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ADLARD COLES
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CONTENTS
Reach for the stars.
Stand-Up Paddleboarding (SUP) is a combination of surfing and canoeing. It has only become popular since the start of the Millennium. Back in 2012 on popular beaches you probably wouldnt have seen more than a couple of paddleboarders. By 2014 it was often referred to as the worlds fastest growing watersport and regarded by some as the fastest growing of any type of sport.
Now those beaches could have 100 Suppers, and lakes, canals and rivers also have their share. Try it a couple of times and youll hopefully appreciate why. As a keen canoeist and kayaker, I thought: why stand when you can sit? After a couple of clumsy goes, the challenge of remaining on your feet and the satisfaction of thinking possibly to the tune by Elton John, Im still standing! had me, and my toes in particular, well and truly gripped, along with very many other people around the globe.
Sport doesnt have to be competitive.
A bit of guidance would have helped me and I suspect lots of others. Of those 100 people on the beach, it would be no surprise if 20 had their paddles the wrong way around. With a few tips, plenty would be able to paddle in a reasonably straight line or turn efficiently. Hence one reason for writing this book. More than just a comprehensive how to guide, it will hopefully enthuse you about the many ways to enjoy the sport and the various health benefits it brings. It will also describe the environments it enables people to explore and the wildlife that may be seen (this is my specialism).
There are many helpful tips and explanations in the following pages to improve technique but also other ways to derive more enjoyment from this wonderful activity. These include games and challenges, planning a safe tour based on the weather and tides, along with everything from racing to yoga and anything else that floats your boat (or board).
Try to improve your standing in a group.
Aloha! SUP surfers, Kauai, Hawaii.
Many cultures and parts of the world could claim to have come up with the idea of paddling small canoe-like craft in a standing position. These include Africa, the Middle East, China and South America, with a pre-Incan civilisation in Peru having a particularly strong claim from 2,000 years ago.
Perhaps writer, artist and lover of the Lake District Beatrix Potter should be credited as the pioneer of paddleboarding. In her charming book The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, published in 1903, the squirrels are pictured and described paddling to Owl Island in a standing position on little rafts. In 1953, inspired by seeing a picture in a magazine of an Australian lifeguard paddling a rectangular board, inventive British carpenter Charlie Force made a board which he paddled in Newquay Bay, Cornwall, laying claim to be the UKs first Supper.
Hawaiians benefit from a consistently clement climate, warm water and wonderful waves, but they certainly made the most of them through their development and mastery of surfing. As Supping is the offspring of canoeing and, perhaps more particularly, surfing, much gratitude must go to them. It is believed that as early as the 16th century they used paddles with large surfboards. In 1995 top surfers in Hawaii including Dave Kalama and Laird Hamilton began Supping as a form of training and had paddles specially made. A decade later SUP was diversifying from surfing into racing, touring, river paddling, yoga and fishing, and by 2006 production SUP boards became available.
What next? SUP may become an Olympic, Paralympic and Special Olympics sport?
The big SUPrise is that it didnt catch on earlier. Gorran Haven, Cornwall.
Inland, calm rivers offer a different experience.
Well look at kit in more detail later but heres a list of the important bits.
Your board should have a fin or some arrangement of three smaller fins underneath at the back. As a beginner it is far better to learn on an inflatable board. They inflate to be almost as firm as a rigid board, but if the waves smack the edge into your shin or if you fall on them its unlikely to cause pain.
Attached to the back of your board should be a leash. These should be one flexible length or short and curly (coiled). These not only prevent you from losing your board, but mean a stray board wont take out several other paddlers if you fall. They also connect you to a great buoyancy aid your board. Use the Velcro to attach the free end to either ankle. Most people put it round the ankle of their dominant side, or if youve tried surfing, the ankle of the foot you tend to put behind you.
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