Friday, February 26, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Dry Land Strength Training Video
Here is a montage of some of our work outs at the fire station... lots of moves that improve shoulder, back, core and grip strength...
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Another SUP Speed Demon
Not 5 days after we posted our flat water speed record video... the guys at S.I.C. in Hawaii had to post their video... hmmm, it would seem that they might be a bit worried that us cold water boys might just one-up them with a SUP built with about $50 dollars worth of material...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Flat Water Speed Record?
Gary Seaman of Johnson Outdoors concocted a brilliant idea. Turn a surf ski into the worlds fastest SUP. We got it up to 9.0mph! It cruises comfortably at 6.5mph. Check out the video...
Saturday, February 6, 2010
NW Paddle Surfers Clothing
We just recieved a new batch of hoodies & paddle shirts (rash guards). Just click on the skull link above to access our store. Paddle safe & have fun!
Stand Up Paddle Magazine Article
Here is a link to an article I wrote that was originally printed in Adventures Northwest Magazine. Stand Up Paddle Magazine asked if they could post it on their web site...
http://standuppaddlemagazine.com/stories/42-magazine/102-finding-waves-100-miles-from-the-ocean.html
http://standuppaddlemagazine.com/stories/42-magazine/102-finding-waves-100-miles-from-the-ocean.html
Monday, February 1, 2010
Wakinikona OCC Paddle Race Results
81 crafts, mostly OC1's raced from Gas Works Park to Ballard and back on the 30th. Three SUP's took part. Also two prone Bark paddle boards.
I was first SUP in 1:10:57. I paddled my 18 foot Bark. Here are all the results...
SUP used for water rescue...
Over the weekend I had the good fortune of being in the right place at the right time to help rescue one man from Lake Padden when his canoe tipped over. Unfortunately, I was not able to find his partner who was found the next day. Here is the Bellingham Herald newspaper account...
Body of man believed to be missing boater recovered from Lake Padden
- THE BELLINGHAM HERALD
Divers have recovered the body of a man believed to have drowned in Lake Padden after the canoe he was in overturned Friday afternoon, Jan. 29.
The divers found the man and pulled his body from the water at about 2:40 p.m. Saturday.
Bellingham police believe the body belongs to Clay J. Weden, 28, but said official identification will be done by the Whatcom County Medical Examiner's Office.
Weden was in the canoe with Cole B. Smith, 28, when it overturned at about 1 p.m. Friday, said Mark Young, Bellingham police spokesman.
Smith survived but was unsure how the capsizing occurred, said Lt. Bill Slodysko.
People on the lake's shore heard the men yelling for help and called 911. The first officer to arrive, Ty Elmendorf, saw a friend, Beau Whitehead, who's a Bellingham firefighter but was off-duty.
Whitehead had two stand-up paddle boats and provided one to Elmendorf and used the other to paddle out to Smith, who was trying to swim for shore.
Whitehead rescued Smith and took him to Elmendorf, who brought him to shore with the help of Officer Don Almer, Young said.
Whitehead then turned back to get to Weden, but could not find him.
Whitehead reached the canoe and found two lifejackets on board.
Divers with Whatcom County Search and Rescue and crews from South Whatcom Fire Authority searched the lake until 6 p.m. Friday but had to suspend their search due to darkness.
At 9 a.m. Saturday, 26 people from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan counties began searching for Weden, said Whatcom County Sheriff's Deputy Mark Jilk.
The area where they believed Weden may have been was broken into a grid, and divers methodically combed through that area, Jilk said.
They battled poor visibility - at times they couldn't see beyond a foot or two in front of them - but eventually located Weden.
"Literally they're just going by feel," Jilk said. "They're doing it by the feel of what's in front of them."
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