SUP has to be the most crappest thing around.
Just like playing golf while riding a horse
Maybe shooting some pool while tap dancing could become the new pathetic sport?
I know! Playing cricket on a skateboard
I wonder if surfing while kayaking has been done? that would be lame.
Hang on, that would be SUP wouldnt it? Bunch of Baloney

Come on Greenroom, bet you haven't even tried it!

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Originally posted by Greenroom

SUP has to be the most crappest thing around.
Just like playing golf while riding a horse
Maybe shooting some pool while tap dancing could become the new pathetic sport?
I know! Playing cricket on a skateboard
I wonder if surfing while kayaking has been done? that would be lame.
Hang on, that would be SUP wouldnt it? Bunch of Baloney

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lets keep our anger for non aquatic really crap sports like rollerblading and competitive scrable

Gee, wonder what what would happen if you put a sail on a surfboard? Do we reckon it would be crap to sail while standing on a surfboard...........

Many sports are a hybrid or development of something.

If not, we would all be sitting around the cave getting fat!

Greenroom,

SUP is not out to replace or reinvent any of the existing board sports. It is an amazing way to get out on the water when normally condition would not permit.

Surfing, Sup will catch waves or even swells way before they break and continue to ride them through luls were no other surf craft can. The manouverability of the boards is amazing, I surf all boards from 10'6" mal to 9' performance mals, to 6'6" performance shorty's to 6'0" radical fish boards, I have 5 boards in my quiver and have found that sup fills in a space i never knew was there. I can turn my 11'6" sup harder and tighter than my 9' mal, it's amazing!

Paddling, great exersize! Sup is an altimate core muscle workout, most sport work on major muscle groups, leaving out the smaller supporting and core muscles. Sup is by far the best core workout I have ever had, and it shows when I go back to my other sports how much stronger I have become in my core. Also the benefit of standing while you paddle, you see so much more, fish don't seem to flea when they see you, and I have never seen so many dolphins so interested in a surfer/paddler before, About 2 months ago, I paddled with a pack of probably 30 dolphins for over 1 km, it was amazing, they swam literally right next to me the whole way. The sights you see while sup-ing are amazing, well more to the point it's amazing what you miss out on while lying down, or sailing.

Sailing, Sup sailing is something that I wasn't sure was going to take off. But after sailing in about 5-8 knots on maui, over head waves, I was so impressed with the performance in the waves with only a 4.7m sail. It opens up a whole new class of sailing, enabling old skool freestyle moves to be performed on wave faces, waves from ankle high to over head to be riden in very light winds, and well too. I have been windsurfing for over 15 years now, and don't think i have ever had as much fun messing around in light, smooth, sunny conditions ever. This could possibly bring another class to the wave sailing comps in time to come!

So Greenroom, stoked to hear your actually curious. SUP is not a new fad, it's the revival of an old one. Modern construction methods and materials have allowed this great historical sport to come back with performance unimaginable. They first time I SUP surfed was Nearly 4 years ago, and since then my skills have improved every session. Sup never ceases to amaze me, and there is still so much more to learn.

I hope you take the time to try it properly.

Regards,

JB

Greenroom,

Did you see some of the shots we got the other day,









This spot is nearly impossible to paddle into on normal surfboards as it's really fat all the way to the rock shelf, then is sucks out and is really fast, we were able to surf in on SUP's because we could catch them early and get through the fast section, the only other people out on this break are bodyboarders pulling into the fast section as closeouts. So there is definately uses for sup in the wave riding side of things were other craft can not make good use of a fun wave.

Also check out youtube, and search on "standup paddle surfing" there is heaps to choose from, like this link
that showcase the progression on wave riding SUP style.

I hope you get the chance to give it a try.

All the Best,

Regards,

JB

No I think JIGJAM is better!

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Originally posted by greenleader

i thought we could call the old guys "paddle pops"

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WHOOOFF!!!!!!!

But there is no boat?

How about STAND UP PADDLE! We could call it SUP for short.

JB

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Originally posted by Ian Grose

SUP pronounced S U P (as we do with GTS or SUV)

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yeah, but they stand for "Go To Sleep" or "Sell Ur Volvo"

we really need a good name, it's just that no one worldwide has thought of it yet.

I agree with "SUP". Everyone I know pronounces it "S" "U" "P" rather than making it one word. It's smooth and rolls off the tongue. Stand Up Paddle Surfing Magazine has also taken to the title of SUP. You can check out the site at www.supsurfmag.com.

i think the same with you greenroom,but i think these people sell them for a living so there got to talk them up? but who cares if it looks like stand-up goat-boating

The answer is simple.

It is goat-boating.

Don't try to deny it.

The photos look sick, keen to give one a go sometime- when are you bringing a demo to adelaide ?

Reverse skimboarding?

Lanky-man's surfing?

Bizzaro surfing?

Huck Finn going down the mighty mississippi with the slave on a wooden raft doppleganger lookalike sport?

that last one is a winner i think...looks like he's evading something www.seabreeze.com.au/gallery/gallery.asp?imageid=5589&shownew=on