If Charlie Sheen's use of the term "Tiger Blood" has any serious meaning, than Jen Lee's short stand up paddle (sup) boarding career makes for an excellent illustration. With only about one year of stand up paddling under her belt, she crossed the Catalina Channel solo and then two days later on a two-person relay team.
Tom Jones will be going for what would be the challenge of a lifetime for most, for him probably just another challenge along the way. Tom will be the first person to try to join the coast of California to Hawaii in Stand Up Paddle. He will most probably make it because he doesn't mix well with the word "quit".
Combining a playful imagination with an appreciation for the strength and beauty of nature in harmony with humans, artist and waterman Hilton Alves embarked on the creation of a series of SUP paintings as the official artist for this year’s Stand Up World Tour.
It seemed like yesterday that Kai was on the podium winning the first professional competition at Sunset Beach. Everyone was amazed that Kai had won the event - everyone but Kai.
After a highly contested challenge, Dan Gavere and Nikki Gregg, one of the event’s favorites, clasped the first ever title of Sup Couple of the Year. This was one of our fiercest competitions and there were plenty of surprises along the way.
In October 2008 Jenny Kalmbach entered into the standup world at the first ever Rainbow Sandals Battle of the Paddle as a complete unknown.· She left that race as the most formidable woman in standup paddle racing.
My wife, Heather, was born and raised in a small south-central Missouri town.· She grew up paddling the local rivers in a canoe and was the first in her area to windsurf the local lake.
To put it simply, Chuck Patterson is the iconic extreme sport athlete, and some more. Born in San Leandro, California and then quickly transplanted to Germany, the blond, blue-eyed, burly kid lived quite a few years in Europe.