Dana Point, CA – (Sept. 25, 2011) – California’s distance paddling king Danny Ching returned to the winner’s podium at the Rainbow Sandals Gerry Lopez Battle of the Paddle, taking first in the 10-mile stand-up paddle (SUP) race. Dominant female paddler Candice Appleby (Hawaii), who took first in yesterday’s women’s Elite race, won the women’s division. A total of 230 racers took part in today’s distance race. There were more than 900 race entries over the course of the weekend.
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Above: Ching rounds the 5-mile halfway buoy. Photo: Pat Huber.
RAINBOW SANDALS GERRY LOPEZ BATTLE OF THE PADDLE
September 24 & 25
Doheny State Beach
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Media Contact: Jodi Wilmott (808) 258-8533
Dana Point, CA — (Sept. 24, 2011) — Maui’s Connor Baxter, 17, won his first major stand-up paddle (SUP) championship today against the world’s best in the Rainbow Sandals Gerry Lopez Battle of the Paddle in California. In the most thrilling Elite Race battle in the four-year history of the event, Baxter fought off none other than 10x world prone paddleboard champion Jamie Mitchell (Australia), and defending Battle of the Paddle California champion Danny Ching (California) to win. The women’s Elite Race was won with by an incredibly inform Candice Appleby (Oahu/San Clemente) for the fourth consecutive year.
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Above: L to R: Jamie Mitchell (2nd), Connor Baxter (1st), Danny Ching (3rd). Photo: Pat Huber
RAINBOW SANDALS GERRY LOPEZ BATTLE OF THE PADDLE World’s Best SUP Paddlers, Elite Sprint & Distance Races
Stand-Up Paddle Expo, Novice and Kids Race
September 24 & 25
Doheny State Beach
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Dana Point, CA — (Sept. 23, 2011) — A new Elite Race format for this weekend’s $25,000 Rainbow Sandals Gerry Lopez Battle of the Paddle, at Doheny State Beach, has Battle champions Danny Ching, Travis Grant, Jamie Mitchell and Candice Appleby on guard. As the number of competitors and the level of competition in the sport of stand-up paddling (SUP) booms, Saturday’s Elite Race will require an estimated 200 paddlers to qualify for the final through preliminary heats. This means more paddling with less room for error.
Photo: Tom Servais.
Honolulu, Hawaii, September 8, 2011
After announcing that they are parting ways with Boardworks, C4 Waterman, Inc. announces the re-launch of its C4 Waterman brand of boards and paddles with a streamlined list of refined models and color ways, which it will manufacture and distribute directly along with its recently released SUBNINE performance series.
“Due to the ever increasing demand for boards that perform well in a variety of conditions, we’ve revisited our legacy models and refined their designs,” said C4 Waterman founder/CEO Todd Bradley. “As always, stability, quality, performance and fun remain the cornerstones of any product we make.”
As the company that founded the sport of modern stand-up paddle surfing and distance racing with its innovative board and paddle designs, C4 is determined to 
push design and performance to the limit. To complement its extensive line of C4-branded epoxy SUP boards, the Honolulu-based company recently announced it was launching a skunkworks-based product line, SUBNINE (www.SUB9surf.com), helmed by C4 designer/shaper Dave Parmenter. This brand new collection of state-of-the-art high-performance SUP boards and paddles is capped off by a fleet of radical new Rigid AirCore inflatable models replete with a game-changing patent-pending removable-fin system. This system accommodates stiff, high-performance FCS surf fins to be used on any of the new air-cored C4/SUBNINE SUPs and conventional surfboards. Read More→
Northwest Paddle Surfers and Riviera Paddle Surf present the largest SUP event in the Pacific Northwest. The main event is a 13 mile race around Mercer Island, located on Lake Washington between Seattle and Bellevue. Test your speed against some of the top paddlers on the planet. The Elite Paddlers will be competing for $10,000 in prize money in the unique “Sweep or Weep” format in which various board length classes try to steal the purse from those on longer boards. This makes for some exciting finishes! Also, this is an Officially Sanctioned Event by The World Paddle Association, so all members receive points in the worldwide scoring system. See how you stack up against the best! Read More→
