What happens when you take an indoor water park – add a bunch of people on SUP boards – and throw in a little roundy, roundy style race? You get the first ever Easy Rider – Brawl at the Mall – presented by Quiksilver Waterman and Naish! What an absolute blast. We ran heats of 4 people at a time – with each race being 2 laps of the pool. The top 2 of each heat went to the A side and the bottom 2 went to the B side where they battled it out in the LCQ for a […]
What an AWESOME morning. Thanks to all that made it out and THANK YOU to Dave for making it all the way up here (sorry about Canada Customs last night). Everyone from absolute beginners up to seasoned paddlers learned and improved a ton. I learned more about stroke technique in 3 hours that I have in the past 3 years. We even managed to have the waves on for the last 30 minutes so Dave could surf indoors. (those photos will follow in a day or so). Tomorrow is the Indoor Race and Dave is going to be the referee. […]
Even though the lakes are still solid – this weekend will be a busy one for SUP in Edmonton. Friday morning we have Dave Kalama putting on a Kalama Klinic to teach paddle technique and then on Saturday morning we are having the first ever Indoor SUP Race. Â Both events are in the West Edmonton Mall water park. Should be a great time – photos to follow. P.S. We just received our shipment of the Quiksilver Waterman Paddle jackets – both full zip and pull over. If you plan on paddling in the spring or fall – you need one […]