Pacific Paddle Games at Doheny this weekend..question

[Clemdog]

Does anyone know what companies will be there with Demo boards?  No info at all on the PPG website. I like to go try out the boards in the surf, if for no other reason than to piss off the surfers, since the Demo zone gives us a pass to a surf zone otherwise off limits to SUP.

Kind of like Caddy day at the pool!

Clem

[supsurf-tw]

It's flat

[Tom]

I'm bringing my own surf SUP just in case. Kings had some last year.

[digger71]

It's flat

That's too bad.  At least since Salt Creek PPG/BOP has managed to coincide with pretty solid swells.

[supsurf-tw]

It's flat

That's too bad.  At least since Salt Creek PPG/BOP has managed to coincide with pretty solid swells.

And the ensuing carnage. Not great for a SUP event. Not sure the flat water crowd was eager for a replay.   

[surfcowboy]

Yeah, its traditionally been good. Last year there were starboard, Kings and a couple of others but not as many as in years past, sadly.

I do agree that the recreational paddlers will dig the flatness but I hope there's enough to give the usual crazy change ups that happen when people catch a wave and others don't. That's what makes for great surf racing.

[SUPcheat]

I just giggle when I see carnage.  Something is wrong with me.

[Clemdog]

It's flat

Flat Saturday. 2-4' forecasted on Sunday. Might be worth a look.

[surfcowboy]

2-4 is perfect for that race, and some demos. Might have to sneak down.

[SaMoSUP]

There were some nice 1-2 foot waves rolling in this afternoon/evening. The kind you have to paddle hard to catch so might be some good paddle battles during the races.

Not as many vendor tents this year as past years. Don't know how much longer this will last. Not as many entries either. Although the youth division seems bigger than before.

[supsurf-tw]

It's flat

Flat Saturday. 2-4' forecasted on Sunday. Might be worth a look.

Wrong direction....

[supsurf-tw]

.....but hopefully something will sneak in

[Tom]

flat, flat, flat! Tomorrow  may  be  better .  Im guessing  there  was  half the  crowd  there  today  as last  year .

[TallDude]

Danny Ching just killed everyone else. He could have drank a beer waiting for the anyone to finish behind him.

[805StandUp]

Drove down from Ventura today with friends.  The last time I was down was for my first race at the Battle of the Paddle in Salt Creek.  Wow, what a difference between the 8' waves that day and today! 

To answer the original question, the demo zone was very sparse with only Hobie, Sunova and Boardworks represented.  We met Tino and took a few Sunova's out and really liked the 8'10 Speed.  Was super stable, caught waves easily and was loose on the (albeit small) waves.  In the tents outside of the demo zone it seems that Starboard has some surf-SUPs as did Kings and some others, but we didn't ask about demoing though I am sure they would be happy to oblige.

On a different note, I too agree that the event was very sparsely attended.  There were only 76 paddlers in the Men's Pro technical and thus they cut out all of the morning rounds and jumped straight to the quarter finals.  There also didn't seem to be a large number of Open racers either.  Big change from the last time I was out.

Andrew