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SUP General / Stacy Peralta talking about SUP

« on: February 05, 2012, 02:07:17 AM »

intresting 

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SUP General / Torn meniscus :(

« on: July 18, 2011, 09:44:35 AM »

just got back from my mri scan, looks like i have torn my meniscus in my left knee.
i got some minor pain in my knee but its not that bad .
i am just about to go on a surf trip,  i am a little worried about using the sup.
i would hate it, but would it be better to just prone surf ?
might have an operation when i get back...

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SUP General / knee pain after a session

« on: June 20, 2011, 10:13:03 AM »

i have had a few sesssion in about 6-7 foot of surf when i noticed that my left knee is hurting.
i am goofy, so its the knee that i usually have my leash on. the waves are pretty powerful here and i
i think the leash pulling my leg is causing these issues.

would a calf leash be better ? is it better to keep the leg straight after a whipeout ?

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Gear Talk / Naish Mana 9 vs Starboard Widepoint 8,10 Vs Hokua 9,6

« on: May 16, 2011, 05:04:46 AM »

i am looking for a new board, at the moment i am riding a Coreban Performer 9,6.  

I am looking for a little more stability in chop, and a better handling. Downsizing would also be nice The Coreban Performers standing area is very convex, something which i could never get too comforable with.

 i am 6,3 and weigh 200lbs...I saw the Naish Mana 9 in the shop and it looks beautiful. unfortuntatly it is not possible do demo any of those board in my area  

has anyone ridden one of those boards and could give me some feeback on handling and performance  ?

cheers

Marc

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SUP General / The First Kick Flip Ever In Surf

« on: March 06, 2011, 12:22:00 PM »

just saw this, a guy landing a kickflip on a board... amazing...

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Gear Talk / Naish Glide 14 AST 2011 any pics ?

« on: January 19, 2011, 05:08:35 AM »

hi,

i am about to order this fine board...i just wanted to know if anyone has any "real" pics of the 2011 colors ? (not ones from the webshops....)

cheers

Marc

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Gear Talk / Clear deck pad ?

« on: July 27, 2010, 04:26:40 AM »

i am looking for a clear deckpad for my new board...so far i have not found anything...do they even exist ?

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Gear Talk / Whats the shortest (stable) board i could go for ?

« on: July 06, 2010, 06:14:15 AM »

Im 6,3 and i weigh 93 Kilos (205 punds)..i am thinking about getting a 9,6 Naish Hokua or PSH 9,6 wide ripper.
Could i go any shorter that that ? i would still like some stability out there because where i paddle the conditions are usually windy and choppy...
I am currently riding a Naish 11,4 which i love but i am up for something a bit more radical ...
thanx
Marc

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Gear Talk / Werner Nitro...

« on: May 12, 2010, 03:43:45 AM »

i am thinking about getting a Werner Nitro....

its mainly going to be for surfing but also for some lake river paddling.
does anyone have a Nitro or tested one ?

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Sessions / Wakesurf session with my SUP

« on: August 18, 2009, 02:29:11 PM »

due to the lack of oceanwaves in the middle of Germany we decided to surf  the wave of my friends boat at the river this sunday afternoon. we had a blast...this is a smal video of during our first couple of tries


Standup Paddleboard Wakesurf

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SUP General / so much hate...

« on: July 20, 2009, 07:02:32 AM »

I just found this group "Surfers Against SUP" on Facebook. Being a Surfer, Skater and SUPer its quite hard understand why there is so much hating going on.

This is the text that is posted in the Group...i think it speaks for itself..

"SUPS... The Next Big Thing in Surfing... You gotta get one!" Bet you've heard that recently, right? Call me shallow, but as a devoted shortboarder I reckon screw 'em. Us poor regular surf folk already have to deal with ignorant kooks, wave hog longboarders, gormless bodyboarders, the odd useless goat boat and crippled kneelo... now we have to compete with these stand-up paddle goons too?

These hodads, for whom the only requirements are general fitness and basic pedestrian balance, seem poised to take over the world’s line-ups. Can you think of anything worse? I call it the 'Stand Up Paddleboard Apocalypse', or 'Armaggedon of the One Armed Paddlers'. Either way, it could end the world of surfing as we know it. After all, this is a surfboard (term used loosely here) you can literally ride on a ripple. Turncoat surfers who buy paddleboards aside, the doomsday scenario is if the greater public discover the stand up paddling “work out” en mass, which is already happening. Most popular urban beaches are a nightmare as it is. No room to swing a rashvest. If the SUP elbows its way into the remaining gap, we could conceivably be overwhelmed by these graceless, throwback buffoons with their oversized spoons.

Anyone selling SUPs will be stoked of course, but not the rest of us normal surfers trying to avoid these potential super wave hogs. Even the longboarders are getting bummed. And unlike mal riders, who still require a basic understanding of line up dynamics and surf etiquette (even if these are mostly ignored), as well as rudimentary paddle out and take off skills, SUPs arguably require none, bar said ability to stand upright and dig, which any monkey can do. At most breaks with a decent channel, it's therefore a cinch for Wilbur SUP pilot to wobble about, even if it's pitching thick out the back. Just heave ho and you are out there. Before long SUPs could easily become a factor at most average surfbreaks, where surfers won’t even have to ever duckdive, or learn to respect the better surfers in the water, in order to get waves.

Predictably, stand up supporters have protested that the SUP is a good workout and a functional wave-riding machine, and promise that they will not be pigs in the water. But isn’t that what the post-revival longboarders all said, and now look at them on a mellow four foot day at your local. And whilst Robbie Naish can indeed ride an SUP at Pipe or Laird or Teehaupo, not everyone has those skill levels, let alone jock suburbanites with more money than sense.

Indeed, throw a couple of clueless or selfish iron man SUP riders - eggbeating into waves from far out the back - into the organised chaos of a good rush hour session and watch the tension mount. It wouldn’t take many, maybe three or four SUPs, calling everyone from sets, to completely transform the mellowest rotation and irk even the most chilled locals. What’s more, as these SUP scum will conveniently bypass any rites of passage to the ocean, they will of course have to be heckled by indignant regular surfers. As a result there will probably be fights - although maybe only for the most aggressive and surf rage afflicted. Think about it: would you really hurl abuse at some buff gym pratt looming above you in the water holding a massive carbon fibre paddle above your head?
Before long, in a far worse rendition of the longboard revival, SUPs could start to dominate sessions and it will be a case of beat 'em or join 'em - or drive somewhere else, where there will probably be more SUPS anyway, multiplying along the coast like foot rot in a shower. It’s a future too bleak to contemplate, although for places like Hawaii, it’s apparently already too late. In fact, if these SUP boards and their inept riders take over, it will do nothing but drag our sport back into prehistory. In my opinion, in terms of progressing surfing, the SUP arguably lies somewhere beneath your granny riding a lilo at Ft. Pierce Inlet. For that reason alone, I will never get a SUP.