What You Won't See In Maine.

Aloha!

The Dog Days Of Summer.

It's a pretty damn good summer, so far.

I Love Rowing, But..... (Moving Pictures)

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Rowing a SUP? You've got to be kidding me. Two words: Rube Goldberg.

That's just ugly!

Do You Hate Wearing A PFD? This Could Be The Solution: An Inflatable Rash Guard. (Moving Pictures)

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What Did Laird Invent?

Who said you can't have fun with a canoe?

I Wonder Why Stand Up Paddling Is More Popular Than Sailing?

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You can bring a friend with you.

You can bring lots of friends with you!

You wouldn't want to do this with a sailboat.

Your kid won't become traumatized by a lunatuc sailing instructor screaming at her during sailing camp. It's just a about fun.

Versatility is the name of the game.
You can throw multiple boards on the roof of your car, so they're easy to transport. You can paddle them on rivers, lakes, bays and the ocean. You can go surfing.  You can practice your asanas on them. You can fish from them. You can even put a mast on one and go windsurfing. Clean up is a snap!

Now That His Work Is Done For The Year.

Santa's going to head out onto the water for a relaxing session. So have a great weekend (the last one of the year), and follow Santa's example. Try and make it out onto or into the water this weekend, even if it's just splashing around the bathtub.

Wahines In Moving Pictures.

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A SUPerb experience.

Wave Of The Day.

Foam fun.

Sunset Paddle.

I'm going crazy with my marginal photos by running them through Picasa's pencil sketch filter.

Have A Great Weekend!

Turn your eyes away from this shameful example from the half way house of bikinis.

Don't sweat it, just get out on to the water.

Just What We Need.

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More kooks on the water.
Brought to you by the guy who invented sit-on-top roto-molded kayaks.

Do You Remember When...

...Windsurfing was cool?
That's a long time ago, Joe. I think the dinosaurs were still roaming the Earth.

I think the whole Stand Up Paddle thing has reached a tipping point. 
Gotta love the Herb Tarlek shorts.

Stand Up Picnic Table Paddling.

Gee whiz, can you make it any wider?
I think I could do touch and goes off it's flight deck.

What Happens Next?

Don't try this at the beach, kids!
It'll all end in tears.

Open Wide And Say Ahhh.

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Try not to fall, old son. You could become lunch.
Why is this guy paddling with a Great White? 

Fish On Fridays.

You never know who you are going to meet when you go out for a paddle.
Holy moly Joe, that's a big fish! Good thing he only eats plankton.

Mike's Big Fish.

Hola Miguel, we found your fish. He's scoping out the waters around the Canaries.

Before SUPs Were SUPs.

Stand Up Paddling has been around along time.

Chinese fisherman on the Li River have been standing up on bamboo rafts and paddling for centuries.

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Yep, SUPs have been around along time.

Wa'SUP Santa!

Santa of the day.
Santa ain't no Iyengar yoga guy, dat's po suh brah!