Inland Paddler: Out of the Line Up Because of “Injury”
Off the Water Because of Injury “What did you do to your knee? You fall of your skateboard?” “Did you…
Category: The Inland Paddler
The Inland Paddler: Almost “Normal”
My favorite thing in our paddle world is surfing. Period. Surfing in the outrigger, in the ski, in the open…
The Inland Paddler: Learning a New Way to Slow Down to Go Fast
I have recently been learning about the Japanese art of “Forest Bathing” or shinrin-yoku. No, this is not some sort…
The Inland Paddler: The Fear of Falling
Let’s talk about falling. Or, if you paddle outrigger, huli’ing. Or, if you paddle surf ski, capsizing or flipping. If…
The Inland Paddler: Oh Garmin! Don’t Fail Me Now!
I am a slave to the data. I live and die by my metrics. And I am addicted to wearables.…
The Inland Paddler: Paddling Through the Pandemic
It’s Day 136 of my Pandemic spring and summer…and I can report that in some ways, getting out to do…
The Inland Paddler: It’s a Virtual World
Virtual Paddle Racing Like many of you, I started 2020 with a plan. A race plan. I was going to…
The Inland Paddler: Let’s not Lose our Aloha
Trying to Share the Stoke In the Time of Corona Last Saturday, I got up early and headed out to…
The Inland Paddler: These are a few of my Favorite Things
My favorite things and what I am looking most forward to Post-Covid-19 Last week, I wrote about paddling for the…
The Inland Paddler: Getting Back to the Water
Getting Back in the Water I am a rule follower…as a rule. Maybe it’s because as a child I was…
The Inland Paddler: My Covid-19 Non-Paddling Life
Perhaps I need to change the title of my posts here to “The Inside Paddler” since the Stay At Home…
The Inland Paddler: Diversions in the time of Covid-19
Not gonna lie, today is hard. It is taking a lot to not go down the bunny hole of despair,…
Merging Forward!
“What can take place without change?” – Marcus Aurelius Some 10 years ago or so, I discovered Stand Up Paddling. I…
The Inland Paddler: New Year, New Things!
Winging in the New Year Sometimes, I get bored. I get bored quite frequently, actually, when work, weather, whatever, keeps…
The Inland Paddler’s Holiday Gift Guide
The Inland Paddler’s Guide to Holiday Gifting for Paddlers It’s that wonderful time of year when, as paddlers we probably…
Gear Review: O’Neill Hyperfreak Wetsuit
The Surprising O’Neill Hyperfreak Wetsuit This is a review I never in a million years would have expected to write.…
The Inland Paddler: Lucky Number Six – Reflections on Chattajack
Chattajack 2019 – Lucky Number Six Holy crap! It is hard to fathom that this year, I will have paddled…
The Inland Paddler: Sitting Down and Returning to Paddling Roots
Sitting Down and Returning to Paddling Roots About 20 years ago (gasp!) a dear friend and I decided to buy…
The Inland Paddler: The End of a Season
The Inland Paddler: Outdoor Instructor Life When you are passionate about something, there is nothing more rewarding than introducing someone…
What I Learned on My Summer Vacation: Traveling Cross Country for a SUP Race
Traveling Cross Country to Race Why on earth would anyone want to load up a 14 foot downwinding board on…
The Inland Paddler: Amor Fati
Live Like Cody I have not been seriously hurt that often – a torn MCL longboard skating and then 27…
The Inland Paddler: Getting Back to the Roots
Paddling is Paddling It’s funny how we sometimes define ourselves by what we paddle – what craft – SUP, OC,…
The Inland Paddler: What I Learned at PaddleSurf Camp
A Week at Nosara Paddlesurf One of my local sup surfing heroes once said, “ A week of intense surfing…
The Inland Paddler: Top Ten Things to Love About March (and a few we don’t)
Being a Paddler in Late February and March Ah the promise of Spring! Here in the Carolinas we’re seeing it…
The Inland Paddler: Happy Thanksgiving!
Giving Thanks for Our Paddle Life If y’all are anything like me, you’ve spent the last few days trying to…
