Vive Belle Isle: Racing Is Back In Detroit
It seems like just yesterday the world was lamenting the loss of OABI, the preeminent paddle racing event in the Midwest. It seems like just…
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Four Essential Chattajack Training Tools
Chattajack Training Tools Chattajack is just around the corner…in fact, today’s the start day for Paddle Monster’s CJ focused training plan with Coach Cain. A…
2021 SUP 11-City Tour—15 Week Paddle Training and Nutrition Plan
The SUP 11 City Tour Nutrition Program with Victoria Burgess, Ph.D., CISSN certified Sports Nutritionist, includes: —Weekly interval training programmed workouts to improve aerobic endurance,…
What You Should do Before that First Spring Paddle
Ah spring! That wonderful time of year when nature explodes after the dark, dank grey of winter and re-ignites our paddling souls! The air temperature…
Paddle Monster Paddle Challenge – YTD Distance Tracking
To all Paddle Monster Paddle Challenge participants, we did a small upgrade to the Paddle Monster site this past weekend to add a new feature.…
SUP Marinaa Club – Paddles 135 KM for Clean Water!
In a bid to create awareness about the dangers of dumping waste in water bodies, members of the SUP Marinna Paddle Club of Chennai India…
The Inland Paddler: Reflections of Seven Years of Chattajacking
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…
Midwest Paddle Festival Recap
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…
REVIEW: Backfire Ranger X2 Electric All-Terrain Longboard
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…
Paddle Logger – The Official Paddlesports Tracker of The Virtual Paddle League
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…
The Inland Paddler: Lucky Number Six – Reflections on Chattajack
Chattajack 2019 – Lucky Number Six Holy crap! It is hard to fathom that this year, I will have paddled up to the start line…
Chattajack Season is Upon Us!
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…
The Inland Paddler: Sitting Down and Returning to Paddling Roots
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…
What’s In Your First Aid Kit?
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…
Labor Day Weekend Sale from Adventure Sports on the Mullet Market: Boards starting at $499!
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!!…
Virtual Panda Paddle :: August 24th
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…
It’s A Gorge-ous Time of Year! Summer Downwinding!!
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…
Midwest Paddle League Completes 4th Race of Season: The Great Lakes SUP Challenge
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…
2014 Throwback Video: Brian Szymanski and John Becker talk about Lahui Kai at the Outdoor Retailers Expo
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…
OABI 2019 is cancelled
“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…
New Divisions to be added to most major events: Standupsitdownmutlipaddler
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…
Starting Memorial Day Weekend :: Join ALL ACCESS to kick off your Summer Training
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 happened when young Kira Buchanan finished the Graveyard Race
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…
Mullet Memories
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…
Kai Wa’a – Hawaiian Ocean Canoes has developed a new surfski called the Vega
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…