Bob’s Best Videos and Ke NaluTube

When my brother Bob first started putting together collections of YouTube videos for Ke Nalu the choices were pretty skimpy, but somehow he still managed to find some really great stuff. These days there’s a lot of SUP on YouTube and the challenge is separating the gold from the dross. This month Bob really outdid himself. I’ve watched every one of these 12 videos a couple of times. The first one is some outrageous tubes at Puerto Escondido. From there the globe just keeps spinning: Gran Canaria, J-Bay, Indo, Ireland, Narabeen and on. Enjoy these.

I’m also working on Ke NaluTube, which will be our own high resolution HD version of YouTube, just for SUP surfing. I have it working pretty well. If you have a video you’re really proud of and you’d like to see it on the web at better resolution, let me know about it. We’ll be glad to put it up.

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Paddling Plymouth to Provincetown

My brother Bob is organizing a distance paddle event to go from Plymouth Massachusetts across Cape Cod Bay to Provincetown on the tip of the cape–22 miles. In a moment of weakness I said I’d participate. I’m kind of looking forward to it, but I need to train and there isn’t much time left–it’s August 9th. I haven’t done much paddling or surfing lately–I’ve been working feverishly on my race car–Peyote–that was damaged heavily at a race in Watkins Glen, NY last year. I’ve gained about ten pounds since I stopped surfing or windsurfing every day. I’m not quite as worried about the weight (though it sure would be good to shed it) as I am about general condition.

So last Monday I decided to do a long paddle just to see what it’s like. I did seventeen miles on the Willamette river, from Cathedral Park under the Saint John’s bridge to the dock at Tom McCall Park in downtown Portland, and then paddled back. The first leg I had a mild tailwind but I was paddling against the current. On the return I was going with the current but the wind picked up and I was struggling into a headwind. the last few miles were very tough.

Yesterday was a layoff day, I spent it working on my race car getting ready for the Portland Historic Races this weekend. Today I did 18 miles, from Fred’s Marina at the top of the multnomah channel to Rocky Point Marina and back. the trip downriver was into growing wind, with the last mile being very hard, paddling into at least a ten knot wind, with gusts to fifteen. Enough wind to make rollers and whitecaps in the middle of the river. On the way back I was paddling against a strong current with favorable wind. The rollers were big enough to surf, and I had a really good time.

I’m pretty sure I’ll be okay for the Cape Cod paddle. But I plan to train up until I get on the plane. Probably some shorter run–it takes a long time to do 18 miles.

2008 Maui Stand Up Board and Paddle Showcase

The muffled thump and curses in a Boston accent told me brother Bob had tried to move another palm tree with his face.

It’s nerve-wracking carrying boards, paddles, tents, coolers, tables and myriad other items across a pitch-dark park to the beach. Especially when you’re wearing the traditional Maui “slippahs”. Cheap between-the-toe thong sandals afford little toe protection from the myriad stumps, bumps and lava rocks. [Read more]