Sup's Cali Connection
San Diego’s Rick Thomas was the first person to bring standup paddlesurfing to mainland America, and you could argue that from that day on, his influence—combined with the Hawaiian pioneers—has helped play a role in spreading sup love all over the world. Bob Long, owner of West Coast Paddle Sports, one of the US Mainland’s oldest sup shops (it started as Mission Surf), told me that there are 6 degrees of separation between Rick Thomas and anyone in California who has learned to sup. On a visit to Cali, I managed to get a couple of sessions in with Rick. He has such a fantastic fluid style—a real joy to watch.
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Where Do You Take The Girl Who's Been Everywhere?
As a surfing sports ambassador, Californian Paige Maddison pretty much has free reign to travel where she wants—and that’s exactly what she has done for the past three years: solo exploring more countries than most of us can probably locate on a map. This summer she decided to check out North America and is currently road tripping in a custom-fitted van, longboard in tow, brightening lineups from Tofino to San Juanico.
Sounds Of Silence In The Last Frontier
Where all you hear is water dripping off your paddle blade…and the occasional explosion of a 200-ton, calving glacier
One Last Ride!
Always kick out and paddle back for…
The West Side
It’s All Over but the Shouting the Report Card on This Cool New Sport of Ours
Voice From Sup Pioneers
LET’S HEAR IT FOR STANDUP PADDLING… and to those intrepid pioneers who jumped into the sup scene before there was a sup scene!
Thickening Our Hawaiian Skin In Chil
Last spring, Carine Camboulives, Manu Bouvet, and their two daughters left their Maui home for a coastal village in Chile for a half-year-long house exchange and sup adventure. Between this South American country’s endless point breaks and mountain lakes, there is a new life to embrace, experience and share.
Original Seed
Sup's Cali Connection
Costa Rica Sets the Stage for The Progression Project
A Movie Reflecting paddle-Enhanced At its Highest Level
Barbados
Returning to the love of freesurfing
The Big Island
Prepping for your hawaii trip begins at home.
