You Can Learn How to SUP and SUP Surf
Learn how to stand up paddle board and how to surf on a stand up paddle board.
Are you just learning to SUP?
Here are some tips:
How To Keep Your Balance While stand up paddle boarding SUP and SUP surfing:
KEEP YOUR KNEES BENT! For stand up paddle boarding and any other type of balance sports like surfing, skateboarding, skating, inline skating, or skiing, keeping ones knees bent helps you keep your balance.
Keeping your knees bent helps you keep your balance by allowing you to adjust your center of gravity and can help prevent you from falling.
IMPORTANT - Always keep your knees bent slightly when stand up paddle boarding and especially when SUP surfing. Keeping your knees bent helps you keep your balance by allowing you to adjust your center of gravity and can help prevent you from falling.
How To Paddle Straight on a SUP / How To Paddle Straight on a stand up paddle board:
This is one of the trickier things to do on a SUP (especially when paddling into the wind)
You can paddle on one side for a while and then switch sides.
You can do the J stroke - start by paddling straight on one side and then at the end of the stroke make an outward J that helps keep you going straight.
How to stand on the SUP / How to stand on the stand up paddle board:
When paddling on flat water, you normally stand facing forward.
When SUP surfing on a wave, you normally stand in the surfing position sideways on the board.
When paddling to catch the wave, I like to stand in a position halfway between the flat water paddle and the surfing position. Then, once I catch the wave I move to the surfing position.
SAFETY TIP: When surfing on a stand up paddle board, hold the paddle away from the wave unless you are using the paddle - holding the paddle away from the wave can help prevent the wave from pushing the paddle shaft into you and may help avoid serious injury. More stand up paddle board surfing safety information is at this link - click here
My SUP Surfing Video - How to SUP Surf video
Here are some of my stand up paddle boarding pictures and videos - click on the image to enlarge.
See more SUP Surfing Selfies at this link
Stand Up Paddle Boarding Dog - Dave and Dog Tofu SUP in Newport Harbor
Read about stand up paddle boarding in Newport Harbor at this link.
Stand Up Paddle Boarding with our Dog In Newport Harbor:
NEW NEWPORT BEACH SUP VIDEO: Dog Stand Up Paddle Boarding In Newport Harbor
SUP Newport Harbor near Kid Beach - Channel Road on Balboa Peninsula:
Stand Up Paddle Boarding in Laguna Beach
Read about stand up paddle boarding in Laguna Beach at this link.
We also have a web page with Kayaking pictures and videos
MORE PICTURES - California Coast Paddling Pictures - an expanded page with more kayak and SUP pictures
DISCLAIMER and WARNING! BE SAFE!!
The Pacific Ocean along with it's bays and estuary's have constantly changing conditions which at times can be extremely dangerous. A website and guidebook cannot substitute for your own good judgement, knowledge, and common sense. Hazards may be present that aren't mentioned in this book/website. Wind, tide, temperature, surf, and currents change throughout the day and from day to day. We don't guarantee your safety.
We were actually out paddling on the day we took the giant wave picture shown below - we stayed in the harbor. On this day we launched from K street in Newport Harbor but stopped at kid beach which is near to the wedge but inside the harbor - the little dot is a person in the water. Use your common sense and be safe! See an amazing giant surf Newport Wedge video we took and listen to some of our original surf music at SurfRocking.tumblr.com - Surf's Up iTunes -Surf's Up at other stores...
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