The paddle hitting the side of your paddle board can cause unsightly paint chipping. To avoid this some people like to put paddle guards on their paddles while others like to use rail savers on the side of their paddle boards.
If you like to use rail savers there is a new company called RailSaverPro who has a nice line of rail savers in many different styles and colors which look stylish on your board while protecting it from damage.
They are easy to install and easily repositionable so it is easy to find the correct placement as you can see from this video.
3rd Annual OluKai Ho’olaule’a Ocean Festival
May 14 and 15 a celebration of ocean culture comes to Kanaha Beach Park, Maui
January 11, 2011, Maui, HI – OluKai’s Ho’olaule’a, a celebration of the ocean and the cultures that surround it, returns on May 14th and 15th to the Lae ‘Ula O Kai Canoe Club at Kanaha Beach Park, Maui. The third annual Ho’olaule’a pays tribute to the ocean lifestyle through competition, tradition, family and giving back to the community.
Elite watermen, waterwomen and enthusiasts will have the opportunity to paddle race the famous Maliko “downwinder” on Maui’s North shore, an eight-mile stretch from Maliko Gulch to the Lae ’Ula O Kai Canoe Club at Kanaha Beach Park.
According to Shape magazine, stand up paddle boarding burns 500 to 700 calories an hour. In their article titled “Extreme Fitness Workout: How Many Calories Did You Burn?”, they list different sports and the calories they burn per hour.
Paddle Boarding- 500 to 700
Snowboarding- about 500
Rock Climbing- about 550
Whitewater Rafting- 300 to 350
Mountain Biking- 500 to 600
Scuba Diving- about 900
Surfing- 200
I don’t know where they get their figures from, but 200 for surfing and 900 for scuba diving, just doesn’t sound right. Let us know what you think in the comments.
SUP Global, the stand up paddle magazine out of England, decided to take a look at the interesting, new bent shaft paddle from Werner paddles. In this video from SUPglobal, Matt Argyle talks about the advantages of the new bent shaft carbon paddle in extending your reach in the catch phase of the stroke and in helping you in timing the release part of the stroke.
In this video from Corebanint, 8 year old Nathan Van Vuuren and his father, Ivan, owner of Coreban SUP boards, are enjoying a SUP surfing session with a pod of dolphins in Capetown, South Africa.
