Stand Up Paddle boarding (SUP) is a sport that everyone can enjoy, regardless of your age, ability or size. The perfect whole body and core workout, SUP or “walking on water” is the most peaceful way to get out and experience nature while you’re exercising. It improves balance and co-ordination, strength and endurance, is stress-reducing, invigorating, and invites adventure and exploration…
SUP has already morphed into three sub-disciplines, each having it’s own distinctive paddle and board design. But perhaps the most fulfilling is the one that inspires serenity. Distant but still close to land; absorbed in how the waves work with the board and the board with the waves; utterly lost in one’s thoughts. Brief moments like these are… well… you know, priceless.
Whether you’re surfing 15ft waves or gliding on glassy lakes, SUP leaves you feeling balanced, energized, and stoked to be alive. You train your entire body; core, legs, arms, back, and brain, plus SUP is low impact and therefore good for your joints. It improves your core stability, prevents pain and promotes good posture. Say goodbye to your love handles: SUP tones, shapes and builds muscle, burns fat and gives you a fantastic shape faster than anything.
Not just for fitness, SUP also has a meditative, calming effect. The sound of the water rippling under you board or the waves crashing around you, the rhythm of the paddle stroke… you are totally immersed in the present, focused, calm. You feel humbled by your insignificance in relation to the ocean. Aware of the wind and the rain, the temperature, the currents, and the sun on your face, you are at one with the planet.
Battle of the Paddle Hawaii 12 & 13 June - Jeremy Stephenson and Mark Houghton join Campbell Farrell in Hawaii this weekend to represent Starboard NZ on the new Starboard 12'6 Surf Race in the Elite, Downwind and Surf Relay events...
Read moreLast Sunday was such perfect weather we threw in an extra "funday" with a 19km paddle on the Waitemata... we'll keep you updated on the next event.
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Starboard NZ team in Top Five! Molokai to Oahu Paddleboard Race, Sunday July 25, 2010. The 14th consecutive year of this challenging 32 mile crossing of the Ka'iwi Channel ("channel of bones") in Hawaii.
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