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SUP General / Re: Creek in Portugal - a travelogue in Vids and pics
« on: February 06, 2019, 02:04:08 PM »
Just catching up to this, WOW fantastic! Good for you Rick!

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SUP General / Re: Kai's aeirial at Mavericks.
« on: December 26, 2018, 03:42:14 PM »
adding to addapost: the extent to which he studied the climb, memorizing details about every single hold, was incredible---the preparation was beyond comprehensive--appropriately so, given the urgency that the feat be accomplished without error

i am anything but an advocate of free-soloing---as an observer, and an ex climber, i am in awe---but i am also concerned that it may be some slow version of suicide--including all the implications for friends and family, and the "complicity" of anyone invested in any way in the process, right down to simply the person who watches the media honnold was paid to be a part of

big mountasin climbers die alot---even those who dont free solo---effing avy took out one of the best, and smartest---one swoop and alex lowe was gone.......

one can flirt with death, yeah, but even well-prepared and very careful, in the mountains death is a random moment away at all times--avy, rock fall, storm, icefall, lightening....................

That's why I enjoyed "The Dawn Wall" so much better than "Free Solo". I get that those guys are all professionals and get paid (probably) big bucks to produce something occasionally but Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgenson's Dawn Wall climb was way more like watching two guys work really hard to just climb (oh just the hardest rock climb on earth) while watching Honnold was like a voyeuristic peek at a failed suicide attempt. If you haven't seen "Dawn Wall" it is definitely worth the $5. In my opinion, the best climbing movie yet.

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SUP General / Re: Kai's aeirial at Mavericks.
« on: December 22, 2018, 08:02:39 AM »
So how did Alex take a water or potty break during the free solo? He was climbing for hours. I didn't notice a hydration pack on him. Do they plant water bottles or do the camera people carry?
While the overall level of difficulty of that climb is a very hard 5.13a, there are spots that are ledgy scrambles where you can just stand there and pee, or even lie down and nap if you wanted. Those sections don't make the editing cut for obvious reasons, the real climbing, the overhanging hard stuff is the goods. I'm sure he had plenty of water and probably food stashed along the way. He had climbed the thing roped up probably a hundred times before the solo.

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SUP General / Re: Kai's aeirial at Mavericks.
« on: December 21, 2018, 12:42:22 PM »
It's also the concentration. Even 80' waves only last a few seconds. Honnold was perfectly locked in for FOUR hours. To me that is the piece that is unexplainable.

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SUP General / Re: Kai's aeirial at Mavericks.
« on: December 19, 2018, 05:17:01 PM »
I love watching Kai surf. The kid is so talented. That ride was spectacular! But Honnold? What that dude does is not human and really isn't comparable to surfing- even big waves. Big waves can hurt if you blow it and of course it is possible to get killed but it really isn't likely. Dudes get macked all the time and come out relatively ok. Solo climbers are going to die. Period. There are other climbers who have done similar climbs, they just didn't have a film crew or a social media presence marketing their efforts. That is not a knock on Honnold, I love the guy and hope he keeps safely doing climbs I can enjoy watching from my chair but it is the current reality. He is public and marketed so we know about him but others have done very very similar stuff. Go read Jon Karkauer's account of his solo climb up the Devils Thumb in the late 70's. Or read Mark Twight's early accounts of some of his solo's in the Alps almost 30 years ago. The mind control these guys have is insane. Anyway, right now I can't decide if I want to go surf or ice climb.

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Technique / Re: Preferred Method to Right Larger SUP in Surf?
« on: December 17, 2018, 01:14:32 PM »
There is really no wrong way, just make sure that on windy days to put yourself downwind of the board when you flip it.


Do you mean "upwind"?

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Technique / Re: Dealing with nasty rollers on a touring SUP
« on: December 13, 2018, 04:47:05 PM »
In those conditions your problem isn't going to be the swell, it's going to be the wind. You basically have one choice- you will be paddling with it at your back. Plan launch and landings (primary and emergency) accordingly.

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Technique / Re: How to end ride on wave?
« on: December 07, 2018, 09:08:23 AM »
I thought that was what you meant, I just had a lot of trouble visualizing it on a wave.

But as I think about it, I kind of - sort of - do it already. I do a back-wards stroke on the inside of my turn. But with that technique I find that I lose too much momentum. I will try doing it a bit earlier, and not back paddle, so as not to lose as much momentum.

thanks!

Yes turning strokes done behind you tend to stop you while turning strokes done in front of you don't have nearly as much of a stopping effect. The cross-nose is a super aggressive turning stroke because of the torque stored in your body's core when you are in the correct position. In that cross-nose position you are also set up to easily get the blade back to the paddle side of the board and continue to turn with a forward sweep or dig in hard for an aggressive powerful forward stroke to move forward.

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Technique / Re: How to end ride on wave?
« on: December 06, 2018, 05:47:09 PM »
I'm a big fan of finishing the ride with a fixed cross bow - essentially a nose rudder. While you still have some speed cross over, plant the blade, then hold it.  Only plant 1-2" if you're cruising fast, deeper for slower speed. If done right, you'll spin around nearly 180 degrees or close. If not, finish turn with a sweep stroke on your standard side.

Like all cross bows, keep knees bent, hands loose on paddle and look where you're going (not straight ahead).  Spinning right, look right.  It'll help you turn easier. The move can be one easy flowing movement, all finesse and less work. 

Try this turning method on flat water. Get your speed up, cross over and plant and hold. 

Or Tail stall, etc..

I am intrigued rob. Is there a video or something that you learned this from? I can't quite visualize it, but I want to try it.

Its usually called a "cross nose draw". A quick google search finds a boatload of vids, here's a decent one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZONwp5dZplQ

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SUP General / Re: Shoulder issues/Paddle Craft Type
« on: October 08, 2018, 05:53:36 PM »
It really comes down to how your specific biomechanics match your chosen sport...
The problem I've found is that your bio mechanics can be perfect 99.99% of the time but if even only 1 in every 1000 strokes is "off"- the bones in the joint aren't set and stabilized just right- you are most likely causing soft tissue damage.

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SUP General / Re: Shoulder issues/Paddle Craft Type
« on: October 07, 2018, 02:19:35 PM »
Oh yeah, that'll do it too. Good luck

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SUP General / Re: Shoulder issues/Paddle Craft Type
« on: October 07, 2018, 01:20:01 PM »
I'm sure I'll get flamed for this but... The dirty little secret in paddling, all disciplines- but especially kayak and SUP, are soft tissue joint injuries. Every serious paddler I know has had shoulder and/or elbow problems. The amount of leverage created by a paddle is incredible. The ligaments, tendons, and muscles in and around the elbows and shoulders are tiny and relatively insubstantial. They are not designed to handle the stress that we can put on them. All other things being equal I would rank the disciplines as follows for "Likely to damage joints" 1. SUP The longest lever results in the highest force transmitted through the skeletal system. 2. Kayak "winged up" elbows opens the shoulder to injury. 3. Canoe.

The most important thing to do if you want to pursue racing is to become a very serious student of proper technique. Seek expert instruction and practice it like your joints depended on it.

It is really unfortunate that it can be so easy to seriously hurt yourself doing something so fun and otherwise good for you. Good luck.

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SUP General / Re: Decent price on a Surftech Laird 10'0
« on: October 05, 2018, 03:30:22 AM »
The best surfing SUP I have ever been on. I would buy that in a second for that price.

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SUP General / Re: I could have been safer with kids
« on: October 01, 2018, 02:32:58 PM »
Arteries on young kids can clamp down on a slice really nicely. If that happened to me (54) the stupid vessel would just stay open while everything pumped out.

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Random / Re: Fear: Trump in the White House
« on: September 30, 2018, 10:47:05 AM »
Alightythen, solid evidence isn't needed, decades of records showing how he behaves behind the bench won't be considered, from now on it will only be trial by fire.  Lets se how he handles this!

If that's the direction that we are going to be heading from now on, this country has lost the foundation of decent civil practices.  It's back to the dark days of the inquisition.
Here's an idea, how about nominating someone who has decades of bench qualifications AND lacks a well documented, decades-long reputation as being a total scumbag. How about that?

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