St. Augustine session today..

Drove down to Fla today visiting Mom and stopped in St. Augie for some clean glassy waves. 2-3 ft and SUP'er fun near 10th St.. Paddled up and down the beach catching waves on the sandbars with warm clear water seeing lots of bait and fish all around. Tarpon jumping outside the surfline. The water was full of life. What I discovered is the need to make more trips down here. Change of scenery is nice but the only thing missing was my friends..

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Some GoPro pics from today..

Morning SUP'er fun

One from the Morning Small thight high and clean SUP'er fun...

Hunting Island Surf trip ..

Headed to Hunting Island State Park early for the sunrise surf session. Waves were 3-4 ft with some head high waves. We surfed thru the tide swing and 3 hours after high tide. 5 hour surf session. Seppe, Jesse, Jordon and I had the waves to ourselves. Hunting Island is just an hour from Hilton Head with better surf but seems a world away from Home.

Seppe and Jordon ready for the surf..
Jesse taking a right off the Jetty

Glen looking

Off the top

Love snagging the rights off the rocks

Jordon getting his fill

Jesse putting it on the roof..

A world of fun rights for me

Seppe jammin' a turn in front of me..

Happiness is.....

Jordon's Lip service

SUP on the roof ..Jesse's big floater ..he made it too..

Hunting Isle Nuggets

Some fun Waves early in the morning...

Jesse and Seppe grabbed many waves early at sunrise. Jesse spun around and snagged the set wave of the day getting slotted before the curtain came down..

Jake The Salty 'SUP' Dog

Jake the Salty Dog Rides a Paddle Board in South Beach Marina on Hilton Head Island. South Beach Marina is the home of The Salty Dog Cafe and Island Water Sports.

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Today I dressed up in The Jake costume (Black Lab)for the Salty Dog in South Beach. I paddled around the marina being photographed by many and taking pics with guests.

Everette's SUP Pics from Sat

Some more shots from the Shred In Peace event this past Sat.

Ohana 14 ft TR

A Boardworks 14 ft TR ( Training/Racing) board by Ohana. Will be nice to paddle long distances on a board made for distance than a slower allround board. .. When I get on the board I'll take pics and give a review.

Ohana developed the 14’ TR (Touring/Race) to be an all around board for any level of paddler. However, once prototyped and tested we found this board to be extremely stable and very fast as shown in the Catalina Challenge by taking first place in the Womens’ division. The cutting nose entry and stable rail and bottom contours make this shape perform extremely well in rough and windy conditions into the wind, down wind and mixed swells. In flat water conditions the 14’ TR is the most quiet board we have developed.
The 14’ TR is constructed with 1 pound EPS foam, epoxy resins over 2 layers fiberglass top and bottom with another layer within the console area. Deck is gloss and polish with a sanded bottom finish. Shape includes a domed deck to repel water over the top surface and a flat console for foot placement. Console runs out the tail to remove any water which may wash onto the deck area.
Dimensions
Height: 14'0..

Width: 28"

Thickness: 6"

Fins Included: Single Box, 9" Box Fin
Construction EPX epoxy

Shred In Peace Surf Event on Hilton Head Yesterday

Here are some pics of the Stand Up riders from the Shred In Peace Expression Session event memorial for buddy Will Warner.. The event was a success with all of the surfing community came together and had our first Surf Contest in Honor of Will.
The finals was a split between 3 surfers and 3 SUP riders who all displayed great surfing ability expressing themselves on what ever watercraft needed to ride waves.
Thanks to all who surfed, volunteered and supported Will ..MAHALO

Thanks Everett Gauthier Jr for the pics...

Finalists (LtoR) Rufus, Pat , John, Seppe, Jamie & Cooper

John Tolly Winner of the 1st SIP Expression Session .

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Last of the Maria Swell

This morning we had some fun Clean waves thanks to TS Maria. Today will be the last of the clean waves as a fron drops south of us giving us strong NE winds. Waves yes but choppy too..

Fun little waves

Seppe in his new office.....
Scott on it too..

...longperiod waves from TS Maria

Still getting small 2-4 ft long period Swell from TS Maria Winds are calm to light W allowing for clean conditions. Looks like one more day ,Thurs, before front swings south giving us NE winds for Fri/Sat ,, We will have waves..

Few more from today...TS Maria

A whole bunch of fun, Seppe behind me sharing the wave.

Jesse snapping one of me on a pretty nice left..

Awesome sunrise with the full moon looking West and nothing but small long period 2-3 ft waves from TS Maria looking East. Just cant get enough when there's waves... SUP'd with the usual crew all getting waves.. Happy Times..