Big shout out to everyone that helped make many new standuppers today in Santa Barbara…our staff and a number of friends helped to facilitate a standup demo/clinic for SB’s Momentum 4 Life group…several people pointed out that today set new records for numbers of standuppers on the water at one time in Santa Barbara…and, for how many new standup paddlers were baptized…including a 82 year old guy with two knee replacements…

Miles of smiles…on another perfect day in paradise…

There will be many more images coming once we get a slow moment to edit up a few gigs…;-)

The folks at Red Bull
are a major sponsor of pro surfing and many other watersport events…so it was only a matter of time until they decided to give standup paddling a go…of course, they chose Santa Barbara (the SUP mecca of North America) for their initial baptismal…go figure…;-)

Live music…a flotilla of Naish standup paddleboards, great food & drink provided Shoreline Beach Cafe…and a supply boat just offshore loaded with (what else???) Red Bull and dancing girls…talk about a carrot on the end of a stick…;-)

Everyone was game to standup paddle at our dynamic waterfront venue, even with the brisk afternoon sea breeze…which BTW, was enjoyed by Wet Wednesday boat racers…and Nite Moves swimmers and runners…powering upwind and current…

Pro Red Bull athlete Kai Lenny (Maui) was flown in to help with the standup paddle instruction…he took advantage of the breeze to do a downwinder from the offshore Red Bull mother ship, using a surfboard as a sail…

More pics in this gallery…

If you are interested in doing a corporate team building event or retreat, or private group clinic / party, involving standup paddling at this venue in Santa Barbara, we can arrange event and hotel logistics for you…just give us a shout out to schedule…

Another Santa Barbara standup paddleboard demo goes off in sunny gorgeous weather…

The ocean conditions were a bit raw early…but, laid down as the day went on, becoming glassy with some serious wind swell…very challenging for our local first time paddlers and visitors…some of which came from as far away as Oklahoma and North Carolina…to pick out standup paddleboards for us to ship back home for use on their lakes…

They had to choose from offerings by Ron House, Gerry Lopez, Starboard, Naish, Jimmy Lewis, & Bill Foote to name a few…

Standup paddles from Quick Blade, Werner, Sawyer, & Aquaglide…

We also had some gorgeous locally hand made standup paddles on exhibit…
Check out these sweet Hawaiian print and snake skin standup paddleboard paddles…

Stay tuned for upcoming announcements about our standup paddling clinics and corporate team building events…

PWA pro Levi Siver…waterman (wunderkid) Kai Lenny…and his dad Martin, made the sojourn from Hawaii to do a little standup and windsurfing in Cali…here are a few shots of Kai ripping on the new Naish SUP ripper…

Tucker Ingalls was ripping as well on the Naish 6’6″ surfboard…

Full gallery here…

What a day…(& evening to remember…;-)
Sunshine…warm water…lots of smiles…heaps ‘o fun…
Is it any wonder why the sport of standup paddle surfing has exploded here in Santa Barbara (& around the world) these last couple of years???
Click image below for some snapshots from this event…

It’s not everyday that a legendary shaper like Ron House shows up at your local beach just to chill and spread the stoke of standup…heck, Jimmy Messina (Loggins & Messina) came down to the beach to visit with Ron, who is also an accomplished musician…RH shown here stylin’ a new line of colorful standup boards that we are queuing up to be produced in a few months, with graphics by another legend , Drew Brophy…check out his website here…

Jimmy Terrell (Quick Blade), 4 time Olympic Canoeist, and owner of Quick Blade also came up to chill…this guy is a stud paddler…
Shown below muscling a little 6’6″ Quadfin kid’s standup paddle board around…

Muchas gracias to Jimmy Brewer (Blueline Paddlesurf) who is the proverbial Energizer Bunny…bottomless energy, enthusiasm, & stoke…his business card reads “SUP Stokemaster”…also, known as everyone’s “Huckleberry“…;-)
Regardless, of it’s origin…Jimmy Brewer adopts the useage from the movie “Tombstone“, where Doc Holiday (played by Val Kilmer) repeats several times in the movie, “I’ll be your huckleberry”…translation…BRING IT ON…whatever “IT” is…;-)

Major props to Santa Barbara dentist, Dr. Mark T. Weiser who enlisted Steve Marsh and his staff at the Shoreline Cafe in styling us out…ceviche…guacamole…buckets of Coronas…empanadas with the Chipolte dip…not to mention the final touch of the best damn corn dog in the world (mustard…ummm…) served up under a nearly full moon…;-)

Fun…fun…fun…hot & glassy fun with waves…

We’ve got a meet & greet with SUP shaper extraordinaire, Ron House, and Quick Blade SUP paddle manufacturer Jimmy Terrell tomorrow at Leadbetter Beach in Santa Barbara…

There will be one of Ron’s 14′ “Standamarans” there to demo…and a new kid’s board that we’re introducing…also, the new Gerry Lopez standup paddle boards…

We’ll get started ~ 9 AM…culminating with a party at Shoreline Cafe at Leds
from ~ 5 PM until sunset…Shoreline Cafe shown here at end of grassy area…

There will prolly be another demo where all of our boards will be represented
on June 7…barring inclement weather…

The newest members of the Santa Barbara standup paddling community, led by Ericka D, did a phenomenal job of “getting it’ in quite challenging “never-ever” conditions over the weekend…they had it all thrown at them…and were game…despite the wind, waves, current & chop they all succeeded in doing several down-winders standing up, and winding up back at the takeoff spot…knee paddling was the call in the wind…but, several of our class persevered standing up…several windsurfers and kiters were seen ripping around right after these shots were taken…