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Technique / Re: If you fall over just wating or paddling, do you tend to fall backward?

« on: January 24, 2016, 03:49:01 PM »

Quote from: Zooport on January 24, 2016, 03:28:52 PM

I almost never fall forward.... And boom.

Does anyone else experience that?

Zoo! Me too, but only out on the water, so far. Who has that tag here on the Zone "paddle till ya can't"....

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Random / Re: L41 Gallery

« on: January 15, 2016, 08:53:29 PM »

Carl

Great shots... chill Santa Cruz groove.

See you on the water... but not this Sunday! 6 meters too rich for me...

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The Shape Shack / Re: awesome graphics for under clear coat

« on: January 14, 2016, 06:49:26 PM »

u b rockin', Geezer!

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SUP General / Re: Foote

« on: January 06, 2016, 09:37:09 PM »

I'm gettin' me a 11'2" Foote... for the dayz when I need a little more glide.

When it pumps, I'll go back to me short board... the 10' Foote

Paul

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SUP General / Re: coreSUP (a stand up mash up)

« on: January 05, 2016, 09:56:41 AM »

Hard core rippers. Makes this geezer from the last millenium feel his age...

Just gonna keep on cruisin'

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SUP General / Re: Foote

« on: January 05, 2016, 09:07:11 AM »

Carl

Some folks got more stoke than sense. I got in and out alive, and caught a couple of exhilarating waves. Tough work getting back out.

My son had a blast, wave after wave, he lasted about 1.5 hours before he said 'enuff'... very hard on the inside.

Not venturing in today/tomorrow though. Swell is HUGE but messy.

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SUP General / Paddler saves 7 year old off of Pleasure Point

« on: January 05, 2016, 09:04:02 AM »

Good work, whoever you are!

(from the Santa Cruz Sentinel)

CAPITOLA >> A 7-year-old boy was saved by the efforts of a good Samaritan on a paddle board, a Central Fire rescue swimmer and a State Parks rescue watercraft after being swept into the ocean at Pleasure Point Sunday afternoon.

According to Central Fire Battalion Chief John Walbridge, the boy was on the beach at the base of the 36th Avenue stairs with his mother when he was washed into the ocean just before 1 p.m.

His mother leapt into the water in an effort to rescue her son, but the strong current dragged the boy out to sea rapidly, Walbridge said. When a paddle boarder spotted the boy struggling in the water, he paddled to the boy’s location and helped him on to his board. The mother was able to safely return to shore.

A Central Fire rescue swimmer entered the water at 36th Avenue and swam out to the 7-year-old victim and the paddle boarder.

“There were storm conditions out there; a lot of cross swell and unpredictable peaks and dips,” Walbridge said. “It was very disorganized and challenging.”

A State Parks rescue watercraft picked up the victim and the rescue swimmer and transported them back to the Santa Cruz Harbor where the uninjured boy was reunited with his mother.

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SUP General / Re: Foote

« on: January 05, 2016, 07:43:24 AM »

OC:

I LOVE my 10' Triton. Totally stoked how it behaved in big nasty surf off 41st this week. Bill shipped mine to me, arrived in perfect shape.

Contact Bill directly. PM me or PB for Bill's contact info!

Stoked in Santa Cruz

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SUP General / Siberian Surf Vid

« on: January 03, 2016, 09:09:27 AM »

I think I prefer warmer waters, but this is an interesting video from an interesting place. These guys maintain their stoke in the face of extreme conditions.

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SUP General / Re: HOT Chicks on Stand Up Paddle Boards!

« on: December 27, 2015, 07:24:00 PM »

Christie B.

Now that is a babe a geezer ain't ashamed to gauk at...

... just sayin'

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Share the Stoke / Re: Oar-on sightings

« on: December 14, 2015, 07:12:48 PM »

Quote from: eastbound on May 14, 2015, 09:43:34 AM

cheat--you date yourself--it's all harnesses and restraints these days---bring your tie-downs! or creek's rope setup!

You ain't seen Cheat - he ain't gotta DATE hisself.... he is DATED already.... all the way back to the last millenium! (As to his tastes in harnesses and restraints: 1) never seen him without a leash; 2) mostly wears a helmet, when it hasn't been pinched. 3) +1 on #2 mostly wears a vest, especially when it ain't been pinched; 4) ALWAYS wears zinc based sunscreen, or Mama would spank him (ok, he ain't alone there); and 5) he graduated from his big red inflatable to a potato chip that bucked me off till I decided to give up, iow: major cojones in this geezer.

Respect, Carl!

Rock on Carl

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Downwind and Racing / Re: Cluck, cluck, cluck

« on: December 10, 2015, 10:31:21 PM »

Quote from: PonoBill on December 10, 2015, 09:06:36 PM

Good thing I at least got that or I'd be unbearable.

PB I got news for you. Gettin' that downwinder didn't help much... you're still very close to unbearable. But we luv ya just the same. Hoping it gets better over the coming days. They're saying it's gonna get HUGE here in Santa Cruz tomorrow... we'll see.

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