Board First Aid
What to carry to fix pesky SUP dings Most of us keep some sort of first aid kit in our cars or packs for minor…
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Seychelle SUP – Superb Tips Episode 2
Welcome to Seychelle SUP – Superb Tips Episode 2. This week Seychelle talks to us about the best body position for optimal paddling successes. Learn…
Balance Training: Indo Board 101
Indo Board 101 Right now as many if not most of us, continue to stay at home and find our regular training routines “modified” to…
Tracking your board straight – Part 4: Using the paddle face with Coach Larry Cain on Facebook Live
Paddle Monster Coach Larry Cain discussed how to use the paddle face for steering. This originally aired April 17, 2020, at 3:00 PM ET on…
Intro to LandPaddling: Quarantine Edition
I’ve had several inquiries about land paddling since the lockdown of 2020 began, so I thought a quick primer might be in order. Introduction I…
Tracking Your Board Straight – Part 2
Paddle Monster Coach Larry Cain second part of discussion on how weight distribution impacts your board’s track and how to correct it. This originally aired…
Leg Circuit for Paddlers hosted by Coach Larry Cain on Paddle Monster Facebook Live
Paddle Monster Coach Larry Cain covers a post paddling “Leg Circuit” that is intended to help develop very specific leg strength for effective and strong…
Tracking Your Board Straight – Part 1 – Understanding Your Weight Distribution
Coach Larry Cain discussed how weight distribution impacts your board’s track and how to correct it. This originally aired April 6, 2020, at 3:00 PM…
Land Drill 5 – Exit Drill with Coach Larry Cain
Paddle Monster Coach Larry Cain covers “the exit” on our fifth in the series on land-based, home paddle drills from our April 1, 2020, Facebook…
Land Drills 3: Pull the Hips First: Today with Coach Larry Cain live at 3pm on Facebook
Coach Larry Cain will be on Facebook live today March 24, 2020, at 3 pm EST on Paddle Monster’s Facebook page here covering more land-based…
So You Want to Find Fellow Paddlers?
Paddling with others is what allows us to make the most of the sport we love. Many of us are very fortunate to have a…
Strap It Down! Tips for Racking Your Paddle Craft
Ways to Help Avoid Roof Rack Catastrophes Last week I did something I have done a thousand times: loaded my surfski and my 9’4” SIC…
OC Basics: Holding an Outrigger Canoe Paddle and the basic stroke by Coach Travis Grant
I went out in a novice canoe this past weekend and there were a lot of discussions on technique and having the entire club following…
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…
SO YOU WANT TO BE A “GOOD” SUP PADDLER…
by Coach Larry Cain You’ve probably all heard of Malcolm Gladwell and his “10000 – Hour Rule” from his book Outliers, which states that to be a…
NEW “SOLD” Button on Classifieds
Hellow Mullets! Just A Quick Update, We Added A New Feature To Classifieds Tonight That We Encourage Everyone To Use. The “Mark Sold” Option is…
Renegades will be banned for life: Key Lesson from the Maui to Molokai Race
I was reviewing posts yesterday about the Maui to Molokai and came across one of their rules and it struck a chord with me. It’s…
Congratulations Fiona Wylde, winner at Sunset Beach Pro
After a dramatic and challenging day of competition, Fiona Wylde has been crowned Sunset Beach Pro Champion for 2019. In the lead up to the…
First SUP Steps: Learning to surf a race board by Jeramie Vaine
A lot of us think or believe that we could never ride a board, never mind a raceboard, in the waves. The truth is we…
Whitewater Video: Mike T. Breaks down the Backside Crossbow
River Shredding With Michael Tavares We can’t think of anyone we’d rather learn whitewater with than Mike Tavares…he posted this awesome instructional video on his…
Technique with Travis – improve your SUP paddling style
NSP Team Rider, Travis Grant, 3x Molokai Champion of SUP and 1x Molokai Champion on OC-1, with wins at Carolina Cup, King of the Harbour…
Competition or Personal Accomplishment: A thought on race courses
This is an observation for race directors looking to get more people to come and enjoy their races. When you have a challenge that goes…
Video: Paddling the V1 Rudderless
Time in the V1 Rudderless Outrigger Vic Allen gets great coaching in this video in which he makes paddling the V1 Va’a outrigger canoe look…
Confronting the 2018 Racing Season
Three Weeks Away from Paddle Racing Season The Carolina Cup, what many on the East Coast and in professional racing circles consider as the start…
Video: Downwinding Beginner Mistakes
Five Most Common Ocean Downwinding Mistakes Downwinding season is right around the corner, and as the folks from Blue Planet Surf remind us in this…