Indholdsfortegnelse for SUP World Magazine 2015 i Kayak Session Magazine

"Whatever the craft, as long as you have a paddle in your hand." For many years,“paddlesports” primarily meant canoeing or kayaking and the main differentiating factor was the type of water paddled: rivers, lakes, or oceans. Over the past ten years, a few new and very popular forms of paddling have appeared (or re-appeared), with stand up paddling and kayak fishing representing two of the biggest trends. But paddling culture in many different forms also goes back hundreds of years. Outrigger canoeing in the Pacific Islands and kayaking in Greenland are two of the best-known examples, and a great many ethnicities around the world have their own historical form of paddlesports. Paddling is no doubt a current affair, but today’s paddlesports and their associated events made all the richer by…

Tidal bores (mascarets in French) have always intrigued me. My first experience was in 2014, on an epic trip to India near the city of Calcutta. It was an amazing and unforgettable experience, not in the least because I was in the company of Anthony Colas, author of the book Mascaret, l’Onde Lunaire (Tidal Bore, The Lunar Swell), which thoroughly explains the tidal bore phenomenon. I couldn’t have found a better teacher; in just a few days, he managed to pass on much of his knowledge and passion to me. Back at home, I was determined to find a French mascaret and I started searching for options, places, times, tidal differences and strengths. I chose to focus on a tidal bore around the Mont Saint-Michel, in the northwest of France.…

It was three years after my first big crossing, and here I was again, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with no land in sight.The night before, I had slept on and off and gotten enough rest, but now deflating my bed and strapping the gear bags tight to the board, I felt seasick again. The three different cross swells didn’t help. Two minutes after choking down a small breakfast, my body rejected it. I knew I had better pull myself together and get some food and liquid in or this was going to be a long and very tough crossing. I was just 30 miles into a 180-mile crossing between Tahiti and Bora Bora. I had fallen in love with these islands and their people after sailing there…

In this column,SUP athlete and instructor Harmony Dawn shows us how to up the exercise ante on our next SUP outing. Stand Up Paddling is exercise in disguise. Whether you’re surfing,downwinding, paddling whitewater, racing or just out for a cruise, you will burn calories with this full body workout. The natural instability of a SUP board is enough of a challenge for many. For those seeking to add more to their fitness routine, endless options exist. Keeping things interesting and entertaining gets me excited and I like to pass that on to the people I teach. Why bring your boring old push ups, squats and planks from the gym onto the floating mat when you can create fun and functional full body workouts on the water? Below I suggest exercise…

“There are developing countries and there are endangered species. The republic of Kiribati is an endangered country.” This is how Julien Blanc-Gras’ begins his book Paradise (before liquidation), which outlines the threats of sea level rise to these remote islands. Spread over more than a million square miles of ocean, Kiribati’s total landmass covers only 310 square miles. The population of the republic is 100,000, with more than half of those residents living on the capital of Tarawa Atoll. Scattered throughout the Central Pacific, the islands have long been isolated and relatively unknown. A once a week flight from Hawaii to Christmas Island (named so because it was discovered on Christmas day) has reduced the level of isolation, and the growing climatic threat has brought the entire nation out of…

SWM: Tell us about yourself and how you got involved with creating the Stand Up World Tour and the Stand Up World Series. TB: My name is Tristan Boxford, a British Citizen, but Hawaii resident. My involvement in ocean sports goes back as far as I can remember. As a passionate swimmer almost before I could even walk, I first stepped on a windsurfer at about two years old. Fast forward 13 years, and my obsession for being in the ocean was all encompassing, with my first trip to Maui as a sponsored windsurfer at 15 and turning pro upon leaving school. I kept up with my studies earning me an Honors Degree in Business and Languages, and my frequent trips to Hawaii led to me establishing myself there full…

To wear,or not to wear: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous regulation, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? These are the unforgettable words of Shakespeare. Or at least if he had been a paddleboarder, those would have been his words. For paddleboarding is afflicted with an onslaught of regulation from government functionaries who haven’t the faintest clue what is, or is not, safe in this sport. Despite the increasing prevalence of regulation, independent consideration of safety in different situations on the water is still a worthwhile exercise, and an important part of paddling. It doesn’t take a genius to see that the largest floating device in close proximity is the…

Access to river waves has changed dramatically in the last 10 years, and along with that the demographic of the wave seekers has also shifted. From almost exclusively whitewater kayakers, now we see boogie boarders, SUP paddlers, and surfers exploring river waves. The world of river surfing is blowing up all around the world. One reason for this shift is that whitewater parks and waves are being built where once there was only moving water or small featureless rapids. Additionally, the Internet now makes it very easy to assess flows and wave quality with live webcams and real time flows. In terms of SUP equipment, better boards designed specifically for river waves have made it more fun and exciting, drawing more paddlers to the sport. Currently, river surfing occupies a…

I was born and raised in Friesland, the northern province of the Netherlands, where the Eleven Cities Tour happened close to home.Thousands of enthusiasts skated the 220 kilometers through the Eleven Cities in one day. Both the pros and the amateurs would start in the morning, 12 kilometers from my house, and had to make the finish line before midnight. Millions of people would come to Friesland to encourage the ice skaters from early morning until the late and dark hours of the night; the spectating was an entire happening in itself. My family and I would get up early and follow the updates closely by TV and radio until the time was right, and we would head towards the Eleven Cities route by ice-skate to support all our heroes.…

Whitewater SUP paddling introduces you to a plethora of different water features. In this article, I will explain how to face and successfully punch through waves and holes on the river. Having this skill mastered will be essential to minimizing your chances of falling and increasing your success and enjoyment on the river. Punching through waves and holes on the river starts with recognizing the angle of your board to the wave or hole. In my opinion, this is the most important factor to successfully navigating these features. This concept is similar to how you would punch through a wave on the ocean. Essentially, it is imperative that you paddle at the wave at a 90-degree angle so that you’re hitting the wave with the nose of the board and…