NE Florida Paddle at The Ichetuknee River

Hooked up with my brother Keith to paddle some fresh water springs  NE of Gainesville Fl. 

The Ichetuknee River and Ginnie Springs 

Great couple days paddling through these clear water springs and rivers. Manatees and divers exploring 

the deep water holes. Old Florida is beautiful with the cypress and longleaf 

pine forests. You can imagine what it was like to paddle down these rivers like the Native Americans did centuries ago. A walk back in time.  Wonderful state park to explore and reset.

Check out the Florida state park system.  

www.floridastateparks.org/ichetucknee

 

Manatee feeding in the river

 

My bro and zi

On the river. 

Divers training in some of the deep water holes.

 

Late Nov. Surf

Able to snag a few wave just before thanksgiving. 

Humbled and grateful I can still surf at 59 years of age. 

ALOHA

 

A wave or 2 on the 9-0 x31 Infinity New Deal

Rick Lawson and  I paddled out to Honor our Friend, Jerre Weckhorst who passed 2 years ago on the 5/21/21 

Great surfer, travel partner, can build anything  and even a better person

 We all miss you Jerre

ALOAH. 

 

Sunday, Back at it

Just had my stitches removed and was great to get back into the water. A bit choppy with onshore wind but was awesome to glide across natures energy. I hopped on Uncle Ricky's 9-4 VESL board for a few waves.

 Large and stable, too much fin. need some smaller fins IMO.

Love the infinity 9-0 x 31 New Deal Great board for our lil waves here on Hilton Head. 

Enjoy and Aloha.

 Red VESL above and the Infinity 9-0 New Deal Below.

ENJOY   Y'all

Infinity SUP. Wide Speed / New Deal

Infinity SUP 

7-11 x 30 Wide Speed

9-0 x31 New Deal

Great boards,  Two totally different shapes.

Wide Speed,  7-11 x 30 /115L

Traditional looking short board with the fuller pointed nose and wide squash tail. Beveled rails on the bottom for rail to rail transition. Double concave throughout tail mimicking Tri-hull design. Multiple fin boxes for your liking.  SUP-spension Tech carbon lightweight and solidly durable.

Flowing ride that is stable and fast.  'WIDE SPEED' 

New Deal 9-0x31 / 125L

Its performance style longboard shape with the thin rails and concave like short board characteristics. Performance shred machines. Fast, responsive and stable oriented SUP's. Has a single wing rounded pintail.  Incredibly light with the SUP-spension TECH durable construction. 2+1 Fin configuration 

My Go To Board here in HHI   SOOOO responsive.. LUV It

Check out these and the other insane Surf SUP's Infinity has to offer. 

"3 Striped mafia"

 Infinity SUP.

 

ALOHA 

 

SOUL SUP Boga board demo

Bogaboard's 8-5 x 31x 4.25 123.9 liters, El Ocho , SUP surfing Hilton Head Island's 3-4 ft waves with SOUL SUP and Jiva Yoga Center

8 years ago. Enjoy

 https://youtu.be/U11aJw_vwcw

Infinity Wide Speed 7-11 in action.

Here is the little vid of the Infinity 7-11 Wide Speed. 

Hilton Head Island in mid January

https://youtu.be/GwVcTlC3qHY 

Infinity New Deal 9-0 x 31

Having fun on the Infinity New Deal. 9-0 x 31 

 Great float for my 190# frame, really stable paddling out and piercing through the surf and on coming waves. The rounded pintail make the board loose and maneuverable. I have it set up as a 2 + 1 fin set up. The board is really light with its ''SUPspention teck '' carbon fiber technology.

Its a longboard type model with short board characteristics in a SUP model 

Im blown away at the exceptional maneuverability the board display. You're able to glide along early on the wave so you're ready to set up down the line. I live the fact you and bury the tail and drive the rail. 

Definitely a board to have in the quiver. Great for those 1-2 foot days but does excels in the head high plus too. I probably could step down to the next size smaller but being comfortable is key waiting for waves.

Here his the link to the New Deal and Infinity SUP products. 

Enjoy and stay In-Joy

 https://infinitysurf.com/collections/sup-surf/products/the-new-deal-1

 

Infinity Wide Speed 7-11

Some pics on the new Infinity  7-11  Wide Speed. 

Great little board at 115 liters. Supports my weight at 185 lbs

Have it set up as a quad (med size) plus Nubster.  Loose and provides hold. Still getting use to the 

angled / or beveled rails on the bottom. They do allow rail to rail flow but standing waiting for waves its a tad tipsy. Still experimenting with different fin configurations. 

Why the 7-11?  I had ordered and received  the 8-2 Wide Speed at 125L and the squash tail on that board was way too wide. I could not get drive down the line and maneuvering the board it felt stiff.  Tried so many fin set up Thruster, 2+1, quads of different sizes and flexes and added center nubster. Could nor get it to move or flow.  Luckily I was sable to downsize to the 7-11 version at 30 wide. The tail was much smaller and was able to put the board where I wanted. Stability is a bit more challenging but it's so doable. 

Only had 6 sessions on the smaller Wide Speed. 

More to come... 

 Fun rights 

Speedy lefts.

Enjoy having the break to myself and surfing alone.

Its a floater!

First session on the board down in Cocoa Beach

Thanks to  Girard Middleton at 

SoBe Surf.  Aloha 

 

Fun Summer waves

Started riding a Infinity 9-0 x 31 New Deal 

Fun longboard style sup. Wave catcher and stable at 126L

have it set as a 2+1 with center 6"TK Flex fin way forward on the box & 3.25 sides. 

Works for me.  Waiting for some sizable surf. Missed Earl swell . Was on the IR with stitches in my chest. 

Wear Sunscreen and sun protection.