Downwind

I never get tired of Miller's Run Downwind videos. It's the stuff dreams are made of...

Steve Dullack and Peter Morgan scored some ideal conditions for one of their classic down wind runs in Virginia Beach. Along the coast. Southern edge of the Chesapeake bay. Ran west to east along the northern side of Virginia Beach.

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Had a crazy exciting race yesterday hydrofoiling the Pailolo Channel for the 26 mile M2M (Maui to Moloka’i) crossing. Super stoked to break the new record time across the #Pailolo channel and win overall between all crafts! My time was 2:24 with the help...

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 video, downwinding in the ocean is very different that in a lake or on a river, even if that river...

Virginia Beach OC1 Downwind Run Virginia Beach paddler and 404 Team Rider Steve Dullack, who has significant background in things maritime (if we told you, he might have to kill us) safely took advantage of recent weather conditions to log an epic East Coast downwinder. ...

Downwinding the Douro River Via Surfski Paddle along with Oscar Chalupsky and turn up the volume to get some downwinding instruction from his session on the Douro River in Porto....want more? Sign up for a clinic with Oscar at this year's Carolina Cup!    

Gliding in the Eastern Columbia River Gorge We've learned from our good friends at Stoke on the Water that there's more to the Columbia River Gorge than just the storied Viento Run.  In this amazing video, SOTW's Russel Peart displays his fancy footwork and overall...

Surfski Paddling in Spain The good folks over at Surfski World posted this on their Facebook page this week and we had to share.  It's from Spain....here's what  Boyan Zlatarev has to say about it: "This video was captured yesterday opposite Punta Paloma Baja near Tarifa.  People always ask...

Winter Downwind Paddling Maui Style When Maliko is a no-go, often times it gets good on the South side of Maui, especially this time of year.  Jeremy Riggs of Paddle with Riggs has put together another epic video of what it’s like when the Kihei...

Christmas Day Florida Downwinder How Team Geiger spent their 2017 Holiday....we love this video by Floridians Jason and Dylan’s Geiger.  Pure joy!  

Jeremy Riggs Foiling at Kihei The Kihei Run on Maui’s South Side might be known as Maliko’s little sister...but when it’s firing, it’s something else.  Conditions have to be just right....if the winds are blowing too offshore, it can be dangerous.  You can get blown...

Prone Downwinding   We l0ve this video edit of the prone downwinding by Frank Lundy!        

Downwind Surfski Racing -Tahiti Let's start this Monday off with a little something different, shall we? Surfski in a place usually know for outrigger paddling - Tahiti! This is archived video of Tahiti's top surfski race, the Maraamu, which a downwind run between the islands of...

First Downwind Surfski Run Across the Falkland Sound Dawid Mocke is an amazing surfski racer and design innovator....as well as pioneer. Three days ago, he left the Falkland Islands after becoming one of the first surfski paddlers to cross the Falkland Sounds.  You can read...

Maliko Foil Boarding Magic Watching Jeremy Riggs and his amazing footwork on Maui's Maliko Run is always awesome in and of itself. Add in Dave Kalama doing circles around him on a foil board and you get epic times 10! And Jeremy caught it all on...

Surf ski Downwind Run Near Madagascar Reunion Island is one of the small islands near Madagascar. That in and of itself makes this downwind run pretty darn epic. Video by Arnaud Delerive      

Paddling Home Waters in Hood River Nothing captures the spirit of summer in Hood River more than this video from Starboard's local, Fiona Wylde. Good luck to everyone racing this weekend in the Naish Gorge Paddle Challenge!  

Jeremy Riggs and an Epic Maui Downwind Day Paddle with Riggs' Jeremy Riggs is the undisputed Jedi Master of the Maliko Run and in his latest video, he gives us a master class on the art of walking the board.  Conditions on Maui's North Shore...

Surf ski Run in South Africa This video by Gareth Miles of a ripping downwind beach finish is full of challenging surf and resulting carnage. If you paddle anywhere and in anything on this Fourth of July, remember to wear your PFD, your leash (even in your...

Jeremy Riggs Talks About Learning to Downwind Foil Wrightsville Beach native and Maui downwind expert Jeremy Riggs is working on taking it to the next level and adding foiling to his repertoire.  In March, we caught him working on his technique and foil design in the...

Kalama Foils Down Maliko Legend Dave Kalama joins Finn Spencer in a foil run down Maliko on Maui with the GoFoil. Yep.  Looks like this is definitely becoming a thing! Video by Alex Aguera.

Olukai Ho'olaule'a: Celebrating Water Culture We can't lie.  We are starting to get just a little excited about the month of April.  After all, weather is starting to get and stay warmer. Booties are starting to come off, and some of our most favorite races...

This might very well be the video that piqued my interest in paddling prone. It features Joe and Jack Bark, Steve Shlens, Joel Pepper, and Reno Caldwell getting some training in several years ago, and it's shot by the extremely talented folks at Fin Film Company,...

Downwind Surf Ski Skills Reading the water and the bumps is a key skill when it comes to learning how to downwind - regardless of whether your are paddling SUP, OC or surf ski.  In this video from Epic Kayaks, surf ski icon Oscar Chalupsky...