STAND UP PADDLE

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...

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...

Hello everyone, Today I will like to give you some tips for choosing your paddle if you're thinking to buy one. First, you will need to know there are a lot of kind of constructions and materials, but we will focus on the use you are going to give to your paddle. So there we go.. 1)  If we are going to paddle short crossings, I think the best option for you will be to opt for an adjustable or fixed aluminum and / or fiberglass paddle. They are the cheaper ones. 2) If you prefer to make long crossings or run medium / large waves, a fixed carbon, kevlar or wood rowing will be a good option if your level r is medium or high. For beginners that want to advanced levels, I  recommend an adjustable hybrid rowing, to start moving in the waves and achieve progressively longer crossings. 3)  If what you like is to go down the river ,  I will recommendable you to buy the fiber oars with plastic shovel or reinforced fiber for the blows. ...

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...

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.

Hello everyone, today I sill l like to introduce you to the Sup race world. What’s the Upwind? Upwind is when you are paddling against the wind and it’s the hardest way to paddle. Now I would like to give you some tips about how to paddle Upwind and continue going faster.. 1st TIP: Paddle  with good rhythm... The longer the paddle is out of the water, the less we will advance, so we have to try to keep the pace. Better to give shorter paddles but with a higher rhythm. If we make slow movements the wind will slow down the advance. So the first advice is short, fast and constant paddling. 2nd TIP: Go facing the wind and  paddle straight. As soon as we turn a little and we put aside the wind exerts force on us and on the side of the table so it makes us turn automatically, so we must make an extra effort to redirect the table where we want. 3rd TIP: Advance the position of the body in the table. What we try to do by advancing our position is to lower the no...

Hello everyone, today i will like to help you to choose your board… The first basic rule is that the heavier the rider is the board should have more volume and should be wider, to promote the stability. Is the rider is smaller it may even be very large. Be careful if you choose a board with more volume than you should, you will be carrying extra weight. There are 4 general categories of SUP boards, these categories are based on the type of activity for which they will be used: Surf, Allround, Inflatables and Racing/Touring. SUP Surf: They are generally shorter, with the nose and tail narrower and with more rocker. These qualities make the board more manageable in the wave. SUP Allround: These kinds of boards are been created to be ride in all conditions. They are very versatile and they are perfect as a first board because they’re very stable, and at the same time maintain a good slide. Ideal for paddling in calm waters but also you can use for surf your first waves. SUP Race/Tour...

Hi! How are you? First of all we will like you to introduce you to the diferentes Stand Up paddle modalities and wich ones we prefer to practice. As we talk in our first post ‘’welcome’’ there are so many different modalities of Stand Up Paddle : race, yoga, waves, travels,etc.. but the is only two oficial modalities that are included in the competitions, this ones are: Stand Up Paddle race (SUP race) and Stand Up Paddle surfing(SUP surf).  Let’s talk about them… Stand Up Paddle race: In this modality we use race boards that are longer and narrow than the commons one. Also their faster and there are so many differents sizes and shapes, we will talk about it in other post don't worry. Inside the SUP race we have differents kinds of races that will depend on the conditions of the sea.. When the sea is really calm we make ‘’flatwater’’ races, with no waves and any bump. When the sea is really windy and choppy we make ‘’technical races’’ that we go upwind-sidewind and downwind this ...