Paddle boarding in Fort Lauderdale

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Paddle all day in Fort Lauderdale for $40

Paddles and Boards is Fort Lauderdale's Official Paddle Boarding Services City Partner!

We know paddle boarding!  Established in 2008 paddles and Boards has been the leader in paddle board rentals and lessons in South Florida.

Join the club:

1. Sign up and complete your profile on http://www.paddleboarding.com

2. call and reserve your board 877-786-5334

-Discounted rate applies from Monday to Friday

-9am to 5 pm

-$40 all day (6 hours)

Located at:

George English Park

1101 Bayview drive

Fort Lauderdale Florida

33304

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Join us for SUP lessons, tours and adventures exploring St Augustine, Jacksonville and all of North Florida's aquatic Eco system, standing on water. Experience some of the best SUP tours in Florida with extraordinary views, and wildlife interaction. Visit us at toursup.com

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Aloha from Hawaiian Watersports!  We are starting our end of the year blow out sale on all our FOCUS SUP!  We have a large range of boards from 8'x29" to 10'5x35".  Focus is a Maui company that produces some of the best SUP in Hawaii.  Their boards come standard with two leash plugs for extra securement, an FCS plug by the nose for your GoPro Camera, a vent plug, and optional bamboo veneer!  All focus boards with come with fins and a deck pad.

Prices start ar $950

Bamboo starts at $1199

Please call 262-5483 or eMail

www.hawaiianwatersports.com

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Paddle Board Rental Discount Club  $40 all day

Paddles and Boards is Fort Lauderdale’s Official Paddle Boarding Services City Partner.

Join our club and receive a substantial discount on Paddleboard rentals from Monday to Friday. Regular price $64 member price $40 (6 hour board rental)

Here’s how:

-Sign up at http://www.paddleboarding.com

-Complete your profile (info/photo ect)

-Become a friend with Mario (super-admin)

-Send me a message saying, “I’m in the club”

Conditions:

Discount applies Monday to Friday

10am to 4pm (6 hour rental)

$40

call 877-786-5334 to reserve

Location:

George English Park

1101 Bayview drive

Fort Lauderdale, florida

33304

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From Hawaii News NOW

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Maui's Bart de Zwart, not only has a cool name, he's a big time charger. He's kite-surfed Jaws, and paddled the coast of Zambia.

Friday night, he floated in the dark, somewhere north of Oahu. This time, he's trying something no one has done before. He's on night three of his non-stop, unsupported, stand-up paddle trip from the Big Island to Kauai.

300 miles, all by himself. De Zwart left Keokea on the Big Island early Wednesday morning, stocked up with water, food, and a GPS for the five day trek. De Zwart championed the first leg of the journey in the dark. His good friend, Jimmie Hepp said, "The wind blew him so hard he thought he was going to end up in Lahaina!" Plus, he got seasick, and his paddle board flipped over several times; he only lost his camera to the ocean.

His wife, Dagmar, and his daughter, Soleil, along with Hepp rented a plane to look for de Zwart on Thursday, off the coast of Maui. You can check out the photos in the video on this page.

De Zwart passed through the Kaiwi Channel around 2:30 p.m. Friday, then passed the North Shore of Oahu later that evening.

But, how does he sleep? Hepp told me de Zwart sleeps in a wet suit on top of a blow up mattress. He explained, "It's some sort of a specially made air mattress with sides and stuff to it to help keep him dry. It's attached to this board, which is 14 feet by 28 inches. And he sleeps in it and he stays dry."

But, why would de Zwart try this? He posted this on his blog: "The answer is simple. I think, sometimes it is good to do something difficult and hard, in order to appreciate life, people, food and all the things around we often take for granted."

De Zwart should reach Kauai by Sunday. His wife will be waiting with fresh food and a change of clothes.

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/14975007/paddler-treks-from-big-island-to-kauai-all-alone

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Paddle boarding with the Kardashians in Bora Bora.

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The wetsuit instantly inflates should a big-wave surfer end up in danger.

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Can dice Appleby’s recount of the 2011 Rain bow San dals Gerry Lopez Bat tle of the Pad dle Women’s Elite race.

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 Check out this great product for your iphone when you go paddle boarding.

DryCASE is a flexible, crystal clear waterproof case that allows complete use of your phone or camera while keeping it dry and clean.

Features

• • Waterproof Vacuum Seal
• • Crystal Clear for taking Photos
• • Stereo Headphone & Mic Jack
• • Neoprene Armband Included
• • Crystal Clear for Photos
• • Works with any Phone or MP3 

Buy it here at Paddles and Boards

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Upcoming Surfing Event Harkens to Watermen Legacy Tags: PADDLEBOARDS, STAND UP PADDLEBOARDS, Sup,paddle board,stand up paddling

by: Maureen O'Connell

Stand-up paddle surfing — now surfacing as a competitive global sport — had its mellow start right here in Hawaii.

In decades past, Waikiki beach boys took to using outrigger paddles to catch smaller waves on longboards. Surfing instructors, drifting on their boards, also took to using the paddle for quick access to bobbing student surfers and to steady themselves while snapping souvenir photos for visitors.

This weekend, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sat., May 14, and Sun., May 15, the easygoing paddler’s vibe will be swapped for adrenaline-charged athleticism as hundreds of competitors line the Wakiki area shoreline for the Rainbow Sandals Gerry Lopez Battle of the Paddle Hawaii. (Gerry Lopez, for those unfamiliar, is a surfing icon who grew up on Oahu).

Battle of the Paddle Hawaii’s main event is a five-mile elite race, offering the sport’s largest cash purse, $25,000. The race will feature competitors riding boards no longer than 12-feet 6-inches, completing three laps around an offshore course. Each lap will include an exchange area where racers must beach their boards for a short run around a flagged course. The contest will get under way at 2 p.m., Saturday, along Duke Kahanamoku Beach, edging Fort De Russy Beach Park. An awards ceremony for the event will follow at 4 p.m.

Battle of the Paddle Hawaii will also feature an open age-group race, kids’ races, stand-up paddle team relays, and a distance race dubbed Hawaii Kai Run. Last year’s Hawaii Kai Run drew the largest-ever field assembled in Hawaii — more than 230 paddlers—working their way from Maunalua Bay, in the east Oahu suburb of Hawaii Kai, all the way to Waikiki. The Hawaii Kai Run will start at 11 a.m., Sunday, in Maunalua Bay. Kids’ races and team relays will follow, at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m., respectively.

The open age-group race is slated for 11 a.m., Saturday. Battle of the Paddle organizers say last year’s inaugural Hawaii competition drew more than 600 paddlers from around the world and lots more spectators.

Can’t get to Waikiki beach? No worries. Battle of the Paddle events will be aired on a live webcast at www.BattleOfThePaddle.com.

Don’t know the first thing about stand-up paddle surfing? Check out Battle of the Paddle’s beach expo, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., both days. Water sports experts will be on hand to talk about paddling and gear. There will also be demonstrations and Na Kama Kai Ocean Clinics will start each hour, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., both days.

For more information about the Battle of the Paddle Hawaii, click here.

Photos: Battle of the Paddle Hawaii

http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2011/5/13/Waikiki_Oahu_Honolulu_Battle+of+the+Paddle_surf_race

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Defending champion Danny Ching is eager to take on friends as well as all challengers in the Battle of the Paddle

By Cindy Luis

COURTESY BILL BYRNE

 

 

Danny Ching won last year’s inaugural stand-up paddleboard race by 13 seconds over training buddy Travis Grant, who led until the final buoy of the 5-mile event.

 

http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/20110513__Bring_it_on.html

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Stand Up Paddling with Man’s Best Friend

Fort Lauderdale’s Paddles and Boards is attracting many dog owners to stand up paddle boarding. Taking your dog for a walk has a whole new meaning at George English Park. People and pooches are now walking on water.

Masha took her 5 month old little “Dude” for his first paddle board introduction last week. Dude looked pretty stoked… for a beginner basset hound.

Sup (Stand up Paddling) is very versatile and you can enjoy the sport with or without waves.  Pet owners can now experience all the health benefits that this new activity provides and  they can bring along their pets for the ride. It’s just another great reason why Paddle Boarding is the fastest growing water sport in the world.

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Paddle board Lessons in Fort Lauderdale

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Historians would suggest, that stand-up paddle boarding could be traced back to the islands within the Polynesian triangle; with its strong Hawaiian heritage this new sport is rapidly gaining popularity. Indigenous tribes would have been seen paddling in hollowed-out logs and tree trunks. Today, the logs are lightweight, colorful and shiny!

Who are those people you've seen in the middle of lakes and on our shorelines, who appear to be walking on water? They are people just like you, however they are the fortunate pioneers who have discovered this versatile activity. Paddle boarding can be considered a sport if you choose to "ride" the waves or put some muscle into getting some speed or a leisure activity if you choose to stroll through winding canals as if you were taking a walk or a bike ride through a neighborhood with streets of water. This is an activity that can be experienced alone or as a social experience with friends or family.

This is a sport for everyone - not just those radical gen-x'ers. Paddle boarding is for people who never considered "surfing" or for those who have made surfing their way of life.

The first time you stand on a paddleboard "on" the water you feel completely empowered and have the urge to just GO. The designs of the boards make them so stable that they absorb the "wave action". All you need is a 15-minute introduction to the various strokes, which will then allow you to move through the water easily and with confidence. Within an hour or so you feel as though you have "mastered" the cruise and are ready for some "waves."

I have been asked on several occasions, "what does it feel like?" The "buzz" resembles the blissful state a child experiences after riding their bicycle for the first time without training wheels and "not falling off." It is at that moment that you realize that you have discovered a way to enjoy exercise while spending time in the beautiful outdoors and having fun either alone or with others. Many newbie's find themselves daydreaming as if they were chief tribal warriors in the islands of Polynesia centuries ago. It's a trip!

Every time I'm out on a board, curious onlookers shout out..."what is that?" "Is it hard?" "Must be a great workout!" "Where can I get a board like that?" Paddle boarding is versatile, FUN, relaxing and a great workout! Anyone can do it and quite frankly, it's sexy!

 

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It's like yoga on water. Wow!

An exciting new sport called stand up Paddle Boarding has emerged as THE sport for celebrities and everyday fitness enthusiasts alike. It's fun and as a bonus, it's a great fitness program. Celebrities like Jennifer Anniston, Matthew McConaughey and Pierce Brosnan have been caught-on-tape practicing this new sport while grinning from ear to ear.

It is a growing trend still its infancy, but expected to hit critical mass within the next couple of years. The sport is rapidly gaining momentum and has become a complimentary sport for surfers. It's origin is believed to have come from Polynesia and later popularized in Hawaii. I'm not sure about all that, but I do feel a little tribal when I'm doing it!

The beauty of this sport is that even when the waves are small, paddle boarding is still a whole lot of fun. Since the boards are longer and wider than surf boards you can surf large and small waves alike - for a much longer ride. This Hawaiian craze can be practiced on flat water, rivers and streams, or on the ocean.

As you slowly paddle along, gazing at all your surroundings, you can't help but sense a feeling of "being", while all the muscles in your body are worked - especially your core. Paddle Boarding is not only a complete fitness program but a relaxing and fulfilling outdoor activity that can be enjoyed regardless of whether you are 7 or 70 years old!

Try it; you will fall in love within the first 5 minutes!

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