11B2540EF23F30FEDED?fbclid=IwAR2xqZIZPJQipaoRZJCs1MjrzzOFzlY2Jhp9XhbFkN6xbWSK5ADwPC-PEdk#fi
The events can be seen on the APP webpage
https://www.facebook.com/appworldtour/
Who's there?
EVERYBODY.... check out the heat sheets to see the SUP Surf Pros
The racers in attendance should be equally impressive!
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I’m going to try and swing by later in the week. Impressive to see the pros milk these crappy waves. Hopefully Dorian will swing up towards us instead of hitting the mainland and give them some swell by Thursday.
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Tempting
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Live feed:
https://www.facebook.com/appworldtour/videos/1274720829356463/UzpfSTE1MzQ5MDk2NDU6MTAyMjAyMjE1NTcwNzkxNzg/
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Watched a bit of it yesterday. I’m surprised how much I enjoyed it.
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I think the final will be tomorrow, so I think I will try and get there in the morning for a bit.
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Sean, both Grants, Zane, AirDan, fun to watch what is possible in East Coast crap!
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Challenging conditions... Man on Man heats lining up to be exciting... Fisher against Kieran, Daniel Hughes against Sean Poynter...etc.
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Challenging conditions... Man on Man heats lining up to be exciting... Fisher against Kieran, Daniel Hughes against Sean Poynter...etc.
Decent conditions tomorrow!
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Fisher, Hughes advanced! Freakin' far out!
;D. ;D. ;D. 8). 8)
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brutal. less than 50 miles from there but jammed all week to pull a day out of the hat to go. two kids going to two first days of school at two new schools on two days! Meetings the other two!
have fun Creek. Will shoot a note if I can free up. Certainly Eastbound has to be around??!!
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Hope you can swing by Jerz!
Tomorrow is the finals of the surf portion..... then the races kick in.
See you there Sean.... I have a stop on the way, so maybe after the finals.... but I'm really going to meet up after with the boys from GenRation plus Tino and Bert.
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creek- is the board Daniel is riding a custom? watched some of the live feed and his instagram and was really intrigued by a stepped railed sunova.
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I'm 95% sure its a wedge, new "special edition" board.
https://genration.com/collections/boards/products/wedge?variant=27852190253156 (https://genration.com/collections/boards/products/wedge?variant=27852190253156)
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creek- is the board Daniel is riding a custom? watched some of the live feed and his instagram and was really intrigued by a stepped railed sunova.
All Sunova team riders and racers use stock boards.... because they are designed with and for them, then become a stock models.
Daniel's board is stock.... yes, the "Wedge" from the GenRation line of Sunova's
This line has been developed with Sean Pointer, Ian Cairns and Daniel Hughes..... each have their own model
that's why I am going.... I want to look over the boards, feel them out, and talk to those boys!
They all look amazing and have surprising volume at small sizes.....I could ride an SP 25 at 8'9 in full winter gear, with ease at 235 lbs dry.
I want an 8'10 SP 25 and a Kanga 9'3 for super winter challenge days.... ok, throw in an 8'10 Wedge while we're at it ;D ;D
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The surprising volume at small sizes has me hyped. The Wedge ticks a lot of boxes for me but the description of it being a board for small to mid sized surf gives me pause. If you get a chance Creek, ask them just what size they think the wedge tops out. Can it do 6-8 ft surf? Or is it more a high performance groveler? I feel okay on my Speeed up to about that 6-8 ft range, would I feel any different on the Wedge?
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The surprising volume at small sizes has me hyped. The Wedge ticks a lot of boxes for me but the description of it being a board for small to mid sized surf gives me pause. If you get a chance Creek, ask them just what size they think the wedge tops out. Can it do 6-8 ft surf? Or is it more a high performance groveler? I feel okay on my Speeed up to about that 6-8 ft range, would I feel any different on the Wedge?
Will do exiled, even the numbers on the SP 24 look pretty inviting as well.... and that's a medium to large wave design.
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The numbers to look good on the SP 24 too, if anything the Kanga seems the most conventional. I'm kidding myself if I think I'm gonna ride 6-8 more than a handful of times, so going for a full on step up seems like a bit much. 4-6 is way more my sweet spot, I just want to know I'll be okay if I show up and its pumping a little harder than expected.
How long before we see a step railed Creek? ;D
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https://www.facebook.com/appworldtour/?hc_ref=ARTvN3caq2bu-eNTHiwMKEphKWZxcQw4v8SvlrXSr0vNr_IkSUd_X8xid_4tOi997Sw&__xts__[0]=68.ARAYzrmc0zG-RWhvTopODLR4AIGOGOgp8MpGjXSyz-nqso5IYk4ogupHTqjmPuQOjYPF2byNzUaB-6H5Zg-GTFT3z1b6g9yXmD-pcvynLvDko21B2zQJPW0rsa7j7wY8xMIBgM_ma_oxZCX3QZnlBE_AJl9fot3wdnK7ukooLx6x_oplU3splDuxdaCfF6LHtzvUPIx0t6bgMUCQRvnxzBI7qoqDIKRXN5y21nWhLtp0KNi3w8WE29E0Q5Y8b8uULQeiY3MipYs6wA4Crk9KFT3ks8BbiKMFsUCu6TP9JG6j1U_cJgy85WxnRIH8uCrSfP7GJL1m0kBdY-nlP3UYcG_-1Q6nYM0wsqTngg&__tn__=kC-R
woulda been there if not for this neck
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That was a blast. Surfed alongside the contest in some crazy good waves. When I got tired I would go and watch the surfing. Perfect day. Sorry I missed you creek. Next year.
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Here's the whole thing on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EFOSlnFtqI
Talk about low volume boards, these guys are on submarines. I mean above their knees!
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Yeah, there were some really small boards out there. I was surfing next to Benoit Carpentier and Fisher Grant while they were warming up for the longboard exhibition on boards that were just above the water. Kind of crazy how good they were. Check out the longboard competition, as it was killer seeing the 9' boards being ridden by the pros. Especially insane was the final with Fisher Grant. And if you want to see more of this stuff, send the APP World Tour a message that you loved it. I did!
I think it should start right at the beginning of their coverage. I think the beginning of heat 1 is clipped off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EFOSlnFtqI&feature=youtu.be&t=29238
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Yeah, there were some really small boards out there. I was surfing next to Benoit Carpentier and Fisher Grant while they were warming up for the longboard exhibition on boards that were just above the water. Kind of crazy how good they were. Check out the longboard competition, as it was killer seeing the 9' boards being ridden by the pros. Especially insane was the final with Fisher Grant. And if you want to see more of this stuff, send the APP World Tour a message that you loved it. I did!
I think it should start right at the beginning of their coverage. I think the beginning of heat 1 is clipped off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EFOSlnFtqI&feature=youtu.be&t=29238
Sounds like an amazing time, SUPSean! My friends got a kick out of Dave Boehne's cockroach and Zane's Scooterboy. I found it interesting that Zane was paddling Dominique's PU longboard as a SUP for the competition!
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Some pretty funny stuff out there. According the the audio, Zane was on his way to leaving when somebody reminded him that there was a longboard contest, so I guess he didn't even know it was happening.
Impressive how much effort goes into the APP. Really impressive. All the tents and the inflatable pool, full on film team and everything. Hopefully it will keep on going, as I really enjoyed it. They could use some help with their media presentation, though, as I found it hard to navigate their site to find out when things were happening.
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Yes, they do an amazing job and the pros are a really nice bunch of folks!
Very stoked and approachable, with impressive skills!
The races kick into gear tomorrow to start off the 2nd phase of this event.
Pabst and I are meeting up with Sean Poynter, Daniel and Ian for dawn patrol.
We will get to ride one or two GenRation boards.
Super psyched!
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Yes, they do an amazing job and the pros are a really nice bunch of folks!
Very stoked and approachable, with impressive skills!
The races kick into gear tomorrow to start off the 2nd phase of this event.
Pabst and I are meeting up with Sean Poynter, Daniel and Ian for dawn patrol.
We will get to ride one or two GenRation boards.
Super psyched!
Very approachable guys for sure. Thats what I loved about being out there. Quite a nice vibe. Plus the waves / weather were impeccable. I hope you guys get some nice waves today. They look nice and clean. Let us know how the GenR goes!! They get expensive once you add in fins and a pad, but they look really streamlined and are super light.
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I wish I could get there. It's less than two hour away!