Boardworks has a new contest and is giving away some great gear to the top winners. The contest is called “What’s your move” and to enter you need to send in a video of your best stand up paddle moves or tricks. Boardworks will be showing the best videos at the Surf Expo in January and will pick the three top videos to win prizes. First place will win a SHUBU inflatable SUP, 3 piece paddle and a tem hoody and hat. Second place will win boardworks 3 piece paddle ,team hoody and hat, while third place will win a team hoody and hat.
For more information on the contest visit boardworkssup.com.
Here’s a video submitted to the contest from top racer Anthony Vela of his move “The Sprinkler”:
“What’s your Move”….”The Sprinkler” with Anthony Vela from Boardworks Surf on Vimeo.
Peyo Lizarazu of France came in first place in the Sapinus Pro Tahiti, the 3rd stop of the 2011 Standup World Tour. This was Peyo’s first win on the tour after four podium finishes. Second place wnt to Patrice Chancey of Tahiti who got into the main event by winning the trial event. Third place went to Kai Lenny of Hawaii and fourth place went to Didier Tinhin of Tahiti.
Here are highlights from the main event by TheWatermanLeague.
Jim Terrell of Quickblade paddles has come up with a new stand up paddle racing stroke which is causing waves in the SUP racing world. Jime Terrell and Dan Gavare used the new stroke called the Plung stroke to win first and second place in a sprint race at The Olympic Training Center during the Silver Regatta race in April.
The new stroke technique allowed them to win over racers known to be faster who were using conventional paddle strokes. The new paddle technique is done in the surf stance with one foot forward and a pluge forward to extend the reach of the paddle stroke. The Plunge stroke allows for paddling on one side only and is said to save time which is wasted in crossing over thus keeping the paddle in the water longer. Although the stroke works well for sprints it is unknown how it would fare in more typical longer SUP races.
for more information about this new paddle stroke check out the article on SUP Connect.
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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.
