Free SUP demo tomorrow…Sunday 9-noon…call the shop 805.962.SUPS (7877)…or email I N F O @ S U R F I N G S P O R T S (dot) C O M for details…

We’ll have our line of awesome wood boards…Starboards…Focus Hawaii…and, the NSP and Coreban reps will also be there with their lines…

Before you buy a wrongboard at KOSTMART, come and paddle the best built, best value standup paddle boards on the market…boards designed for MAINLAND water conditions…boards that don’t have some fake Hawaiian HOLYHEHESILLY name…boards that hold their resale value from companies that have been and are going to be around years from now…plus, you really didn’t need a year’s supply of toilet paper or a 50lb bag of chocolate covered raisins, now did you?…;-)

We have killer deals on heaps of clearance and lightly used SUP’s…

The weather is looking to be nice and sunny with a warming trend…water temps are as high as we’ve seen them in over a year…

You’re always welcome to come on out and paddle for the fun and social aspect…

We will have a few boards from our new SUP line…

and, the rep for Coreban will also be on hand with a sample of boards to try…

…there will also be a couple of other new boards to paddle…

We were blessed with a gorgeous Santa Barbara sunny summer Sunday for our SUP demo yesterday…perfect day to learn to standup paddle or try a bunch of different boards back to back…and, just hang out and socialize with other standup paddlers…we had folks from Michigan, Australia, Thailand, and all over California show up…

We brought 80 sign in forms and ran out way before the demo concluded at noon…

Miles of smiles…Preaw from TAP Thai in Santa Barbara…the tastiest and healthiest Thai food restaurant in town…she told me that she couldn’t swim…I told her to trust me that she wouldn’t fall off…she trusted me and she didn’t fall in…in her own words…” I am a representative from Thailand for a non swimmer paddling! i’m sure my whole village would be so proud of me! haha”

We make sure that everyone gets proper paddling technique instruction…it’s an easy sport…but, you got to have the fundamentals down…

More tandem fun…how cute is this?!?!…

Click for GALLERY of more pics from yesterday’s July SUP demo…

We have another of our popular free SUP demos going on today (Sunday) from 9 – noon…call the shop at 805.962.7877 (SUPS) or email i n f o (AT) s u r f i n g s p o r t s . c o m for details…

BYOP (Bring Your Own Paddle) if you have one…

Before you buy a wrongboard at KOSTMART, come and paddle the best built, best value standup paddle boards on the market…boards designed for MAINLAND water conditions…boards that don’t have some fake Hawaiian HOLYNILLYWILLYSILLY name…boards that hold their resale value from companies that have been and are going to be around years from now…plus, you really didn’t need a year’s supply of toilet paper or a 50lb bag of chocolate covered raisins, now did you?…;-)

We have killer deals on heaps of clearance and lightly used SUP’s…

The weather is looking to be nice and sunny with a warming trend…water temps are as high as we’ve seen them in over a year…

You’re always welcome to come on out and paddle for the fun and social aspect…

We will have a few boards from our new SUP line…

and, the rep for Coreban will also be on hand with a sample of boards to try…

…there will also be a couple of other new boards to paddle…

We finally got the weather to cooperate a little bit for our monthly SUP demo…only a few peaks at the sun…but, it kept the water conditions smooth and glassy…

Thanks to all of the folks that drove down from Monterey Bay, San Simeon and Arroyo Grande on the Central Coast…and, up from Los Angeles and Ventura County…as well as out from Las Vegas, NV to test ride over 30 standup paddle boards that we had available…and, to those who drove home with new boards and paddles, a special thanks for making us your new SUP supplier…mahalo…

Elliot and Ann checking out the glide on 10’3″ Mahalo and 11’1″ One World…part of our new SUP line…

A lot of work goes into schlepping the boards to the beach and finning them up…not to mention the cleanup afterwords…the stoke and gratitude that people have on the beach…and, especially out on the water…makes it all worthwhile…

H20 beading up on our new lightweight SUP pads…

The Starboard Fisherman is the perfect family board…

More demo shots here…

Jackie’s new 11′ Focus Hawaii “Cruiser”…she matched it up with a new lightweight and efficient paddle…we’re stoked to help her get the right gear after wasting money on some “standup falloff” crap she bought off of Craigslist…give us a call or ping on email if you want to get the right gear the first time…but, don’t just take our word for it…here is a decade’s worth of some of the best customer testimonials that we have received…

Jon stylin’ his new 8’5″ Coreban Nitro…

Special thanks to Roland, and the Coreban team, for their continued support of our free SUP demos…

We have another of our popular free SUP demos coming up on Sunday from 9 – noon…call the shop at 805.962.7877 (SUPS) or email i n f o (AT) s u r f i n g s p o r t s . c o m for details…

BYOP (Bring Your Own Paddle) if you have one…

We have killer deals on heaps of clearance and lightly used SUP’s…

The weather is looking to be nice…unlike last Sunday with that freak late season rain…

You’re always welcome to come on out and paddle for the fun and social aspect…

We will have a few boards from our new SUP line…

and, the rep for Coreban will also be on hand with a sample of boards to try…

…there will also be a couple of other new boards to paddle…

Our special Valentine’s week SUP sale is underway…look for killer deals on heaps of clearance and lightly used SUP’s…

We’ll also have a huge yard sale Saturday and Sunday with lots of boards looking for a new friend to share the water with on display…find your sweetie a gift that will keep on giving…and, don’t forget about our gift certificates…sure to make your loved one smile…{:~)

We have another of our popular free SUP demos coming up on Sunday…call the shop at 805.962.7877 (SUPS) or email i n f o (AT) s u r f i n g s p o r t s . c o m for details…

BYOP (Bring Your Own Paddle) if you have one…

The weather is looking to be nice…the last couple of days (weeks) have been Chamber of Commerce beautiful…;-)

Come on out and paddle as it looks like we may be in for a series of storms later next week…BYOP (bring your own paddle) if you are holding…

The reps for Coreban will also be on hand with a sample of boards to try…

We had a great turnout for our first SUP demo of the year yesterday with folks coming to Santa Barbara from Michigan, Carmel…Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo County…despite the cool weather with air and H20 temps in the mid-50′s, it was a gorgeous day with the stoke level running red hot for standup paddling…

Lots of families taking advantage of our free instruction of SUP fundamentals…and, super stable boards…

We even had a Rabbi stop by to give it a go…he has never done standup before…I was able to keep my promise to him that he wouldn’t get wet or lose his glasses…even, talked him into giving my 8’6″ Jammer a go…and, he stayed dry!

Somebody up there must be watching and listening because I’ve made the same promise to a nun and a Buddhist priest and kept it…;-)

God is dog spelled backwards…is it not?…makes you wonder in light of the Arizona tragedy, why people can’t learn unconditional love for each other?

Our Chocolate Labs, Molly and Annie, befriending a complete stranger…and, vice versa…

Koren’s new puppy, Montana, standup piddling…er, uh, I mean paddling…;-)

The Starboard Big Easy is a great family board…tandem paddle…take your dog…windsurf on it…Warren and Koren were convinced and took one home…

Monica with her daughter tandem on the 2011 brushed carbon 11’2″ x 30″ Blend…this Monterey County family took home a Blend in Silver and a 10’5″ Drive in Aqua…perfect family combo…

Ohana stoke…the whole reason that we’re in this business…

Lots of other newly stoked clients left our shop yesterday…

Candy Apple and Donna…fun folks and great waterwomen…

There’s over 130 images from yesterday’s SUP demo in this GALLERY…