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The 2011 Sapinus Pro SUP surf contest begins on May 30th with the trials and runs until June 5th. The Sapinus Pro event in Tahiti is the 3rd stop on this year’s Standup World Tour. A good swell is expected so the event should feature some fantastic wave riding.
Her is a pre event update video and the event trailer from WatermanLeague.
Phillip Rainey from Boardworks Surf show you how to do a new paddle trick called the ghost paddle transfer. Th paddle trick was inspired by Noah Shimbaru.
This is a highlight video from the 3rd annual Olukai Ho’olaule downwind race. The Olukai Ho’olaule was held May 14th on Maui, Hawaii on the Maliko downwind run on Maui’s north shore. The Maliko downwind run is the most famous downwind stand up paddle run in the world and is an 8 mile paddle from Maliko gulch to Lae’ Ula o Kai Canoe CLub at Kanaha beach State Park.
Top ten finishers:
1. Kai Bartlett
2. Livio Menelau
3. Ekolu Kalama
4. Mark raaphorst
5. Jeremy Riggs
6. Campbel Farrell
7.Zane Schwietzer
8.Amir Arbel
9. Andrea Moller( women’s first)
10. Michi Sweiger
Media Contact: Jodi Wilmott
Download Hi Res Still Images, by Ron House
Download TV File race highlights.
Download TV File Georges Cronsteadt.
Download TV File Riggs & Nappy Napoleon.
Download TV File Eric Terrien (Canaries)
Download TV File Frank Perna, Age 73 (Malibu, CA)
CHING RETURNS TO VICTORY
KALMBACH CLAIMS WOMENS DISTANCE
at Rainbow Sandals Gerry Lopez Battle of the Paddle
Presented by Quiksilver Waterman Collection
For Complete Results:
Waikiki, Oahu, HAWAII – (May 15, 2011) — California’s Danny Ching returned to the winner’s podium today at the Rainbow Sandals Gerry Lopez Battle of the Paddle. Ching finished the 9-mile Hawaii-Kai to Duke Kahanamoku Beach downwind race in a stand-up paddle record time of one hour, 20 minutes and 27 seconds – almost five minutes faster than his winning time last year. The win earned him $1,100. Second place was Georges Cronsteadt (Tahiti, 1:21:50); and third was Maui teenager Connor Baxter (1:21:58). Australian Travis Grant, winner of the grueling elite course yesterday, finished sixth overall (1:24:28) but was the first home in the shorter 14-foot rudderless class.The women’s distance race was won by Big Island’s Jenny Kalmbach (1:37:53). A total of 168 paddlers completed the course that was presented by Quiksilver Waterman Collection.
GRANT TRUMPS GOOD ‘MATE’ CHING
APPLEBY CLAIMS 3RD VICTORY
at Rainbow Sandals Gerry Lopez Battle of the Paddle
Presented by Quiksilver Waterman Collection
For Complete Results:
DOWNLOAD HI RES IMAGES HERE, courtesy Pat Huber
DOWNLOAD TV NEWS HIGHLIGHT VIDEO HERE,
courtesy: Banzai Productions
WAIKIKI, HAWAII – (May 14, 2010) — Australian Travis Grant turned the tables on good friend and long-time paddling partner Danny Ching (USA) today in the Elite race of the $25,000 Rainbow Sandals Gerry Lopez Battle of the Paddle, presented by Quiksilver Waterman Collection, held at Duke Kahanamoku Beach. The women’s division was claimed by Honolulu’s Candice Appleby – her third elite Battle victory in as many years.
