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Oil and Water

Like the wicked sou’easters that pummel the Inside Passage all winter long, a storm is brewing on the northern coast of British Columbia that could threaten a paddler’s paradise and a pristine node of biological diversity.

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VIRTUAL COACH: Packing for a SUP Trip

08.04.2011 // 0 Comments

Video: SUP author and instructor Rob Casey’s 18 tips

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Rodeo Hole Show

07.14.2011 // 0 Comments

With a flow of 13,400 cfs, the Wenatchee River was cranking for this June’s 2011 Wenatchee River Festival. Thirty-three paddlers ranging in age from 13 to 67 competed in a variety of events ranging from a downriver race and river games to a surf competition in the world-class Rodeo Hole this June 11.

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FIBArk: America’s Oldest and Boldest Whitewater Festival

06.17.2011 // 0 Comments

The 63rd annual FIBArk Whitewater Festival—billed as America’s oldest and boldest whitewater festival—is underway along the Arkansas River in Salida, Colo. With events on tap including a hooligan race, freestyle kayak competition, slalom, wildwater series, Pine Creek boatercross, raft rodeo and sprint, a SUP triple crown, five running races, a mountain biking race, hill climb, parade, chain drain,

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Surf’s Up: Glenwood Springs

06.09.2011 // 0 Comments

There will be grass skirts, leis and luaus, Hawaiian beer—Primo, is the official beer sponsor—and of course a whole lot of surfing on some of the heaviest water ever seen in western Colorado. Flows at the Glenwood Springs, Colo., play park wave hit unprecedented levels this week—geese, apparently, can surf 25,000-plus cfs, no worries—but then again the park has only been around since March 2008.

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Video: Waveski Surfing off Maui

04.19.2011 // 0 Comments

Dig this sweet new video featuring Fletcher Burton and Tyler Lausten riding waveskis off Maui recently, then standing up and surfing… well, you’ve gotta see it to appreciate it.

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Santa Cruz Rules!

03.29.2010 // 4 Comments

Cynics be dammed: Paddlesurfers shred the ‘Lane

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Budweiser American Ale Taps World Champion Kayaker

12.17.2009 // 0 Comments

Olympian, four-time world freestyle champ Eric Jackson serves as ale ambassador Budweiser American Ale today announced it signed Olympian and four-time world freestyle kayaking champion Eric Jackson as an ambassador for the brand. Beginning in 2010, Jackson will be featured in Budweiser American Ale print and point-of-sale marketing, and the brand will have a presence [...]

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Round the Rock Stand Up Paddle Race

09.09.2009 // 2 Comments

Washington’s Mercer Island is set to host the Pacific Northwest’s largest Stand Up Paddle (SUP) race Sept. 27, 2009. All proceeds from entrants and sponsors will benefit the, Surfrider Foundation’s Seattle and South Sound Chapters. The Seattle and South Sound Chapters will be using funds raised to set up Blue Water Task Force (BWTF) labs. [...]

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Ta-Hoe Nalu SUP Race Sees 237 Entrants

08.25.2009 // 0 Comments

Ernie Brassard remembers when he was the only one using a stand-up paddleboard on Lake Tahoe, and he can just about list the names of all of the 35 participants in the first-ever Ta-Hoe Nalu, a casual, non-competitive race he organized in August of 2007. “It was almost like a private event,” says Brassard, 63, [...]

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