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Travel, Trips, Destinations / Central Oregon

« on: June 04, 2021, 05:39:18 AM »

Hi all,

Me and the wife will be in Oregon the 3rd week of July.  It’s a long shot but anyone in the central coast area have a spare SUP to rent/lend for a few days?

Momentum surf company no longer rents SUPs, I’m waiting to hear back from pura vida surf shop.

Thanks,

Ken

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SUP General / Re: What to do when caught inside?

« on: April 23, 2021, 04:24:02 AM »

Most spots I surf tend to be more forgiving at medium to high tide where as low tide especially on bigger days dump much harder.  Maybe consider going out during favorable tides until your more comfortable. 
Depending on how many waves come in a set, let a couple waves pass before taking your wave taking that first wave of the set means more on the head if you fall.
While I’m riding my wave sometimes I’ll look quickly out the back to see what’s coming and I’ll kick out to quickly paddle back to the lineup if I see more waves coming I’ll ride the wave as far as I can; from there I’ll decide whether the set has ended and paddle out or I’ll get out and walk to the paddle out zone if there is one.  Where I live there are jetties all along the beaches it’s physics that a current flows out to sea right along the jetty so that’s the spot to paddle out.  You do need to time this right on bigger days with current but on medium smaller days it’s no problem.
I don’t have the tail handle on my sup’s so the board is at the mercy of the waves while I’m going under.  When it’s smaller I’ll hold the board close or sometimes I’ll hold the flat strap(rail guard) of the leash, I don’t recommend this when it’s big.
Finally, on smaller to medium days I quickly get back on my board and I’ve learned to punch through the white water, as the wave approaches I paddle a couple strong strokes to gain momentum then I quickly go to a surf stance compress my body by crouching this pushes the nose down then when the wave hits I uncompressed a bit and shoot thru the wave, I quickly go to parallel stance and dig hard preparing for the next wave.
Happy SUP surfing.

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SUP General / Re: 5 Days in South Florida SUP Surfing

« on: March 28, 2021, 04:47:28 AM »

Great video Rick!  Looked like no pesky sharks bothered you.  Looking forward to your how to on the SS, always good to have tips.  The birds looked cool making cameo appearances!

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SUP General / Re: Is there SUP Surf life after 70?

« on: March 19, 2021, 04:38:44 AM »

Happy for you Rick! Your a real inspiration!  At 57 I’ve been dealing with recurring sciatica/piriformus pain which is messing with my head a bit.  Watching you makes me jealous but also hopeful.  Be well.

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Sessions / Re: freedom II

« on: January 31, 2021, 08:22:51 AM »

Nice , conditions looked great!

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SUP Gear Reviews / Newly Acquired / On Order / Black Project Surge paddle

« on: December 28, 2020, 11:45:39 AM »

I bought this paddle several weeks ago and after many surf sessions I figured I’d give a report.  Since the pandemic and working from home I’ve been doing a lot of sup surfing. After a session my right shoulder was suddenly aching.  Ive had two left shoulder surgeries so the familiar pain was concerning.  I’ve been using the werner rip stick 71”, I’m 5’9”, 205lb.  I’ve had this paddle for several years and think it’s great also very durable.  I was a bit in panic mode sup surfing is my main activity and did not want to take time off to heal.  I have an older Quickblade Kanaha that awhile back I had cut to 70” but the handle loosened up during a session so I put it aside...feeling desperate I got a glue stick put the handle back on and was ready for the following day.  While going 1” shorter gave me immediate relief to my shoulder I found the QB paddle required me to think about how the blade was entering the water, think about my technique which I didn’t like.  The QB blade is fairly flat and not forgiving (technique wise IMO) like a more dihedral blade.  So I started researching paddles and at first thought of another shorter RipStick with a smaller blade but they are sold out.  Then the obvious choice of Kenalu mana but I have to be honest while I’ve cut and shortened a couple of my paddles I prefer a new paddle that’s ready to go out of the box; I guess I’m a bit intimidated cutting a new paddle.  That being said if I had not just replaced a hot water heater and had cash in hand I would and maybe will in the future buy a kenalu.  So I started looking at the Black Project Surge.  Definitely not as many reviews as the kenalu but I remembered a comment on this site about how light the paddle is but mentioned the slim shaft and blade size 77 max. as only option available which seemed to conflict with the website.  The BP website has an extensive resource page which may have some outdated information so I decided to send an email asking for clarification...I sent the email early Monday (I’m in NJ) around noon my phone rang the caller ID said Maui.  It was a rep or owner (English accent named Chris) called to talk about the paddle, cleared everything up.  I will say the paddle is expensive but BP uses Klarne as a payment method, you can pay it off over 8 weeks with no interest.  So I purchased the paddle that same Monday received it via fedex on Wednesday the same week.  Cut to size at 69”, blade size L = 85.  My RipStick blade is 90.

When I took the paddle out of the box I was immediately struck by how light it was by far the lightest paddle I’ve owned.  During my first session the light weight felt weird but the smaller blade and shorter length was an immediate relief for my shoulder and the pronounced dihedral blade felt much better entering the water.  Now after several weeks of use I like the paddle a lot, paddles really well, of course durability is to be determined but it appears well made. And most importantly my shoulder feels good.  One thing I need to say  about a couple comments on another thread on this site mentioning the shaft is slippery.  I’m not sure if BP recently updated the shaft but mine has small ridges and has the best grip of any paddle I own(ed) this includes QB, Werner and Kialoa.

Happy New Year,

Ken

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General Discussion / Re: Wow, I suck at SUP surfing

« on: December 23, 2020, 06:56:49 AM »

Since almost exclusively sup surfing the past 8 years I now suck at prone surfing on a short board.  When I stand up it feels like I’m standing on a wafer.  Kind of a Bummer.

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Classifieds / Quobba and C-Drive fins for sale

« on: December 21, 2020, 12:33:29 PM »

Quobba thruster set, Large, Futures, in perfect condition - $85

C-Drive thruster set, Large, Futures, in perfect condition- $65

$130 for both sets.

I can ship or pickup in NJ.

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General Discussion / Re: Huge Peahi - all types of surf craft ridden!

« on: December 20, 2020, 04:18:32 PM »

I wonder if the sup surfer had a support boat and how many paddles he had on board ?  Hard to imagine he could hold on to them getting worked the way he did!

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Sessions / Re: December Warmth

« on: December 14, 2020, 10:35:21 AM »

Similar conditions up here in northern NJ if not a bit cleaner here. I wore an old Patagonia with the merino wool that now has leaky seems so I kept my hood on.

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SUP General / Re: Surfboards (Longboards)

« on: December 12, 2020, 06:56:41 AM »

Hi Night Wing, It appears Realwatersports has the boards you want in stock.

https://www.realwatersports.com/collections/harley-ingleby-hi4/products/harley-ingleby-hi4-thunderbolt-black-95

Good luck with your decision or purchase.

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General Discussion / Huge Peahi - all types of surf craft ridden!

« on: December 04, 2020, 12:50:20 PM »

If this doesn’t get your adrenaline going...prone, sup, tow, skim, kite, windsurfing - so much fun to watch!

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SUP General / Re: To my SUP family

« on: November 27, 2020, 03:12:58 AM »

Nice Rick!  Well said.

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Sessions / Re: November Finally Glasses Off

« on: November 26, 2020, 03:21:40 AM »

Nice video oki.  I’m curious what type of sea life you see on or under the water?

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Sessions / Re: Local Summer Lives!

« on: November 09, 2020, 12:05:44 PM »

Cool Marc!  For some reason when I tried the Soloshot edit app it sees the files but does not have any highlighted rides.  Seems like a convenient app if it works.  I also get a text file in the folder saying my memory card is too slow.