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Earlier this week, those of us registered for the 2020 edition of the 31-mile Chattajack race in Chattanooga received an email that wasn't exactly unexpected or a surprise. Due to the pandemic, the physical race is cancelled.  Across the paddle world, well, at least the...

Is it safe to return to the water? The ubiquitous two note theme song played, but that danger wasn’t a shark fin cutting through the water surface, but rather the far more silent and deadly sickness that has already victimized and torn to shreds...

The Backfire Ranger X2 The pandemic has given me the opportunity to re-connect with longboarding and land paddling - a great cross training activity that is a fun complement to paddling- especially paddle surfing - even when we are not in some sort of lock-down....

Paddle Monster and Paddle Logger are excited to announce their partnership in support of the 2020 Virtual Paddle League global race series.  Paddle Logger, with its PaddleLIVE capability as well as its race distance and time tracking functions, is the recommended app for safety...

Coach Seychelle hosts a paddle lovers yoga session on Facebook Live. #yoga #paddle #seychelle #paddlemonster

Hey Monsters, Since we opened up the home program to everyone on All-Access Membership I thought I would make a quick note. It was originally designed for people with no to minimal equipment, and primarily novice athletes (2 sets X 2 days per week). This...

Chattajack 2019 - Lucky Number Six Holy crap! It is hard to fathom that this year, I will have paddled up to the start line of the Chattajack river race six times.  In a row.  When I did that for the first time back in...

October is Chattajack Season Forget pumpkin spice...now is the time for neoprene, or maybe not, for Tailwind, CarboPro or Roctane, and for stressing over weather forcasts and CFS projections!! Chatta-time! We are less than two weeks out from the Inland Molokai to Oahu!! And what...

Sitting Down and Returning to Paddling Roots About 20 years ago (gasp!) a dear friend and I decided to buy kayaks. We both chose Ocean Kayak sit-on-tops as our entry into the paddling world. I wasn’t interested at all in sit-in boats - my friend...

We all know we should have one, and maybe you carry a first aid kit (FAK) in your car, or you have one in your backpack, or maybe under the sink at home. But trust me, you will never realize how much you need...

Adventure Sports is having a Labor Day Sale, with boards starting at $499. Check them out here on the Mullet Market: https://www.distressedmullet.com/store/adventuresports/ DEALS LIKE THIS!! 2014 Imagine SNAP 8’2″ KALAMA $1,839.99 $499.99 SHOP NOW

You, WWF, a paddle board. On a mission to save the planet's wild waters and natural places. On August 24, 2019 you can join with nature lovers all over the country by standup paddle boarding on your favorite body of water at WWF's Panda Paddle...

Summer Downwinding Season in Hood River This week, the SIC Gorge Paddle Challenge kicks off in the iconic Columbia River Gorge. It’s the culmination of the racing part of the summer downwinding season in the Oregon water sports Mecca of Hood River. I would be...

by Harrison Withers, photos by Deric Curtis The East Coast and West Coast are great, but this last weekend, it was the third coast that was alive with paddle stoke. Yeah you heard me right, the third coast. Turns out that Michigan has more coastline than...

Brian Szymanski and John Becker have recently joined Lahui Kai. Two of the standup paddle industry's most talented people have the opportunity to bring their dreams and aspirations for standup paddling to fruition though their partnership with SUPATX and Lahui Kai's Mick DiBetta. They...

"For our families and yours OABI has become one of the highlights of the summer in Detroit. For the past 7 years we were thrilled to carry the awesome responsibility of producing an event that lived up to such great expectations. However, market forces...

Designed and posted on Facebook by Matt Walters in the MR340 Facebook Group. This is where legends are forged. Considering how few race categories we have in SUP races, this could add some much needed podium space.(sarcasm) Love this.

It's Memorial Day weekend and June is almost here. We're rapidly approaching the thick of the SUP summer racing season. If you're excited about racing this summer the time to start doing something about it is now. Although our Paddle Monster Summer Program started a...

Every year, something magical happens at the Carolina Cup. This year, at the end of the Carolina Cup race day, the last two racers headed to the finish. One of these was Gorge paddle athlete and cancer survivor, Kira Buchanon. As they approached the...

This is from 2012 when Carolina Paddleboard Company had jus stocked up on Surftech Bark race boards in advance of the Carolina Cup. I remember having trouble getting to the back of the store, through all the boards and paddles. Joe and Jack Bark,...

According to Paolo Ameglio via Facebook, "The Kai Wa'a Vega brings together years of boat design experience to hand shape a sleek Surfski that is built lighter and stronger to go fast and in accordance with the ocean. The Vega design features a sharp...

What you see is a myosin protein dragging an endorphin along a filament to the inner part of the brain’s parietal cortex which creates happiness. Happiness. You’re looking at happiness pic.twitter.com/x4VAXMWPs5 — Physics & Astronomy Zone (@ZonePhysics) December 12, 2018

Chad Desatnick honored today in Atlantic City at the New Jersey Realtors Triple Play Convention. Chad is the 2018 Third Place Recipient of the New Jersey Realtors Good Neighbor Award for his community support of helping locals who have suffered spinal cord injuries. A...

Self Care After Chattajack It is that time of year when we - well most of us - are obsessing about everything Chattajack.  There's even a special language that goes with it. Much has been written - here on the Mullet and elsewhere - about how...

Photo: Water pumped out of a flooded Emerald Isle street. Town of Emerald Isle Facebook This was just released by Kerri Allen, Coastal Advocate for the North Carolina Coastal Federation Good morning,   I hope this finds you well! As you may know, the Coastal Federation collected water samples at Wrightsville...