John Zapotocky: Father of Stand Up Paddle Surfing

Last year at the Battle of the Paddle, just before the first race, an older gentleman came on the PA system and told the crowd about John Zapotocky, and how he was the true father of Stand Up Paddle Surfing. It was a good story, but at the end of it he said that John had no idea of how popular Stand Up Paddle surfing had become, because he was in a rest home, and wasn’t doing that well.

Turns out that John “Zapper” Zapotocky is doing pretty well for a 91 year old surfer dude, as this video from C4 clearly shows. Pretty inspirational stuff. Neat to hear that Duke Kahanamoku was a sweeper.

There’s a story on the C4 website: http://www.c4waterman.com/latest/demo-day-feb-6.html