STAND UP PADDLE

Hi everyone!  How are you ? Today I had my 3rd Stop of the Mediterranean circuit in Valencia.  I had to get up early at 6am because I had to be in Valencia at 8am so I was really tired at the begging. The day was really hot and the conditions looks to be flat water so it wasn’t the best conditions for the ripe of board i bring with me but I was focused and existing to race again after a long study week. The race started and I was on 1st position during all the first lap feeling good with a good race pace , unfortunately one of my rivals made a dangerous move on the pivot turn and I almost fall down so I get back to the 3rd position.  Finally I get a 2nd Place fighting in the sprint final , so I’m really happy about my performance. Can’t wait to be back on the water on next Sunday in Castellon. Aloha !!

Hello everyone, Today we will like to share with you this Interview we made to our Uni mate Jose Maria. Hello Jose Maria, we know you because you are our University mate, but can you please introduce yourself as a SUP rider? Hello guys. Of course, so my name is Jose Maria but in the SUP RACE world, I'm known as AVILA. I'm 23 years old, as you know I'm finishing my University degree and I'm a SUP Rider since two years ago. How do you get started in the SUP RACE? I've been practising sports all my life since I was 5 years old, I used to practice Athletics but unfortunately, I get injured by a motorbike accident 3 years ago so I had to say bye to Athletics and find a new sport were my injury don't hurt me. I found the Stand-Up Paddle at the Uni and I started practising in Summer on my own. How was your first year practising SUP RACE? Oh my god! At the beginning was horrible I was falling down to the water all time and I couldn't paddle for mo...

Hello guys, how are you? In this post, I will like to introduce you to the Circuito del Mediterraneo SUP RACE 2018. What is the Circuito del Mediterraneo? The 'Circuito del Mediterraneo SUP Race (CMS)' , is actually the best sup race circuit in Spain. There is a total of 13 races around all the Mediterranean sea and one of two f them they're celebrated in two of the most important rivers in Spain, El Tajo in Madrid and El Guadalquivir in Sevilla. Why is the 'Circuito del Mediterraneo' the best circuit in Spain? In this circuit, we have more riders than in the others circuits of Spain. Also, we are lucky to have a great level because some of the top riders of Spain are from the Mediterranean. Can anyone participate in this Circuit? Yes, of course, there are many categories to compete since the little children to the Elite. You also con race in the Amateur category. Where is the next race? and how can I sing up? Next race will be in Valencia on t...

Hi everyone! How are you? So today I will like to give you some tips on what should you bring when you go training SUP Race. Ok, let's start... When I go for a training I usually bring with me: 1) A segurity element, I always bring the Leash it doesn't matter if the sea is flatwater or choppy you never know what can happen. Also if the sea is really choppy and I'm paddling on my own I use to bring a RESTUBE. 2) I always wear Water, I don't mind to bring it on my camelback or in a bottle. Plase if you're going to paddle with a bottle make sure that is not a plastic water, we don't want more trash in the sea. In summer when is really hot, sometimes I also bring mineral salts with my water so I make sure I dont get dehydrated. 3) Sometimes I wear a cap or visor because of the sun also is a good way to don't get sweat in your eyes. 4) You should always put sunscreen, is really important to don't get burned by the sun. Make sure you buy a good...

Hi ! Today I'm going to give you some tips for paddling in DOWNWIND conditions. TIPS: 1st) Always use a leash and if its possible a life rest. This tip is the most important one when your're going to go downwinder 2nd) My second tip is that when you're going to paddle in Downwind is always paddle with a mate. Is really important to not paddle alone in a Downwind because you never know what can happen and believe me is really hard when something happened and you're alone in the middle of the sea. 3rd) If you're a beginner I will recommend you to start your rote going Upwind first so you can see how the waves come and how long is your come back and which line will be the best for coming back later. 4th) Do sprint intervals At its best, downwind paddling is a series of stints paddling hard for a few strokes, resting for a short period while you are gliding, then paddling hard and repeating it again and again and again. 5th) Try all the b...

Hello everyone, How are you? I will like to apologise for the long time that has passed since my last post, but I've been really busy with my trainings and races. Today i will like to give you some tips for the SIDEWIND, probably the worse way to paddle.  If we are paddling and we are receiving the wind on our side, we have  2 problems. The first is to maintain the balance and the second problem is that the wind makes us drift. To help maintain balance and move effectively in these conditions we must place the feet like these: -The foot that we have where the wind comes, a little behind and the foot that we have lee a little advanced. This position can help maintain balance and counteract the waves caused by the wind. Another problem that we encounter when we paddle with the side wind is that we use to paddle a lot more on the leeward side to maintain the course and this kind of technique is really exhausting and also can be painful. So we can m...

 Hello everyone, finally I could take time to go to look at tables. As I have spoken here, I am looking for a new board to introduce me more in the world of SUP. Today I was able to go to visit some stores here in my city, in Alicante that my colleagues have recommended me. I am looking for a very basic initiation board, that is not very expensive but not very cheap, that is a good companion of waves. In another place, the good weather is approaching here in Alicante and it is a past to be able to go out with my friends to enjoy a hard training or simply to destress after a long day of study (in a matter of 1 month, in principle, finish the degree). We'll talk soon! Carlos. I let you down a PDF with the new 2018 Starboard SUP Boards, the Avila is riding at the moment: https://star-board-sup.com/2018/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2018-SUP-Catalogue-Lo.pdf

Hello Friends of SUP, since I practice this wonderful sport, I learned to value both the good days in which I was able to leave early to take a walk with the table, as the days of temporary in which I could get into the water to enjoy the waves , so it's about time I acquired my own board. That's why I upload this post, to get rid of praise for the lifestyle of sports related to the sea, completely away from the requirements of practice to compete in other conventional sports and long days of training for example Sports like football. In this sport, is enjoyed from the moment you look the day before the weather to do the next morning, to put the alarm clock excited to go out with the board before going to class, and even, when the sea has the perfect conditions to leave , it goes before the sea to go to class... In short, I think it's time to buy a board to introduce me more in this fantastic sport, obviously I will not buy the most expensive table, but the mo...

The experience of accompanying my friend Jose Maria in his competition in Andalusia could not be more good, besides enjoying the competition, he got first place in one of the races and third in the second of them! Great result for him. From my point of view, I had not gone to any paddle surfing competition in my life so the experience sure I could only prove good. And in fact, it was. I have enjoyed as a small child as I have been able to enjoy the weekend of what I like to do in the company of very good competitors. In short, it has been a weekend to revalidate the love for this sport.

Hi all! I am writting this post when there are only two hours left to start our journey to Málaga. This morning dawned good to enjoy the last training of José María and I have the chance to enjoy the training too (of course with less rhythm tan him).   The training has been at 7 o´clock and I woke up at 6 o´clock to have breakfast and have ready to the morning session.   The aim of this training was to activate before we have to stay in the car long time ago. We enjoy the good weather there were this morning and we could row 30 minutes at a steady and medium rate as a main part of the training. First of all, we did games as a warm up and that served us to take away all the pressure of the university leasons and all the hard work that we have to do all this month. Finally we did some stretches and we went to have lunch our favourite lunch: ham sándwich with tomato. Now, we are at home preparing all stuff we are going to need all the weekend. I will w...

Hi SUPlovers! Today I am very excited about how I am going to tell you! I am going to travel to Malaga for the La Herradura SUP FEST ! The reason of this travel is to be next to my friend José María, the person who writtes in this blog too about technical things of SUP race. He, as you know, is a good racer of this sport and I never went to support him on a race and I am very excited. As you know, I am a SUP begginer and have the chance of learn how great racers or great people of different SUP modalities enjoy in the water is a good chance to improve in the water (and you know wich is the situation about the beaches condition´s where we live, so maby, this weekend I have the oportunity of being in the water with my board since before we were in the cruise). But, first of all, I wanna encourage my friend José María to be the best in the sport that we love. See you in Málaga Friends! Carlos.

Hi, how you doing? In this post, I will tell you the history about what happened in Alicante, our city, on theese days. Well...first of all, I am going to talk about the weather. It is normal when you wanna go surfing, take care about what kind of wind will be in the beach, or if there will be sun or cloudy... When I woke up this morning, as always I do, I saw what time it would do and I said: IT´S SURFING TIME! But... wait, then I saw this picture on a local newspaper: This picture said that in Alicante there were a plague of jellyfish that had produced the red flag in our beaches. Apparently, this kind of jellyfish can be deadly to the humans and their tentacles were as long as 30 metres.  This moment in the morning were the moment when I thought that it wouldn´t ´be a good idea go surfing.  I know there are many animals in the sea and I know the sea is their habitat and it is normal when there are jellyfish but, this day was my day and finally I did not...

Last week, my classmates and me went cruising because of we are at the last college year! We were sailing on the Mediterranean Sea visiting the cities of Ajaccio, Civitavecchia, Napoli, Livorno and we should visited the city of Mónaco too, but, because of the weather, that did not be possible. The cruiser did start in Málaga and we cruised the sea to Barcelona, in Spain. It is amazing the life at the sea, the calm of the waves hitting the ship when there are a calm sea but, when there are heavy waves, the situacion changes. We, on the ship, listened that the captain avoided 8th metres waves going from Monaco´s port to Barcelona. The first days I thought that it would be amazing to sail with a hooked rope of the ship with my paddle surf board. As data, it was impossible to get off the ship in Mónaco because of the weather. When I woke up and saw through the window how the boat that should have taken us to the city moves I thought that it were a bad idea to get off t...

Hi all! How you doing? I am now in the blog to talk about last experience I had in the amazing world of SUP. We said in past posts that in Alicante there is no good weather to enjoy some modalities of SUP like surfing waves because of here, usually there is not enough wind to practice this modality. BUT, last 3, 4 days, we were the lucky ones. Here, in Alicante was good weather that caused I could introduce me to the water to enjoy the waves for my first time. It was amazing, It was incredible feelings out there. It was a cold and windy day, early in the morning and I was sleepy and angry because I love to sleep but at the same time, I felt nervous and impatient to be in the water. The morning went fine and to be my first time surfing with a SUP, I did not do it wrong. I am sure this day was the first time but not the last time, and for this week will be windy too, maybe, it is time to improve my skills...I will tell you in my next post! Carlos.

Hi!   We will like to introduce ourselves.. We are Jose  Maria, Ignacio and Carlos and we are excited to welcome you to our blog. We are sciences of physical activities and sports students, we are actually finishing our last year and we love to practice stand up paddle and other sea sports. The aim of this blog is to introduce you  in to the amazing world of stand up paddle. If you don't know about it , you can learn more  watching this introducing video.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb6jcwBCFiI We are from Alicante, a little coast city situated in the southeast of the Peninsula Iberica , in Spain. Our city is an incredible place to live because the weather, the food and obviously, our  great beaches were you can enjoy the different modalities of stand up paddle. If you´re interested  to   enjoy the weather, the friendships and the healthy environment of the sport, the stand up paddle is the perfect way to relax from work o...