We has some surf today surging from the easterly fetch from tropical storm IDA in the Gulf of Mexico . Waves and conditions were choppy and waist to stomach high. Jamie, Rufus, Tim , Mark Wrey and I were out on the Stand Ups along with several other surfers scoring waves. Chris Black had this fast left and snapped it on top of the rebounding lip.. There was a lot of chop and bump on the wave face. It was 2-3 ft chop in a 3-4 ft wave.. We all had to work for it today and we were rewarded with some gems.. I snagged a few head high outside nuggets that i was able to carve several turns thru the inside. After a few hours i got out to shoot some video of Jamie. All of Jamie's rides occurred with in a 1/2 hour or so just after high tide.... He had one backside right where he threw the board on the lip and followed the wave as it broke.. Looked impressive in the stormy looking surf.. Looks like crappy, squally rainy conditions forecasted for Tues and cleaning up for Wed..

Great morning SUP'ing with friends

Was a beautiful November morning water 70* f air 70*f Little surf made for SUP fun.. RuRu , BA, Jesse, Scott and I had fun on our Stand Ups. Some pics of today...

RuRu Scott BA

BA on a little inside one

Jesse making it work

Sliding into a left

RuRu

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LOOK ....What is in our forecast window.

TS. IDA heading our way Looks like E to SE winds building a swell for Tues

thru the middle of the week.. Hurcn Ida will move N into the eastern Gulf of Mexico tonight and Mon...before making landfall along the north central Gulf Coast Tue. The remnant low of Ida is forecast to move E Wed and emerge off the NE Florida or se Georgia coast Thu. The pres difference between the low and large high pres to the N could produce dangerous marine conditions Tue through Fri...including gale force winds and high seas. = SURF !

Thursday fun little clean Session... LOVEN' IT

Fun small clean waves this morning. This is why we Stand Up Paddle Surf . Even the knee high waves are fun. Jamie, Jessica , Scott, Tim, Greg ,Danny Weiss and I enjoyed the SUPS session. Danny and Micky Weiss, German visitors attending a wedding here this weekend is a Kite /Sail boarder and SUP rider in Germany owning a Sail shop there.. Just of the Jet , on our beach and in the Atlantic catching waves on my SUP .. Fully stoked. Awesome to meet with him. Here is some video of this morning. Thanks for viewing.. MAHALO....

Tunes by CREAM... 'SWLABR'

Tim Santini

Jessica dropping in..

Small this evening, but cleansed my soul....

Finishing work after feeding 3,000 guests this weekend at the car show that was in town ,I was greeted with knee thigh perfect waves in the most colorful sunset and an even amazing full moon rise before it played hide and seek behind some stratus clouds.. Greg Smith was also out taking in the splendor and I took a few shots of him on some little waves. Although it was only an hour session on the Stand Up in natures wonder, my busy week was erased and my soul was cleansed after paddling and sliding down the line on my first wave.

Greg on a nice little left...

" Fenceline '' Great tune to a cool SUP footage

Sonny Esperanza with his White Plains Beach song "Fenceline".
Available @ iTunes, Amazon or Napster.
Fenceline - A Better Place CD
sonnyesperanzamusic@yahoo.com
Music Video Production by KahiwaKiwi Media Productions http://www.kahiwakiwi.com

SUP STORIES: Kainoa Beaupre 'Stand Up Project.'..

A little teaser of Kainoa on a 6-10 SUP

http://standupproject.com/site/

http://standupproject.com/site/2009/09/12/kainoa-bupre/

Here is the current topic of Kainoa Beaupre sharing with us his spirit of Stand Up Paddling.. Cool site bookmark it and watch it evolve...

Quote from The Stand Up Project site;

''Kainoa is one of the most dynamic stand up paddlers around. I have never seen anyone get such strange looks while walking down the beach with his board. But those stares turn to ones of awe when he paddles out and starts riding waves. A good person with a big heart and lots of passion for the sport. Kainoa is defiantly one of a kind''

Updated SUP used Board Prices on OHH.com

Thought I'd pass along that we've updated our prices on our '09 SUP boards online. No more sale prices on New boards, but Mike actually dropped the prices on most of the Used boards.

Here's the latest:

Your chance to get a good deal on a flat water Stand Up Board..

Jimmy Lewis Distance 12'6" $1699 - $1399
Jimmy Lewis All-Around 11' $1549 - $895
Jimmy Lewis All-Around 10'6" $1549 - $895
C4 Holo-Holo 12' $1795 - $895
Yolo-Yak $995 - $695

Greg SmithDirector of ReservationsOutside Hilton Head http://www.outsidehiltonhead.com/ 800.686.6996

These are the models offered

JL All-rounder

JL Distance

C4 Holo-holo

Little vid of today's SUP session...

I shot some Stand Up Paddle segments of my friends having a fun day at our Burke's Beach, Hilton Head It was thigh high fun with light NNE winds . Players; Scott Allen, Jamie Maples, Jesse Cadman, Greg Smith, and Perry Heartly.

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Out playing in the wave

Fun Surf Sat.

Has some fun surf with the strong Easterly wind push.. Weather was warm felt like pre-summer. Tim took a few shot as well as Greg Smith.

A little right

Jamie going around the section

Left toward the folly

Cooper home from collage took advantage of the surf..

Lip hit coop'

Steep drop close out

Looking ahead for the rebound..

C4 Sub Vector 9-3 , 9-6 , & 10-0 Comparison with C4's Todd Bradley

For all the C4 waterman Sub Vector fans, This is an interview I did with Todd Bradley over at the new C4 Waterman HQ on Coral Street. This video shows Todd explaining the difference between the original C4 9'3" Sub Vector and the new 9'6" and 10' Sub Vectors
Todd's Quote, ''The new C4 Sub Vector 9′6″ and '10-0" has a more progressive rocker for steeper, juicier waves. It’s also a bit thinner and narrower than the original 9′3″.

Thanks from www.standuppaddlesurf.net





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