The first stop of the 2012 Standup World Tour was held on the north shore of Oahu at Sunset beach, February 4-14th. The Sunset Beach Pro was won by Bonga Perkins- Hawaii. Second place was Kai Lenny-Hawaii, third place went to Peyo Lizarazu of France and Ikaika Kalama of Hawaii came in fourth.
Here are a couple of videos from the event by The Waterman League.
The 2012 Standup World Tour starts with the first stop of the world tour at the Sunset Beach Pro contest held February 4th-`14th at sunset beach on the north shore of Oahu. We look forward to another exciting year of the tour.
@Baby Beach
Dana Point, CA
9:00a.m. – 4:00p.m.
* Fun Paddle with Mickey & friends
* Awesome Waterman Expo & Clinics
* Super Fun Mongoose Cup Relays
*Kick-off the SUP season by having a great time with surfing & SUP legends
*Book signing at Dana Point Yacht Club
of Mickey’s new Book:
“No Bad Waves”
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Bill Babcock of the website Kenalu has written an ebook on how to race stand up paddle boards. If you are thinking about getting into SUP racing you should check it out for some helpful tips.
You can find this free,informative book here Kenalu.
If your center of gravity moves off the center of the board while you stand up paddle you usually get wet, but with the proper bracing techniques you can recover your balance. In this video from standup.paddle.net a variety of bracing techniques are presented.
