Zoom Q & A with Coach Cain: How to Get back on the Water after Winter Safely
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SUP Racing Skills: The Beach Start
The Beach Race Start Coach Victoria breaks down the basics of a successful racing start from the beach.
Improving SUP Paddling Technique While Standing on Land
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The Beginners Guide to Repairing SUP Board Dings
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Winter Paddling: Cold Weather Doesn’t Have to Keep You off the Water
Why and How Cold Weather Doesn’t Have to Keep You off the Water If you live in some place that’s…
SUP Technique Errors and their Fixes – Errors Associated with the Pull
SUP Technique Errors and Fixes: The Pull In previous issues, we’ve looked at errors associated with the catch – the…
Strength for SUP – Leg Circuit to Improve Power Endurance and Stability
Strength for SUP – Improving Power Endurance and Stability If you’re an experienced SUP paddler you’ll know the importance of…
How to Use SUP to Improve Your Fitness: Free Zoom Session Recorded April 14, 2022!
Want to use SUP to get fit? Ready to take your workouts back outside now that the weather is getting…
Chattajack Race Prep: Rookie Mistakes
Final Countdown to Chattajack So, we are a little less than two months away from Chattajack time – Delta variant…
SUP Downwinding Checklist: Catching Bumps and Staying Safe
SUP Downwinding Checklist – What You’ll Need to Start What is Downwinding? Downwinding is a specialized form a paddling that…
So You Want to SUP Surf? What To Know Before you Go
So You Want to SUP Surf? Yes, you can surf a standup paddle board! It is super fun and in…
Beginning Racing: Your First Chattajack Race
Your First Chattajack Race Guessing that a whole host of first-time Chattajack racers are signed up for this year’s 32-mile…
Paddling Awareness: Understand the Risks of Standup Paddling
Editor’s Note: It should be obvious that all of us at Paddle Monster LOVE paddling – we want everyone to…
Bracing for Stability, or How Your Paddle is Your Best Friend
Your Paddle is Your Best Friend When I first started paddling sprint canoe many years ago the first thing the…
SUP Travel: Let’s Talk about Waves and Beach Launches
SUP Travel: Let’s Talk about Waves and Beach Launches All this month, I am working from home which is Maui,…
How to Get Your Sup Board into the Water
How to Launch Your SUP Beginners sometimes struggle with launching their sups for the first few times. Here are some…
SUP Paddling In the Ocean for the First Time
SUP Paddling in the Ocean for the First Time When I teach beginning SUP classes, I am often asked how…
Choosing Your First SUP Paddle
Choosing your First Paddle It can be intimidating purchasing all of your SUP gear for the first time. And expensive.…
The Save a Paddle Kit: Five Things Every Paddler Should Keep Handy
Save a Paddle Kit Beyond the obvious – leash, life jacket, water, communication, first aid – here’s a cheat…
What You Should do Before that First Spring Paddle
Ah spring! That wonderful time of year when nature explodes after the dark, dank grey of winter and re-ignites our…
SIC Talk Story: SUP Tip – Turning Your SUP with Coach Seychelle
This is from SIC: Last week Seychelle SUP had connection issues for her live SIC Talk Story SUP Tip but we are…
SUP How To: Falling
Falling the Right Way After our recent discussion on falling and not being afraid to, several folks suggested we follow…
Jeremy Riggs on Jumping the Bump
If you want to learn downwinding, especially if your goal is a North Shore Maui Maliko Run, there is no…
Book Review: How to Read Water – By Tristan Gooley
We paddlers, we should be looking at water constantly. Flat lakes, running streams, inlets, beaches, canals, channels, puddles, if you’re…
Drafting Part 2: A ZOOM discussion with Coach Larry Cain on Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 3PM EST
Coach Larry Cain will be discussing the second part of how to draft this week as part of Paddle Monster’s…