Category Archives: SUP

Total Immersion: A Cornish kitesurfing holiday

I am delighted announce the details of Total Immersion, a trip designed to take you away from it all so you can concentrate purely on your kitesurfing at the best locations around Cornwall. Continue reading

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Legend of the Bay 2013

On the weekend of 27th – 28th April at Watergate Bay, a new type of surfriding competition took place, for the UK at least. The BKSA and BSUPA (national governing bodies for kitesurfing and standup paddle) got together to host … Continue reading

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Surf Sanctuary Ocean Confidence Course

 Hi crew, well I’ve been training and racking up the hours in the sea as usual, getting in and out of all sorts of scrapes, helping the odd person out here and there, reading and researching and learning about how … Continue reading

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SUP Magazine tracks the sport’s move into endurance territory

SUP finds itself fitting well into the classic endurance sports which as far as I can tell are making a huge comeback in terms of participant levels. I think for this reason, SUP will steadily rise to become that largest participant board sport in the world. Continue reading

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Warm, no crowds, offshore winds, pumping surf…stay home now.

**Big photos: click on an image, then click on it once more to view LARGE ** I did have plans to do a load of trips this winter, but after this Saturady just gone, all bets are off concerning the … Continue reading

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Alternative ways of doing surf spot research

An alternative way of finding your own secret spot Continue reading

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GoPro shots of other people riding Stand Up Paddle

Kinda like these shots, not just because they capture some fun days we had larking around on the SUP boards a couple of weeks ago, but because they give an idea of what the GoPro camera is capable of when you use it to shoot other people, and not just stick it on a mount and point it back towards yourself. Continue reading

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The ‘Right’ at La Santa, Lanzarote

You do hear all sorts of scare stories about the locals throwing stones at visiting surfers and car breaks ins and so on, and whilst I’m sure there’s no smoke without fire and that the Latino Islanders can be very protective of certain waves, the vibe in the water in these mellow waves was rather relaxed and jovial. Continue reading

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A left with much texture

The Canarian SUP adventure continues with a full day out at a bouncy, textured left-hand point break. I took some of my more interesting surf photos at this spot. Continue reading

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Standup Paddle Lanzarote: The firing range!

The thing is though, Lanzarote, unlike much of Europe, has no continental shelf sapping the energy from the waves. So what may have been a head high swell when it hits the UK looks a lot like this when it slams into the lava reefs of Lanza… Continue reading

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