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Front Page

Made the front page of the Edmonton Journal – Nov. 19. Was a fun paddle – kinda like dodge ball mixed with bumper cars – only much colder. Actually it wasn’t that cold.  Minus 18 C air temp with a bit of wind chill. I had on a Quiksilver Cypher electric heated vest, a thermal rash guard and the new Quiksilver Paddle jacket on the top. On the bottom some thermal shorts with some cold weather cycling pants over top. For my feet (the most important part) I had Quiksilver Cypher 7mm booties. Was out for about 45 minutes – […]

Wave Pool Session

Sunday mornings are meant for relaxing.  In our case that relaxing means SUP surfing in the wave pool of West Edmonton Mall. We had a great 90 minute session for invited board owners and then a 90 minute open, flat water demo. The Surf session was a small group of 10,  so many waves were had by all. The Flat Water demo attracted 27 newbies and raised $135. for the Edmonton Food Bank (the $5. per person fee is all being donated at the end of the year). Thanks to all that came out and  “relaxed” with us. It was […]

Starboard AST White

Starboard has a new color way of their AST – Tuff Skin construction for 2011. The AST White still features the same internal construction as the other AST / Tuff Skin constructions, but with less graphics. The main reason for this color way is to have a lower priced option – while still maintaing the fantastic Starboard quality. Similar to the AST – Tuff Skin Blue from 2010, the board features the Starboard Startouch traction on the deck. Startouch is an amazing invention from Starboard in that it is a relatively smooth surface when dry, but offers more than enough grip […]