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surfstar
climber
Santa Barbara, CA
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Jul 19, 2013 - 10:53pm PT
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SUPs irk me.
Give me the same feeling I get when driving by Mondos and fighting the urge to yell out my car window:
"YOU'RE NOT REAL SURFERS" to the hordes.
*shrug*
Hoping to get out tomorrow on my 6'2
=)
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Jul 19, 2013 - 11:09pm PT
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Just judging by the girls in these photos I would say it is a wonderful sport.
,,,,and...a pretty good vantage point for "bird" watching.
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Klimmer
Mountain climber
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Jul 20, 2013 - 12:12am PT
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SUPs irk me.
Give me the same feeling I get when driving by Mondos and fighting the urge to yell out my car window:
"YOU'RE NOT REAL SURFERS" to the hordes.
*shrug*
Hoping to get out tomorrow on my 6'2
=)
SS,
As my daughter would say "Surfstar are you jelly?" (aka jeolous)
Don't be a hater. For those who are really good on SUP its about 10:1 ratio for wave riding, I kid you not.
And there is plenty of room in the ocean for all of us. SUPers can quickly paddle to where its quiet, and where they won't upset the locals who might be prone to fist fights.
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MisterE
climber
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Jul 20, 2013 - 01:21am PT
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I saw one of them for sale at Sports Chalet the other day - those boards are like 12 feet tall and about $100/foot.
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Klimmer
Mountain climber
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Jul 20, 2013 - 01:36am PT
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You can get into it for about $400 bucks. CostCo. WaveStorm SUP.
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10b4me
Ice climber
Middle-of-Nowhere, Arizona
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Jul 20, 2013 - 01:48am PT
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one of my friends, who is an excellent climber, is also a very good SUPer in Tahoe
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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Jul 20, 2013 - 02:24am PT
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I recently saw an ad or a story or something about a yoga class on a SUP. Photo too. Wow, how exciting is that!!!111!!!
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Jul 21, 2013 - 11:38pm PT
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Well, my girlfriend and I tried SUP and it was fun! Here she is taking out at the end of a long day of SUPPING
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Jul 22, 2013 - 12:02am PT
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Hanta ledge rat...did your girlfriend forget her helmet...? RJ
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rincon
Trad climber
SoCal
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Jul 22, 2013 - 12:46am PT
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How about an inflatable sup?
Would it be boring if one were to pack in and paddle on backcoutry lakes?
Might be cool.
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Jul 22, 2013 - 01:49pm PT
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I think the answer to the original query "Is SUP as boring as it looks?" might be in this film by my friend Mike Waltze.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Jul 22, 2013 - 09:02pm PT
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kunlun_shan
The original stand-up whitewater pioneer was Jeff Snyder of West Virginia. He's been running class 5 rapids standing up for more than a decade. Here he is running a waterfall:
I think the answer to the original query "Is SUP as boring as it looks?" might be in this film by my friend Mike Waltze.
* SIGH *
I guess the answer is a resounding "YES IT IS."
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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Jul 22, 2013 - 10:37pm PT
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Boring? - it depends.
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Jul 23, 2013 - 02:13am PT
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I guess you're right Mr Rat, It is as boring as it looks!
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skywalker
climber
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Jul 23, 2013 - 02:52am PT
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Bump for those on board! As a few pointed out the Snyders started doing this stuff on some hard stuff (whitewater) in WV/ Maryland many years ago (20?). I suppose its been around in some form for some time but not on rivers like today and these guys rock! Visionary. The rumor at the time was that at least Jeff ran too many waterfalls in a kayak and his back was not up to his skill? So he started standing in a "ducky"? It turned alot of heads in the south.
Good stuff!
S...
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Jul 23, 2013 - 04:10am PT
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I kayak with Jeff Synder's brother fairly frequently... but I still don't buy into the stand up thing. And Jim is still a sit-down kind of paddler himself.
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skywalker
climber
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Jul 23, 2013 - 04:25am PT
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Yes SLR,
I don't know them personally. I've seen Jeff I guess on the upper but it was along time ago. As a 19 yr old they were gods. Jim was actually on NPR for Friends of the Cheat today.
Cheers!
S...
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