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Training, Diet, and Fitness / Re: Sugar is sneaky bad....

« on: January 16, 2019, 10:43:55 PM »

Good work chaps!

I've known for some time (years!) that sugar is the big cause of weight gain but have repeatedly struggled with suitable substitutions in my daily diet.

I'm not super fat but have chub and would like to trim it down. No food leaves me feeling full for very long and I like to eat. Regular grazing is hard to avoid and when I've tried to exclude that grazing, I've just found myself really really thinking about needing food!

Any tips?

Everyone has to find the right thing for them. But in my case it is a Keto-type diet, with low carbs (and definitely no sugar), and plenty of fibre, fat and protein. The fat keeps me full, and I have lost about 14lbs without even trying. For me, carbs make me hungry: All carbs seem to do is feed my hunger! Protein, fibre and fat all seem to stabilise my blood sugar, and without that see-sawing, I don’t get as hungry. So, for me, it’s a diet without dieting. It’s strange at first to be avoiding all bread, beer, potatoes, rice, pasta etc (and of course no sweets, cakes, or candy etc), but you soon get used to it. Now I use cream by the bucketload and lose weight! It’s strange to actually be looking for high fat foods after decades of being told it will make me fat. But actually it seems to help me lose weight, not gain it. We certainly have been totally lied to all these years, by the sugar lobby. In time we will probably come to see the sugar industry as as evil as the tobacco one. It has led to a lot of deaths and disability IMO.

What are you using as snacks? Thats my challenge! Or do you find that you don't need them once you've pushed past a certain point of weaning off the sugars?

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Training, Diet, and Fitness / Re: Sugar is sneaky bad....

« on: January 16, 2019, 02:00:08 PM »

Good work chaps!

I've known for some time (years!) that sugar is the big cause of weight gain but have repeatedly struggled with suitable substitutions in my daily diet.

I'm not super fat but have chub and would like to trim it down. No food leaves me feeling full for very long and I like to eat. Regular grazing is hard to avoid and when I've tried to exclude that grazing, I've just found myself really really thinking about needing food!

Any tips?

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Gear Talk / Re: RSPro Stripes Rail Savers - Stand Up Paddle Board Protection

« on: October 28, 2018, 12:05:09 AM »

I wish that there was a coloured tape that I could get that could be used full length.

I have some paint chips on my board and the easiest solution would be a tape band along the whole border, covering the current dings and stopping any others.

I don't see why it was only suggested to use rail tape on the front section!

The front section is where you're supposed to be doing the paddling, and the notion is that the tape protects against paddle hits. But yeah. that kind of ignores reality and doesn't do much for the kind of dings that are most common--loading and unloading. RSPro does a great job of protecting against dropping your board on it's rail. I did the same thing Eastbound did. A bit expensive--about $100, but worth it when your board cost you four grand, which is kind of the going price for custom SIC.

If your board isn't a 14' or greater than 1 1/2 pieces of RSPro will do the full rail on both sides. I like to match or contrast the color. I have a black and red RSPro strip on my 17 V2 and it looks gorgeous. And yes, it's covering three rail dings that were painful to look at.

Yeah, I know i was intended for stopping paddle strikes but the amount of other things that can cause dings is bonkers - for that bit of extra cost I would have just done the lot. Now I have to take off and redo so not a cheap option.

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Gear Talk / Re: RSPro Stripes Rail Savers - Stand Up Paddle Board Protection

« on: October 23, 2018, 10:08:43 AM »

I wish that there was a coloured tape that I could get that could be used full length.

I have some paint chips on my board and the easiest solution would be a tape band along the whole border, covering the current dings and stopping any others.

I don't see why it was only suggested to use rail tape on the front section!

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Gear Talk / Sources for hard boards in the UK.

« on: August 22, 2017, 01:45:42 PM »

So I've had a SUP for about two years. My first board was home made hollow wood board. It could have been better built and ligheter but was a first attempt of the process so there were some issues. It has done ok though and has done quite a few miles. I've since one another hollow wood build to improve the process but that was a surfboard.

Unfortunately that first board has a leak that I can't find and because I hadn't realised this it had been left wet and has some of the internal ply separating. It's on it's way out and I am on the prowl for a new board. The wife has decreed that I'm not allowed to make it and have to buy it!

Now, either I'm struggling with my google-fu or there is just a lack of hard boards out there but I don't really seem to see many options.

I'm looking at around 9' 6" due to storage. I think with a lighter board than the wooden one (anything will be lighter!!) I can probably swing(!) it to 10' or 10' 6"ish. I'm 70 kgs and moderately competent (the home made board is quite tippy so on the flip side has pushed the learning curve along)

Any help on where to look or search terms to use? I'm only really seeing Starboard, JP and Fanatic - are they the only brands really available in the uk?

Thanks!

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Technique / Re: How to Paddle Out in Bigger Surf - Video tutorial

« on: July 30, 2017, 10:47:17 AM »

Nice one - I enjoyed that and can hopefully put some into practice.

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Gear Talk / Re: Leash Sizing?

« on: October 28, 2016, 11:27:46 AM »

What about the whole coiled V not coiled leash in surf? I'm told that coiled is bad as you can get the board springing back at you. Really that bad or have thoughts moved on?

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Gear Talk / Re: Leash Sizing?

« on: October 28, 2016, 11:26:29 AM »

So, where do leashes break?  I've always assumed  that the weakest point is the swivels (metal + salt-water).  But from the discussion here, I guess the plastic can fail?

Had one the other weekend where the velcro on a friends leash tore straight through on the cuff. Not what I would have expected to happen!

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Gear Talk / Re: Is my paddle shaft too slippery? (Forgive the double entendre)

« on: September 24, 2016, 11:59:15 PM »

I found that adding a grip to the paddle enhances performance considerably and indeed does help with fighting over-grip and fatigue.

3M recently came out with a new product simply called "Gripping Material" and it
Is of a superb quality. I've been testing few versions of it for the past 2 months. It comes as a tape or as sheets, with or without adhesive.

I've used many solutions in the past, including some mentioned here but this is by far the most effective IMO.

I just looked that 3m tape up - looks good (and not just for paddles) but a shame that for some reason there's no supplier to be found in the UK!

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Gear Talk / Re: Good fin info sites?

« on: September 12, 2016, 11:36:21 PM »

For the most part you will have to test fins out yourself to see what works best for you and your conditions.  Same applies to paddles and boards as well.

Well of course! It's good to have a starting point of understanding though.

I assume you've heard the phrase 'Standing on the shoulders of giants'?

No point starting from scratch in my view.

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Gear Talk / Re: Good fin info sites?

« on: September 12, 2016, 11:32:10 PM »

Larry Allison gave a good talk on the "Standup Paddle the World" podcast. I learned a lot from that.
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Thank You, my friend!


https://soundcloud.com/stand-up-paddle-the-world/larry-allison-master-of-racing-fins

Thanks for the link Larry - will save me some searching!

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Gear Talk / Re: Good fin info sites?

« on: September 12, 2016, 11:30:38 PM »

There are lots, but there's a hell of a lot of pseudoscience. As soon as someone starts spouting about lift vectors and such you need to take a critical view. Most of what I see that offers a technical explanation is bullshit.  I'm more convinced by experience and experiment than I am by "scientific" evidence.

Science is experience and experimenting.

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Gear Talk / Re: Good fin info sites?

« on: September 12, 2016, 11:28:49 PM »

Larry Allison gave a good talk on the "Standup Paddle the World" podcast. I learned a lot from that.

I learned a lot from this interview with Tyler Callaway on Paddlewoo. Not independent but the info he shares is very detailed and useful.

http://paddlewoo.com/fins-guide-video-podcast-tyler-callaway-fcs/

Thanks - I'll have a ook!

I suppose I should qualify the independent statement a bit. If there's a vested interest then I don't mean to say it's not to be trusted but there's always that concern that the bias is too much. There are likely very few truly independent folk out there anyway.

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Gear Talk / Good fin info sites?

« on: September 11, 2016, 11:35:47 PM »

Is there a site out there that is seen as the place to go when reading and looking at fin science?

I know there are going to be many factors involved in how a fin performs - size of rider, ability, board size, shape, water conditions - but figure there must be general rules written somewhere! Being a bit of a geek I'm interested in doing some reading around the subject.

I've done some searching out and any sites I've seen are either one specific manufacturer promoting their fins or far to general in what they're talking about.

I'm wondering about an independent person that is a fin nerd and writes about them in a fair bit of depth.

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SUP General / Re: Add a Drone and Go Surf . . A Foil Would Help Even More

« on: September 10, 2016, 03:26:15 AM »

Pretty funky idea.

Anyone else thought about the rescue implications here? Thinking of an easily deployable unit from the beach that could assist someone quickly before further assistance can arrive?