Skills and drills to boost paddling thrills
While gentle cruising offers an achievable entry point into the sport, the most exhilarating stand up paddling areas require greater skill and balance. [...]
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Feel and timing to harness your paddling power
Timing in paddling is equally essential for performance. You can see timing in action when you watch a good paddler. [...]
Acceptance – SUP in waves with Real Surfing Magazine’s Steve Halpin.
Words: Steve Halpin Pics: Steve Halpin, various Steve Halpin is owner/founder/editor of Real Surfing Magazine. RSM aims to represents what’s really going down on UK beaches [...]
A cautionary tale – knowing your limits with David Tidball
Words: David ‘Tids’ Tidball It was nearly 25 years ago I drowned in the Great Storm of 1987… With the advance of Hurricane Ophelia I was helping a young in the [...]
Living (and loving) to log – the art of longboard SUP surfing
Words: SUPM and Al Reed Pics: SUPM, Freshwater Bay Paddleboard Co., Jason Swain, Ian Pacey As stand up paddle boarders we’re free to roam and paddle free, across all [...]
Northern stoke – SUP surfing, late winter
We’re always happy to receive contributions from readers – pics, vids or articles. And this series of snaps from photog James Coils is one of the more recent. [...]
Outrigger: In it for the fun – UK OC1 paddling with John Galilee
Profile: The Waterman Pics: John Galilee, Outrigged Paddle sports (and ocean sports in general) have huge synergy between disciplines. In this day and age it’s common to [...]
SUP: Out of the blue – Carl Prechezer (Blue Juice film director) interview
Interview: Tez Plavenieks Pics: Carl Prechezer Towards the end of the 90s there were a flurry of Brit flicks popping onto our cinema screens –the UK film industry was [...]
Surfing: Fun in the tropical sun – Tobago Pro 2016 surfing highlights
As far as epic point breaks go this little gem in Tobago, Caribbean, sure served up the goods for the Tobago Pro 2016 surf contest. Check out the vid for all the [...]
Surfing: Mason Ho and friends – Rock Lobsters reef dodge surfing
Obviously Mason Ho and friends don’t really care too much for their own personal surfing safety. Don’t believe us? Then check out this nuts edit of the crew [...]
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