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Lake Powell Paddleboards: Bucket List to Wonder List
It’s a tried and true, well-known aspiration – let’s see, do, experience or visit (fill in the blank) and check it off our “bucket list.” Ed and I headed to Lake Powell with our Starboard inflatable...
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Mindfulness: Life with Purpose
Sometimes a message just hits home – for me it was a yoga class about 2 years ago. A quote, right timing and a curiosity for “present moment awareness” set me on an adventure I called “Power of...
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Standup for the Cure – Positivity
You expect participants in a highly personal, built-for-connection event like Standup for the Cure to be enthusiastic and highly invested in experiencing a positive event. The surprise for me at the...
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Watery Gratitude: Thanksgiving Reflections
I look out my Bend, Oregon window this morning to a stormy sky and a gnarly wind whipping a snowstorm towad the mountain – the solid “wave we surf all winter. There is no paddle along a sunny stretch...
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Down Wind or Distance Touring: Hydration
I have a collection of hydration packs, bottles, fanny-packs and sometimes I just wedge a waterbottle under the deck straps on my Starboard Astro Touring board. As training, exploring and down wind...
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Windsurfing: That Feeling!
There are times when even the most die hard standup paddler wishes the wind wasn’t blowing so hard – on flatwater or on the waves. While there is no way I will trade in my quiver of KIALOA paddles for...
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Progression Technique:SUP & Ski, Snow & Sea
I recently had the absolutely joy of watching the “Progression Project” film Nine of the world’s top SUP surfers hit the waves with Erik Antonson of PaddleWoo. Antonson is responsible for some of the...
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SUP Balance: Body, Mind, Spirit and Ocean
As my Oregon seasons change and it is finally the full on season for paddling lakes, rivers – and the west coast ocean – I am ready to work my way into my best fitness and performance. I’m paddling...
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SUP Mexico: Grand Palladium Vallarta Resort & Spa
It was the best way to put a wrap on the coldest, snowiest winter I have ever experienced. We watched all the YOUTUBE videos on how to pack a board, flew to Puerto Vallarta and drove a cool Nissan surf...
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Class of ’67: Florida Reunion and Hood River Tradition
Fifty years ago when this Florida surf chick wannabe was graduating from high school in Hollywood Florida an icon of Pacific Northwest hospitality opened its doors in Hood River. Last weekend my...
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SUP Surf Photography: Maui
Sometimes I wish we had a drone with a great camera – and of course, some sweet editing skills to really document the fun we have had on knee to chest high waves on Maui this week. The zoom on our...
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A Sense of Wonder: Joyful Ripple Efect
Every day we wake up one day older – physically. Each day we have an incredible choice- to be a kid at heart, weaving wonder and joy into simple, ordinary moments. Last December, I had the opportunity...
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Surf’s UP: Hampton Inn PDX
Flying to Mexico, Hawaii, California or points more exotic for your standup paddle or surf adventure. Traveling with a SUP or longboard is an adventure (not always a good one) in itself. We had to...
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MUSE Camp: Dave Kalama, Stealth and Presence
I am in the midst of creating a workbook for the attendees of my SUP session at MUSE Camp near Bend, Oregon this August. There are so many things I want to share. It’s funny how inspiration for a...
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Beneath the Surface – With Zane Schweitzer
Photo by Matty Schweitzer – Mat5o Media It’s almost like having a visit from Zane on Christmas morning, Your favorite paddler, surfer or Ocean Enthusiast will dive right into this first edition book...
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Kindergarten: A Standup Beginning
Zane Schweitzer released his first book (yes, more to come in 2018) in November of 2017. In spite of a competition and travel schedule that fills most of 10 months of the year, he is actively adding...
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Love Your Ocean – Treasure the Whales (and all the marine life)
It is possible to standup paddle all the way from Maui to the Molokini “seems like a crater but isn’t” area off the coast, but the weather and your paddling buddy need to be spot on. So we were...
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Life Is Balance: Don’t Mind Falling In
On the back cover of the recent Spring Issue of Standup Journal there is a beautiful Starboard ad with the headline, “Life is Balance.” SUP Yoga is beautifully portrayed. I love that – but I am hungry...
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Captain Liz Clark: Swell and Awakening
Last night (April 13, 2018) the Patagonia store in Bend, Oregon had another of many great events (shop local and talk story). It was kick-off night for the Gerry Lopez Big Wave Challenge at Mt Bachelor...
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Save Our Ocean: Carolina Cup
The 13-mile Quiksilver Waterman Carolina Cup lived up to its reputation as one of the toughest races going, but this year it was hailed as even more fun than ever. A course reverse allowed for some...
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