Day light savings time change has just happened across most of the United States. This means that it is going to be dark before 6:00PM. Now it is getting dark so early that it is really difficult to get any paddling in after a long day of being productive at work. The time change could [...]
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The Vertical Free Fall – Waterfall SUP
Doing whitewater SUP is like anything else…start on the bunny hill(currents) and work you way up to the steep cliffed terrain with trees around the landing (rocks and waterfalls). With lots of challenging practice I found myself analyzing Valley Falls with a SUP. I had been thinking of running a waterfall on the Tygart river [...]
River SUP Photos On Flickr- Valley Falls SUP
Stride Stand Up Paddleboards has a flickr gallery with river stand up paddleboarding photos at Valley Falls on the Tygart River. Luke Hopkins is featured running Valley Falls on a Stride Airlite HD – River SUP. Valley Falls poses to be quite the challenge on a SUP. Check out the full sequence of a successfull [...]
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Whats SUP With This? -SUP On The Gauley
Sweets Falls on the Upper Gauley: SUP The Upper Gauley are you serious… The Gauley River is one of the most impressive whitewater runs in the country and boosts three distinct sections, the Upper Gauley, Middle Gauley, and the Lower Gauley. The Upper is the hardest, the middle is the easiest and the lower is [...]
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A River Of Fountains – SUP Dayton Ohio
The Mad River flows through Ohio country side finally making its way through the downtown city scape of Dayton Ohio. It is here in the heart of downtown Dayton that the Mad River has one of the most spectacular water features that is not level dependant. On the hour every hour in downtown, a series [...]
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River SUP Brings New Challenges – Road Biker
River Stand Up Paddleboarding seems to be getting alot of attention lately with Skeptic’s and the OC1 Community taking a “stand” on the fact that they have been doing it for “Years” . In most of our eyes(the ones that have tried it) river SUP is a sport we took hold of because it was [...]
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SUP The US National Whitewater Center
The US National Whitewater Center in Charlotte North Carolina is an amazing place the brings together aspects of outdoor adventure including rafting, kayaking, rock climbing, biking, trail running, and even a high speed zip line. The whitewater center is also home to the longest man-made whitewater course in the world. All of the water actually [...]
Whitewater River SUP Instruction with Luke Hopkins
The US National Whitewater Center is great for whitewater stand up paddleboarding. Here are some basic tips on technic for paddleboarding the river. When Stand Up Paddleboarding whitewater make sure to have a durable board that can hold up to the rocks and always where a helmet and a lifejacket. The most important aspect of [...]
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