Standup PHOTOS & Video Clips
 

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Chuck Patterson posted these on Facebook, titled "Paddling with a teenage whale."
Tommy Donnely SUP Co. paddling with his pal.

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The Whale is about 30' long and unfortunately has a couple lines and cork floats tangled around his tail which is probably why it's resting in the harbor.

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Chuck added the following on his Facebook page:

"So stoked that the marine mammal specialists from sea world finally cut all the tangeled neting and lines off of the whales's tail and fins. The whale is happy and heading up the coast as we speak. I love happy endings."

More about the assist:

"SeaWorld helps untangle whale off Dana Point

Rescuers try to untangle a rope wrapped around a whale in Dana Point Harbor on Wednesday, May 12, 2010.

A Sea World whale disentanglement team is trying to remove long ropes seen dangling from a gray whale that has been swimming near Dana Point harbor.

A California gray whale — entangled in a straitjacket of rope and netting — was freed Wednesday off Dana Point during an often tense, two-hour rescue operation aided by mammal experts from SeaWorld.

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Onshore onlookers cheered after a multiagency team cut the whale loose from more than 100 pounds of rope and fishing net that had prevented it from swimming out of a narrow harbor passage.

The whale, believed to be an 18- to 20-foot-long calf, was later spotted in the open sea. Witnesses said it appeared to be heading north, in sync with springtime migratory patterns."
Continued at:
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I think the whale was inside the breakwater, maybe, of the harbor at Dana Point, CA.
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In case someone tells you, you ride standup like a pygmy goat, here's a photo to show you what they're talking about.

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and a closer view on another board. Wonder if they eat dinged cast off boards?

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Photos from Brazil via Facebook.com

Went by the beach in Deerfield to checkout the convergence of squalls from land and sea last night. There was a guy doing standup in this dramatic setting. Even better he wasn't struck by lightening. I didn't have a regular camera just an an Evo cellphone,


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Here's our boy stroking just outside the sandbar, Hillsboro Light down the coast in the distance.



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That squall to seaward became real interesting and threatening as it moved in to shore. It seemed to change every few seconds.


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A calm stormy sea?


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I tried to capture it with limited success but at one point there were these dark ragged vertical tendrils of cloud hanging down below the base. This thing morphed through many changes of mood short of grabbing and swallowing vessels at sea.



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Making north ideally to secure before the fireworks move in close.



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Still going off in the east.



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Last look to the southeast, weather moving in. Some rain would be good.



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"RRD-NISSAN Surfin' Venice

This is an event that aims to bring at least 100 SUP boards to paddle in the historic waters of the canals of Venice and it has the objective to become a fixed annual Meeting of the SUP movement in Italy and all around the world.

Try to imagine 100 SUP departing from Piazzale Tronchetto and paddling along the Grand Canal, accompanied by the crews of the Venetian rowing on historical boats, among a bustle of gondolas, boats and TAXI motor-boats of various kinds."
Continued at: http://insidertrrding.blogspot.com/2...-june-2010.htm



Robby Naish stopped by early for some photo ops and time in the canals.

Used to have a lot of human waste and industrial pollution in Venice Lagoon along with heavy metals, even dioxin in the sediments. Have things changed? Sure hope so.


Robby touring the canals, ideally with no open cuts!

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Looks cosy, makes me want to jump in.
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Red Bull, some surfer girls and boards of grass in Peru.






Nice big wave surfing ala gopro

Came across Laird Hamilton (6 ft. 3 in.) mobile with board and dog, in toaster-sized car in France? Laird is a big guy too, not sure about the dog however.


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I understand Laird is going to lead the pack yet again, this time with midget skies. In the manner of Shriners on parade with dinky motorbikes, Laird is going to tackle 70 ft. faces with a ski the size of a ladies hat box. Remember you read it here first!



A bonus some video of Laird hitting some big surf off the north shore of Kauai



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A wide angle GoPro clip from the East Coast Paddleboard Championships

Tom Leeman paddles over a pod of manatee off Delray in calm summer conditions. The GoPro has a look above and below the water at things.

Lost your paddle, have places to go (like crossing the Straits of Florida from the Bahamas?), you've got a day or so to get it done and ... your name is Aguilar, why not have at it prone?

The guys in Antigua grab some swells thrown off by now Hurricane Danielle. We hope it will stay a "fish storm" as with the rest. Good luck to us!

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Eli Fuller paddles into a swell. Not sure where this is, Half Moon Bay?



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Andre Phillip is out surfing



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Dre grabs another one, looking good.


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Lots more photos from this session at:
"Shelly Chadburn -barron's Photos - Danielle"
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Our own Latino (Enrique) hits the Standup bigtime on Spanish TV!!!

Great visuals in this clip although you may want to turn the volume down, fair warning. Good to see he is still at it, I used to have an Eskimo sail or two.

French SUP funboard techniques in Californie.

Do they have nice waves out there or what? When was the last time you had a ride like this off Ft. Lauderdale? Understand JL Hanalei and Mano boards show up in the action.

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Makes you wonder, do killer whales like surfers, especially all wrapped up in black neoprene like seal sashimi on a float? If you stare at the dorsal fin long enough it may turn into something else? Images from Robert Smallwood at Dee Why in Australia.


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You blokes can't cut a wave to save yourselves, let me show you how its done.


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I like to do this too ending with a forward flip riding in feet first or in this case, fin first?
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Some strong cold fronts are moving through these days and bringing some nice swells at times. The last two days were like that. Monday was near epic but unfortnately I failed to take a camera on the commute to the office. Fixed that yesterday on Tuesday and got some photos.


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First ...

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The second shot in the sequence. Good to keep your distance.


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It isn't standup but more tow-in. The things that make it novel include it was at night and at Jaws in Maui, HI.



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"Surfer becomes first to ride giant 'Jaws' waves at night
By: Pete Thomas, GrindTV.com

Night surfing is eerie even in small waves, so imagine the sensation of careening down sheer and heaving faces measuring 30 feet, atop a black ocean, at a Hawaiian reef break so notoriously it's called Jaws.

Australian big-wave surfer Mark Visser, using specially engineered LED lighting built into his buoyancy vest and board, became the first to night surf at Jaws off Maui, during an admittedly scary and ultra-surreal session at about 2 a.m. Thursday.

Visser, 28, was towed onto the waves via jet-powered watercraft, as all surfers are during big winter swells at Jaws, because the swells travel too swiftly to be caught by paddling. "
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Mark in a dinky 36 ft. (looks larger!) in Oz during daylight by contrast.
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Get your dog on or fido rips!

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Still shots in motion = a movie ...

It isn't standup but is more like tube sponging? Really shows off what you can do with a GoPro ...

Paula becomes a TV SUP idol at the ASM operation at Matheson Hammock. Sounds like another shoot is on this coming Saturday.

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I think I may have caught some preparation work two weekends ago.

More images from that day at: http://fksa.org/showthread.php?t=10463

Well, Laird is standing, but in this case on a short board. Talk about poetry in motion thought, this guy can surf!




'Laird Hamilton, Dave Kalama, Derrick Doerner, Terry Chung made the most of the swell that hit the Hawaiian Islands December 7th, 8th, and 9th, 2009. This Big Wave surfing footage is shot by JOEL GUY, filmed at 'Jaws' Peahi on Maui.'

Chuck Patterson just put up some nice wave riding SUP shots from Tahiti on FB. Check them out ...


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Well, it isn't standup, although you do need to standup at some point. It's skiing, with poles and everything, this difference is it is in water and at Jaws in Maui. Chuck Patterson takes us on an intriguing ride. Wonder what size ski pole bails he uses?



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Love the snow in the mountains, Chucks run at Jaws looks great too!

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I don't know if you should run if you see one of these or change breakfast cereals.

Happy Easter!

"Top maui paddlers run the north shore of Maui in open ocean stand-up boards gliding on open ocean wind swells."

A look at a classic Maui Standup downwinder.

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"The Surfboard That Changed A Papua New Guinea Village

by steve casimiro on May 11, 2011 · 0 comments
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It sounds like something from a post World War II cargo cult: Three decades ago, an Australian pilot leaves a surfboard in a remote village in Papua New Guinea called Vanimo. The village, which lacks rudimentary facilities like electricity or running water, becomes surf crazy. Fast forward to today, when Papua New Guinea is holding it first national championship, with the winner being given the opportunity to travel to Australia and train with professional surfers."

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http://www.adventure-journal.com/201...uinea-village/

Rocket Ship Surfing
 

Check out http://www.watermonkeyshop.com for more blog posts and video!

Last week I made a 3 hour drive with a friend to get some waves on the east coast. Our first stop was Playa Linda on Cape Canaveral. I am proud to say that I am the last soul to have SUP surfed in front of the space shuttle Endeavor. This is the legend of the last cosmo SUP surfer and I'm sticking to it! Playa Linda closes a few days before any launch and we were able to squeeze in a session before it closed for the Endeavor's last lift-off early Monday morning.



As I was surfing I couldn't help but think of how cool it is to surf in front of a live space shuttle getting ready to launch into orbit only a few days later. I'm pretty sure there is nowhere else on this planet that this can be done. However, I would not doubt that somewhere on another planet an intelligent being is surfing star-dusted barreling waves on his surfing space ship. I'll be sure to share more of my intergalactic surf fantasy another time. For now, check out the video of my rocket fueled east coast surf trip!

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Pig Hunting in New Zealand on an SUP. He has two pigs strapped down on the front of his board. (Photo via Alex Agera on FB)

Now, did he nail the pigs in the bush or while swimming laps? Hard to say. We can hope the guy never paddles across making it as far at the Exumas in the Bahamas. This friendly ocean-going swine might well be for the knackers if so.

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Swim fast guys, never know what might float up on you!
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Standup in a remarkable setting off Columbia and in the company of a breaching whale! Great shots from Blueline Standup Paddle Surf.

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and just to show they aren't biased towards warm destinations alone, here is a great video of paddling in Iceland!




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A very nicely prepared video on SUP in exotic locales using Cabrinha boards.
Pete C. paddles in on a monster wave, looking good!

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It's not standup, it's skiing waves with snow skis?! You've probably seen Chuck Patterson ski big waves in Maui with poles. I think he uses snow skis too.

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Chuck poles into a nice one


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Mike Douglas and Cody Townsend pose with their riding gear fresh from the mountains to Maui.

Checkout the video, these guys go FAST and real parallel to the wave crest. The tow in with a waverunner of course but once they get going, they go!




“A year in the making, Mike Douglas and Cody Townsend fulfill a dream of towing into big waves on skis in Hawaii. After 4 weeks, 5 broken skis, and 1 big scare, they proved that it is, in fact, possible. Is it cool, or is there a future for skiing on waves? Decide for yourself.”

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"Mike Douglas and Cody Townsend: The Pro Skiers
Mike Douglas produces a TV series called “Salomon Freeski TV” that covers every part of the freeskiing world, including wave skiing. Douglas and fellow skier Cody Townsend set off on a journey to Hawaii after asking themselves the same question many pro-skiers who surf have: I wonder if you can ski on a wave? Townsend said the idea came to him while he was checking the waves in Santa Cruz, California. “It suddenly occurred to me that a wave had a similar steepness to a lot of the runs up at Squaw. From that moment on I knew that it would one day be possible to ski on a wave,” he said. The duo tried out a few different ski-binding setups before the trip, including water skis and trick skis, and eventually decided for safety reasons that downhill bindings were the best choice because they were able to get their skis off in the water most easily through the familiar system. “We determined through testing on the lakes that the only boot and binding system that we could get off every time was alpine boots and bindings,” Douglas said. In Hawaii they hit waves by getting towed in on jet skis, and also used the wind to give kite-skiing a try."
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"Heaviest waves of the Day TEAHUPOO billabong Mega Swell"


Some more images from this years event:

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Stills from http://www.fantasysurfer.com/news/

Wind drives us, water too. Sometimes waves come from afar traveling to an area of calm or even opposing breeze. This is what happened off Santa Barbara recently. Thanks to Blueline for the great images.


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From Blueline Standup Paddle Surf Facebook page

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Some incredible images off Mike Neil's (neilstudios.net) Facebook page!


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Don't lose speed now!


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That is some impact and only on the near vertical face of the wave. The real fun is yet to come.

KELLY SLATER - TOP 10 WAVES OF 2010

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"Photographers Nicholas Routzen and Emiliano Gatica were tasked with capturing the sensuality of the Miss reef and the true essence of Puerto Rico. Latin beauties mingling with exotic locations like Isabela, Aguadilla, Rincon , the waterfalls at San Sebastian, the caves in Arecibo and Viejo San Juan created an awe- inspiring backdrop to create some truly memorable imagery. This year The Miss Reef Calendar is a coffee table book that contains 52 pages"




Ok, so the videographer/editor have a strong butt fixation. You have to admit they did some creative work in contrast, texture and motion insetting stray parts of anatomy. Things like hair, hands, etc., not just bottoms. They did this while exploring PR, apparently Reef is going to feature Latin America over the next few years in their calendars.


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The calendar book in question


You can checkout what's inside HERE


You can buy a calendar for $10. USD if you would like HERE


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Some intense tow-in action from Maui

"Rob Machado and friends go for a scary, windy SUP adventure. The crew starts at Turtle Bay, rides open ocean swells down wind and
eventually ends up back on dry land at Waimea Bay. Video: PK"



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Rob Machado, I missed him in the clip, anyone got any fish?

Paddling into monster waves in Jaws off Maui, no skis tow-in involved. Serious surfing with penalties for the slow, uncommitted or the unlucky.

"01.04.2012 Historic Jaws Paddle Session. Join Here http://www.facebook.com/puredigitalmedia 30+ of the Top Paddle In Chargers were present & accounted for. The Usual & Not So Usual Suspects, Marcio Freire Sion Milosky Greg Long Shane Dorian Ian Walsh Kaleo Amadeo Francisco Porcella Yuri Soledade Matt Meola Albee Layer Tyler Larronde Ramon Navarro Carlos Burle Danilo Couto Dave Wassel Alex Gray Dusty Payne Edson Da Silva Kohl Cristenson Grant Twiggy Baker Mark Healey Shaun Walsh Garrett Mcnamara Rodney Kilborn Handsome Bugga Productions Kai Lenny Jeff Rowley Oxbow Red Bull Oneill Billabong XXL Quiksilver"

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