Archive for January, 2008
Getting shacked at pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii.
Posted by SUP Matt in SUP Wednesday, 16 January 2008 09:48 No Comments
You have to love Garrett McNamara, not satisfied with tow in surfing the waves made by ice falls from glacier, he decided to pull in a pipeline on his SUP. The footage has to been seen to be believed.
C4 Team training in great waves on Oahu’s West Side
Posted by SUP Matt in SUP Wednesday, 16 January 2008 09:26 No Comments
Here is a great video with the guys from the C4 team getting some water time in on super glassy big waves.
QuiksilverEdition Ku Ikaika Challenge wait period starts
Posted by SUP Matt in SUP Tuesday, 15 January 2008 14:49 No Comments
Great news that Quiksilver and C4 are putting on a big wave SUP contest at Makaha Point, I would dearly love to be there to see all the action. I happen to know that UK big wave surf Simon Jayham is on the North Shore at the moment and he has posted that big waves are forecast over the next few days – prehaps he could pop down to Makaha and check it out for us (hint, hint).
Here is the press release :
QuiksilverEdition Ku Ikaika Challenge
Presented by C4 Waterman & Red Bull
Makaha Point West Side Oahu
15 January – 29 February 2008
- Brian Keaulana : photo Allen Mozo
QuiksilverEdition Ku Ikaika Challenge wait period starts
The official holding period of the QuiksilverEdition Ku Ikaika Challenge, presented by C4 Waterman and Red Bull, will get underway tomorrow, January 15, and will run through February 29, 2008. The QuiksilverEdition Ku Ikaika Challenge is the world’s first big-wave stand up paddle (SUP) surfing event and will be held at Makaha Point, on Oahu’s West Side.
Wave pool in the Thames ?
Posted by SUP Matt in SUP Friday, 11 January 2008 19:37 4 Comments
What could be better after a hard days work in the City of London, than popping on the tube, board under arm, for some 100 metre point break, 6ft waves ? Fantasy …… or is it. Following this article in the Guardian news paper it looks like this might have stepped closer to reality. Outline planning permission has been granted and, if all goes well, by 2011 you could be catching a wave after work.
The British Stand Up Paddle Boarding Association update
The British Stand Up Paddle Surfing Association (BSUPA) has been set up to provide information, organisation, training and contests for this new sport in the UK. It was set up in September 2007 by Olaus Macleod and since then has started to grow from strength to strength.
