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Outside Magazine, the preeminent Outdoor sports and adventure magazine publishes a yearly list of the best outside gear. This year is the first time they have included a stand up paddle board in their gear category.For the 2012 best summer gear guide, they chose the Pau Hana Crossfit.
Here is a video featuring the Pau Hana Crossfit:
The third annual Olukai Ho’olaulea Downwind SUP race was held on May 12th on the island of Maui in Hawaii. This is the premiere downwind stand up paddle race in the world and held at the most famous downwind run in the world. It is an eight mile downwind run which starts at Malico Gulch on Maui and ends at Kanaha Beach Park. Over 300 competitors raced in the events third year. The winner of the 2012 race was Conner Baxter, second place went to Travis Grant, Third place was Danny Ching, fourth place went to Dave Kalama, and Jamie Mitchell came in fifth.
PureDigitalMaui provided the following video of the 2012 race.
And a video interview with the winers from goSUPRacer
Surf Race to Victory SUPCoss Series to Rock the SUP Racing World This Summer!!!
April 26, 2012 (Huntington Beach, CA)
-Victory KoreDry is pleased to announce the Surf Race to Victory SUPCross Series. Each Surf Race to Victory event will test the competitors all around waterman ability, grit and determination. Successful racers must combine paddling and surfing skills on technical courses. The exciting race series has scheduled events at Carlsbad, CA (June 9th), San Clemente, CA (July 21) Weber River, Utah (July 31) and the championship event at Huntington Beach, CA (September 15).
The exciting SUPCross format features competitors sporting helmets, jerseys, and big fast SUP boards. Starting from the sand before a “V” shaped course, SUP racers charge through the surf and round outside buoys twice before catching waves back to the finish. The exciting knockout format is run in heats with top finishing racers advancing into each next round. Non-advancing racers are given a second chance to qualify to the main event through repechage heats. Read More→
Paddle Boarding is an excellent fitness exercise and what’s so great is it is also fun. In this video from pppttt50, Fitness expert Peter Nielsen explains that the average man burns 1000 calories an hour while paddle boarding and the average woman burns 700 calories an hour while paddle boarding. This is 50% more than using a treadmill and 100% more fun.
HONOLULU (May 9, 2012) - One year ago at the Battle of the Paddle Hawaii, Travis Grant (AUS) lined up for his first race under the C4 Waterman label. Beneath his feet was a brand new 12’6 custom race board shaped by Dave Parmenter. In his hands was one of the first prototypes of the C4 X-Wing paddle.
After clinching gold on the same board at the ISA games in Peru in (March), Travis brought it back to Hawaii for the Quiksilver Waikiki Paddle Festival last weekend and ran away with first place in Jamie Mitchell’s own elite “Survivor SUP” Race. Danny Ching second, Mitchell third.
That result capped off a perfect 12-month trifecta of elite race victories that has both the C4 brand and Travis soaring. Read More→
