Paddling Injuries: How Loving the Conditions and Training Works when We are Injured
Dealing with Paddling Injuries Spend enough time on this website, or the Paddle Monster Facebook page and you’ll notice two mantras, mottos or hashtags: Love…
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Beginning Racing: Your First Chattajack Race
Your First Chattajack Race Guessing that a whole host of first-time Chattajack racers are signed up for this year’s 32-mile sojourn down the Tennessee River…
Another Casualty – Watch Over Your Ohana and Don’t Take Safety for Granted
It’s with incredible sadness that another friend in our paddle community, Josh Hensley, has passed. After another paddle death, the community world-wide mourns. We just…
Training Video: Don’t Just Survive, Thrive!
Thriving in Paddle Training Just doing the miles isn’t enough. To perform well, you need to do more than just miles. Paddle Monster Coach Larry…
Book Review: How to Increase your Standup Paddle Performance: From Beginner to Elite by Suzie Cooney
I decided I wanted to increase my paddleboard performance. When I first started standup paddling some five years ago, there was virtually nothing available, either…
Johnny Puakea: The most common problems with paddling technique
Johnny Puakea talks about common paddling technique issues he’s seeing in his clinics at events around the US.
10 TIPS TO MASTERS TRAINING
Guest post by Mick DiBetta With the competition season off and running, its interesting hear the feedback from the over 40 age groupers after…
Suzie Cooney Standup Paddle Performance Book Release
HOW TO INCREASE YOUR STAND UP PADDLING PERFORMANCE: Beginner to Elite by Suzie Cooney of Suzie Trains Maui is going to be available soon. Be the first to…
Board Meeting Episode 2: Preparing for the Molokai 2 Oahu SUP Race – Part 2
Here is part 2 of our Molokai 2 Oahu episode where Robert and I continue our discussion on how to prepare for the Molokai 2…
Biomechanics SUP Series #6 – Flexibility
The sixth video in KIALOA’s Biomechanics SUP Series focuses on flexibility. Learn with us how to paddle longer, paddle stronger. http://www.kialoa.com/biomechanics
How to Download and Install LiNK for MAC on the NKS Speed Coach
FROM THE NKS WEBSITE LiNK For OS X We have released the LiNK software for transferring, viewing and exporting data files from the Training Pack…
Biomechanics SUP Series #5 – Putting it all Together
The fifth video in KIALOA’s Biomechanics SUP Series focuses on combining what we learned about posture, shoulders and legs. Learn with us how to paddle…
Biomechanics SUP Series #4 – Legs
The fourth video in KIALOA’s Biomechanics SUP Series focuses on getting the most out of your legs. Learn with us how to paddle longer, paddle…
Biomechanics SUP Series 3 Shoulders
The third video in KIALOA’s Biomechanics SUP Series focuses on shoulders. Learn with us how to paddle longer, paddle stronger. http://www.kialoa.com/biomechanics
Biomechanics SUP Series 2 – Posture
The second video in KIALOA’s Biomechanics SUP Series focuses on posture. Learn with us how to paddle longer, paddle stronger. http://www.kialoa.com/biomechanics
Biomechanics SUP Series – Intro
KIALOA has developed a series of videos on the Biomechanics of stand up paddling with the expert help of Steve Leary, PT. Learn with us…
20% off monthly and 8 week programs with Mick DiBetta Paddle Power Trainer
I know a lot of you are trying to get in shape for races this summer. We have yet another option and this one is…
Garmin 310XT – How to set up custom data fields & basic intervals
Here is a repost of an article Kim Sutton wrote for us about how to set up custom data fields and basic intervals on the…
How to Set your Garmin 310XT – The Basics
We’ve had some questions on how to use a GPS watch. This is a repost of directions Kim Sutton created last year. There is a…
Three tips to make your stand up paddle race faster that don’t involve working out
I know how exciting standup paddleboard races can be. Too exciting to pay attention. Too exciting to avoid common mistakes. Sometimes doing well in a SUP…
How to read the Water: And what is an Eddy?
This is another non-expert description of terms you’ll find as you learn how to stand up paddle. I am neither a geomorphologists nor a fluid…
Get your Riding Bumps Code to Start Training!
Repost from 2014. Use the coupon code and get your discount: I’m sitting here on my rear waiting to get my cast off and thinking…
Suzie Cooney, Total Body Workout for Standup Paddling and water sports vid
Suzie is one of our Maui Mullets. A world-class trainer and a kicks person. We love her and think you will, too. We’ve had a…
Race Season is Pretty Much Over…NOW WHAT??
Featured photo by Shawna Herring Photography With Chattajack and Surf to Sound in the books, the race season here on the East Coast is pretty…
3 Weeks to Chattajack: Nutrition with Steve
It’s getting real! There have been some great discussions about nutrition on some of the Facebook pages that many of us Chattajackians frequent like to…