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NorthEast / Re: Cape Cod Bay downwinder Saturday

« on: March 21, 2013, 04:31:05 PM »

not yet, though I will be on the water Saturday over in Little Compton training for the Run of the Charles. I just ordered a new DW board, when that puppy comes in I will be the desperate one looking for DW peeps. looking forward to lots of downwinding this summer.

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SUP General / Re: Frosty waves in the Canadian North East-Video

« on: February 18, 2013, 10:09:13 AM »

Fun! Nice job, thanks for posting.

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SUP General / Re: Post your Bail shots!

« on: February 13, 2013, 03:51:53 PM »

There is a 10 and a half foot board in there somewhere.

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Events / Re: 31st annual Run of the Charles

« on: February 09, 2013, 12:51:58 PM »

I'm in. I did the 9 last year will again this year. I was all set to sign up for the 6 last year but was told by a regular that the 9 is easier than the 6 because the wind is usually somewhere from behind and the current always is. Half of the 6 is up-wind (usually) and up-current. Fun race.

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Gear Talk / Re: looking for the fastest flatwater sup for a 215 lbs (98kg) man

« on: January 31, 2013, 04:29:01 PM »

I don't know if it is the "fastest" but it is insanely fast.
http://speedboardusa.com/speedboards/14-elite-racer/
215 shouldn't be a problem, I paddled it last summer at about 200lbs. I think they are discounting last year's leftovers.

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SUP General / Re: Blood ang gutz... Bring out the wounded

« on: January 03, 2013, 03:27:30 PM »

Broken ribs.

Last November, learning to surf in closeout chest high waves at Coast Guard beach I fell forward and the board flipped 90 degrees. I landed directly on the rail with my ribs, broke two of them.

This happened four days before I was scheduled to have my knee scoped for a tear. I was under orders to take nothing for pain or the knee surgery would be cancelled. I suffered the worst pain in my life for four days before I could get into the percacets  and 800 motrins I had waiting for me post op.

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Technique / Re: paddling in wind

« on: January 02, 2013, 02:32:13 PM »

+2 with teamalty. I bend over forward, try to keep an upper body profile close to that of a cyclist doing a time trial. I also choke down on the paddle and take short choppy strokes as mentioned. It is tiring but hey it's paddling into the wind.

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Flatwater and Touring / Re: Lake Mahopac Paddle - First GoPro attempt

« on: December 30, 2012, 12:11:27 PM »

Nice! Beautiful spot. What cable are you using to go from the gopro to the iPad?

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SUP General / Re: Wave Count: The Pursuit of Happiness

« on: December 29, 2012, 06:04:32 AM »

Everyone is motivated by different things, they are all good. I have a friend who is into running. I know she counts and tracks her miles and loves hitting weekly, monthly and yearly mileage goals. She keeps charts and graphs of it all. I have run with her 3 or 4 times in the last two months. Three weeks ago we did a trail loop in the woods. When we got back to the car she said, “That’s another 4 miles. I’m up to 457 miles for the year.” I looked at my iPhone running the MotionX gps App and reluctantly told her that we had actually run only 3.4 miles. She got defensive and said, “The trail map for that loop says 4 miles.” We looked at it and it actually read, ‘approximately’ 4 miles. When I do that loop the GPS always says 3.4 miles. Her entire yearly log was suddenly off by 6/10ths of a mile for each time she ran that loop. And if that loop mileage was wrong, what else in her meticulous recordings was wrong? The solid world under her feet suddenly became a bit shaky and unreliable. She actually seemed very upset that her meticulous tracking was not as “real” as she had believed. I felt bad so I pointed to the phone and quickly said, “Ah this thing is probably wrong, just go with the 4.”

When I'm on the water I am just enjoying the gift of being there.

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SUP General / Re: How to surf a Nor'easter

« on: December 27, 2012, 05:24:45 PM »

If anyone is interested, I'll be at South Shore Beach (little compton) around 8:30 am tomorrow for a short paddle to a surf (hopefully) spot.

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Gear Talk / Re: Best Paddle for Cape Cod Bay Challange - Open Ocean Paddling

« on: December 27, 2012, 09:48:43 AM »

Thanks again guys and ADDAPOST thats the exact configuration I was looking it on their website, which handle/grip did you get? I was thinking about the ergo T? Thoughts on that one vs. the others? What handle is everyone else using?

It has the ergo. I am going to get the extended handle before race season starts and use that for racing boards.

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Gear Talk / Re: Best Paddle for Cape Cod Bay Challange - Open Ocean Paddling

« on: December 27, 2012, 06:12:04 AM »

My wife let me buy my own christmas present. So three weeks ago I got a... you guessed it... Ke Nalu. With my other (brand name deleted) paddle, my shoulders were always F'ed up after every session. Became aware of the Ke Nalu's here and got to try one last spring. Hooked! Even though it is easy to think there is some sort of cool-aid drinking cult surrounding the brand, that is not the case; these are incredible pieces of engineering. I will be using this on the CCBC.

PDLSFR,
We are only a few miles away from each other, you are welcome to try mine. I have a Maliko Elite 90 flex cut to about 78 inches.

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SUP General / Re: SUP SURFERS: Are you using a shorter paddle now when surfing?

« on: December 22, 2012, 04:22:44 PM »

So...
Does anyone have any advice on shortening a Nitro??

I've searched and it sounds like I'd need to cut the shaft 2 1/4 inches below the top of the shaft to miss the bottom of the handle. Ideally I'd like to test out smaller increments so I may try to use heat to loosen the handle instead of cutting the shaft below the handle.

Any experience with doing that on a Werner?

Also, any reason why I couldn't steal the Ke Nalu technique of using hot glue instead of epoxy on a Werner?

I like the idea of shortening incrementally and the hot glue would seem to make that easier.

Thanks!

I just used a hair dryer to heat up the shaft where the handle inserts and was able to melt the factory glue on my Nitro. From then on I just used cheap craft store hot glue and have had no problem. I've removed the handle 2 or 3 times to progressively shorten the shaft. Just use the hair dryer to melt the glue.

As far as cutting, I just threw some tape around the shaft to keep the cut clean and used a hack saw, nothing fancy.

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Sessions / New paddle paddle

« on: December 10, 2012, 06:52:08 PM »

Picked up a new Ke Nalu paddle yesterday and named her Miss K. Took it for a test paddle right away in the first swell we've seen since Thanksgiving. Documented the maiden trip and edited up a little clip. Somewhere in Rhode Island....

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Gear Talk / Re: Ke Nalu-ers: what's your purpose?

« on: December 09, 2012, 03:35:24 PM »

5' 8"
185#
90% surf
Just joined the cult err I mean club TODAY!
Picked up an elite Maliko on a 90 flex shaft. Currently cut to 10 inches overhead but I will cut it another 2 inches for surf when I can pick up the extended handle for racing/ distance.