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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Jul 23, 2013 - 07:16am PT
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Small world
And don't get me started on the C1 thing either.
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Leftwich
climber
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Jul 23, 2013 - 11:50am PT
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^ Oh... you mean the proper way to paddle a boat?
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Jul 23, 2013 - 12:05pm PT
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On no wind days here in the Gorge, people would grab their windsurf boards and go out onto the river, paddling with their masts. I think that's how the whole sport started, out of boredom.
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Jul 24, 2013 - 02:26am PT
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sup is the shit!
considered the sweepers of the ocean!
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Klimmer
Mountain climber
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Jul 24, 2013 - 03:09am PT
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Yep, I've heard them called ...
"Janitors of the ocean."
or
"Janitors of the sea."
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 31, 2016 - 05:09pm PT
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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Jan 31, 2016 - 07:30pm PT
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30 minutes, tops.
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Escopeta
Trad climber
Idaho
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Jan 31, 2016 - 07:34pm PT
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Just another contrived excuse to buy more sh#t. I would do it but I would have to pay someone to stand on the back of it with a cattle prod to keep me from falling into a boredom coma.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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Jan 31, 2016 - 07:38pm PT
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^^^^^. Yup
Susan
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Jan 31, 2016 - 07:45pm PT
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Two are hanging in my garage, I live 7 blocks from one of the most beautiful bays in the country- I'm climbing at Mt. Woodson almost every weekend.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
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Jan 31, 2016 - 08:41pm PT
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In any wave-surfing setting- SUP is always gonna be a contrivance.
Prone paddling and popping up "stands" the test of time.
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Jan 31, 2016 - 08:55pm PT
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[Click to View YouTube Video]
Hamish is just being Hamish..
sorry SUPer's ur loosing the battle it's much harder to short board let alone Long board..
To each his whatever..
I own 1 SUP and saving MONEY for another one but yet more high performance!..
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MisterE
Gym climber
Small Town with a Big Back Yard
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Jan 31, 2016 - 09:38pm PT
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Love this thread! One of the best.
Saving MY money for my declining physical ability compensatory easy sport, too!
LOL!
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Fuzzywuzzy
climber
suspendedhappynation
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Jan 31, 2016 - 11:08pm PT
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Depends. It's like everything.... You get what you put into it.
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landcruiserbob
Trad climber
PUAKO, BIG ISLAND Kohala Coast
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Ah Hammish makes some good and not so correct points. I surf both short board and a short paddle board 7'4" Naish Rocket here in Hawaii. Much more dangerous dropping into a slab here on a paddle board. The board has more volume, you have a paddle and all kinds of caca can happen when you get rolled. Not to mention punching back through without the ability to duck dive. I do pick empty waves over crowded waves in the big stuff. I will say it's certainly more dangerous for the operator and those around them. He is correct that it provided access to the waves without the understanding of how the wave hierarchy works. Here uncles have the right of way then who sits the deepest and most critical, but the deepest is now 20-30 ft further out on a SUP. It also opened up a lot of breaks prone surfers passed on over the years.
I spent 20hrs on my paddle board last week in 5-6ft Hawaiian waves, I only spent 2hrs on my surfboard. Fact is it takes less effort and you can ride waves all day on an sup and IMO it's actually more fun these days. We do need to police the lineup and teach this new generation the same way we regulated snowboarders tracking out a powder stash on one run. I was so guilty in the sideways movement....SUP is the snowboard movement of the 80's.
P.S just sit outside and down a bit from the grouchy surf pack, as uncle" says deh always miss da waves and just picke'm off one by one....
Aloha and be well
RG
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Picture taken on 12/15 at Pillar point.. SUP had it all to himself..
edit: Landcruiserbob love your comment's..
this is my fav:
P.S just sit outside and down a bit from the grouchy surf pack, as uncle" says deh always miss da waves and just picke'm off one by one....
Aloha and be well
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Escopeta
Trad climber
Idaho
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Let's be perfectly clear. There is stand up paddle-boarding and there is surfing. Those two activities don't overlap.
People have been paddling longboards into waves since the inception of the sport and, yes, it is a lot of board to manage and can be difficult in some wave conditions. At least for the first handful of waves.
Stand up paddle-boarding as "exercise" or even as a mode of locomotion on the water is a contrivance of the highest order. I'm awaiting the trolling motor mount for one.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Shetville , North of Los Angeles
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I bet SUP on Tenaya towed by an Opel is more fun..?
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