The last time the Surf & Adventure Co. ventured down to False Cape State Park for a day of surfing, the crew was greeted by tiny, sub-par conditions at Little Island Park. But just around the bend – which is visible by anyone who looks south down the Sandbridge coast – a completely different scene unfolded: clean, thigh-high peelers stoked all who participated.
So this time around, we were frothing at the sight of knee-to-thigh high waves peeling off both sides of Little Island Pier. Based off of last years’ results, we knew that something much better awaited our group of nine surfers just 6.5 miles away.
Instead of being shuttled down in one of the state park buses as we were last year, we decided to kick up the adventure factor by biking to and from the beach at False Cape.
The result were some breathtaking sights as we trekked through the waterfowl sanctuary in Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, which gave way to the maritime forest of the state park. These vistas made the trip more than worthwhile in of itself, but the gems rolling over the all-natural sandbars were the real treasure of this journey.
A waist-high peak peeling mechanically off of a remote bank greeted our crew as the anticipation levels reached a fever pitch. While the waves were not epic in size, the shape and conditions couldn’t have been more perfect: offshore wind, warm green water and long clean lines made for an afternoon that no one on the trip would forget.
We are stoked on our partnership with False Cape State Park, and look forward to many more of these excursions in the future. Next up is our sold-out Women’s Yoga Surf Retreat on June 9. Space is still available for the June 30 Women’s Surf and SUP Yoga Retreat, which you can reserve your space today by clicking here.
Until next time, enjoy these video and images of the day!
Though grey skies and cool temperatures greeted the crew of 30-plus paddlers at Surf & Adventure Co. on April 29, a perfect tailwind sent the gang straight into port at Blue Pete’s for a little happy hour! Last time we attempted this one-way paddle, we experienced the opposite weather effect with mild temps, clear skies and a howling west wind in excess of 25 mph! So with an extremely light northeast wind at our backs, the 3.5-mile paddle from the shop to Blue Pete’s was made even smoother! Most of the crew got a head start on the group you’ll see in the video, as parking equipment return vehicles at the restaurant took priority over embarking with the pack. Either way, everyone – whether standup paddleboarding, kayaking or canoeing – was treated to the serenity of Back Bay and the National Wildlife Refuge and Muddy Creek – with a nice reward at the end! Big thanks to Cindy Stokes for mobilizing the event and Blue Pete’s for showing up early to accommodate the crew!
In this web-driven world, it’s natural that surfing – both as a sport and a lifestyle – has been sucked into the Internet vortex. This very blog is an example of the phenomenon.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a bad thing – at all. In fact, the Internet and surfing were made for each other. Websites are the perfect medium for broadcasting surfing contests; with streaming video and every heat just one mouse click away. Social networks like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter keep us connected to the exploits of the game’s heavy hitters as well as the everyday grinders. Video sites like Vimeo and YouTube serve as a virtual television channel for those surfers.
But this piece of Internet surfing literature is concerned with every surfer’s daily obsession: the surf forecast. Pure stoke can become frustration at the sight of the Surfline or Swellinfo changing the call from 3- to 5-feet and clean to 1- to 2-feet and choppy – even if it’s three to four days out. For those of us living in Virginia Beach, those good days popping up result in changes to schedules, sleeping patterns and behavior in general.
Like all weather forecasting, predicting future surf conditions is an inexact science. If the wind is just mere degrees off of what was forecast, it could take a would-be “perfect” day and make it weird. Sometimes, it just doesn’t do what “they” say it was supposed to do.
It’s awesome when those sites nail it – especially if you put yourself in position to score.
But I’m going to argue that it’s even more awesome when those sites get it wrong. That’s right: get it wrong, but in a good way!
One such day unfolded last week, as the south swell which lit up the East Coast on Monday (4/23) decided to stick around quite a bit longer than forecast. By Wednesday, the forecast – while it did call for clean conditions – predicted “minimal” surf for the day: ankle- to knee-high. A look at the photos below shows you what really happened to the delight of all the surfers who decided to go old-school and give the surf a look for themselves.
The moral of the story: sometimes you got to just give it a look.
Shaun Devine takes full advantage of some unexpected fun ones! Photos by Frank Meredith.
If you look hard enough, you'll see Tyler living the dream deep inside this bomb!
Tyler Balak’s dedication to hard charging up and down the East Coast is turning more and more heads!
The latest piece of recognition comes from Eastern Surf Magazine, which featured Tyler on its website not long ago. This time, Tyler takes the lead of the “Mid-Atlantic Blah Blahs” section of the print zine for the above shot of this New Jersey drainer making it in SurferMag.com’s Eastern Exposure section!
The mag is not yet at surf shops, but should be hitting the stands soon!
Of course, we were pumped for Tyler for getting the exposure and for all of his hard work paying off. Additionally, we were stoked to see the kind folks at ESM drop our shop’s name into the article as Tyler’s sponsor! Yeww!
Anyhow, keep your eyes peeled for Tyler and the rest of The Wild Lyfe boys in the pages of ESM coming soon! Here’s what to look for:
Last week, our community lost one of its brightest, friendliest and most ambitious sons in a tragic car accident. At age 16, James Normile possessed true stoke: a zest for life that was contagious. On April 21, hundreds of James’ family, teammates, schoolmates and friends gathered for a memorial paddle-out at Sandbridge Beach. Whether it’s “Shred in Peace,” “James Would Go” or “Smile for James Normile,” his memory and impact will be forever felt along this stretch of coast. From the Surf & Adventure family to the Normiles and friends: You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Virginia Beach is the largest city in our commonwealth, both in population and in square miles.
Sometimes, it’s hard to believe that communities like Sandbridge, Pungo and Blackwater – each of which rural or coastal – are contained within our city’s limits. But the massive boundary, which closes in 497 square miles of southeastern Virginia, allow for diverse landscapes.
Taking these contrasts even further is the stretch of barrier spit that extends south past Sandbridge and Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge. During a trip to this very isolated strand, it’s especially easy to forget that this place is in Virginia Beach.
This place is False Cape State Park. Only inhabited by a small crew of rangers, the park extends about six miles from its northern boundary to the North Carolina state line.
It’s an untamed, wind-blown and deserted stretch of beach, marsh and maritime forest that offers an unlimited opportunity for adventure.
And with adventure literally being a part of our name, we decided to make the most of this incredible natural area by combining several of our passions into one package.
Like last year’s trip, we will bring a crew of surfers and standup paddleboarders to the remote beach for an afternoon of the uncrowded, quality surf for which False Cape is known. We’ll also include motor transportation of the surfer’s boards to the beach site.
But this time around, we’re excited to add a scenic guided bike ride to the excursion. The group will depart on our rental bikes from Little Island Park with State Park rangers, who will provide insight to the landscape, flora and fauna the crew will encounter along the way to the waves.
Once there, miles of beach are open and empty – literally a surfer’s paradise. No parking lots. No parking meters. No crowds: Just catching waves and spending the day truly surrounded by nature.
We will be happy to provide board rentals and surf/SUP lessons on site (at an additional cost).
Below is a video of last year’s trip. Keep in mind that while we found an endless supply of waist-high peelers at False Cape, it was almost lake-flat at Little Island Pier.
If you’re a surfer living in Virginia Beach, then you know how much time you spend out of the water. Even in East Coast terms, our stretch succumbs to flat spells of epic proportions.
Case in point: this late winter/spring has brought very little in the way of surf to our coast. Maybe a few hours or a day of short-period wind waves, but there hasn’t been a significant run of surf so far in 2012.
What’s a surfer to do?
Well, the answer is simple: Skate! …And be creative while doing it.
Surf & Adventure Co. team rider Brody Lewis has been doing plenty of both! Using both a Penny Skateboard and Contour Roam camera purchased from the shop, Brody threw together this rad edit of him and his boys thrashing around Sandbridge earlier this spring.
Enjoy the video!
PS, we’ll have a new shipment of 2012 Penny’s arriving soon!
It’s no secret that a paddle down our waterway is an awesome opportunity to witness the flora and fauna of Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Winding about 1.5 miles from our dock to open water, the waterway never disappoints those who want to leave the Beach bustle behind for some quality time in nature.
But on April 4, our eco-tour guide Sam Leary and friend Mike Waldman hit the jackpot.
Just in that short route, Sam and Mike encountered about 15 different species of birds, reptiles and mammals that make the refuge one of our area’s great natural treasures.
“Mike and I encountered two water snakes, bald eagles on the nest and flying, mallard ducks, cormorants, nutria swimming, carp jumping out of the water, ospreys nesting and flying, two muskrat houses, kingfishers, great blue herons, plenty of buzzards, both black and turkey and turtles galore.”
What a score! This springtime weather has really kicked the ecosystem into gear early, as proven by the adventure Sam and Mike took.
While both are seasoned kayaking veterans, you don’t have to be to jump in a boat and strike out on your own adventure. Our crew briefs paddlers on the day’s conditions and what to expect on the water before they embark. We have a full fleet of kayaks, canoes and standup paddleboards on site to get you on the water.
Come celebrate the first day of VB schools’ spring break at Surf & Adventure Co. at our SPRING CLEAN TENT SALE on Friday, April 6.
We’re looking for y’all to clean us out so we can clear room for all of the summertime goodies headed our way, so swing through anytime between 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and cash in on the deals spelled out in the flyer above!
Playing all day on our massive inflatable projection screen will be surf movies, such as The Wild Lyfe featuring team rider Tyler Balak, as well as films from our vendors and our personal collections.
We also just received a fresh shipment of 2012 Penny Skateboards featuring colored trucks, so pick one up and skate around our parking lot while watching the big boys shred on the big screen.
About a month ago, Surf & Adventure Co. received a Contour Roam camera ahead of our shop stock for a little research and development.
But then a funny thing happened: It’s been pretty much flat since the camera arrived.
We have been checking out the unique features the Roam offers since it arrived, so we were naturally stoked. Well, yesterday, we grew tired of waiting for the Atlantic to shoot some swell our way.
So we strapped on our newly-adapted helmet complete with profile mounts, threw the camera in the waterproof case and clipped it on to see what kind of images we could grab.
Immediately, we became huge Contour fans. The sliding record button takes all of the guesswork out of logging footage while darting around in the surf – just a short slide and you know it’s recording. The profile mount fit perfectly on the side of the helmet and passed the ocean test with flying colors!
While the waves left much to be desired, we had a blast capturing the following images in what little surf came our way! We will have many more of these videos from this vantage point coming in the near future.
Through our relationship with Global Surf Industries, we here at Surf & Adventure Co. have had access to state-of-the-art surfboard designs and construction technologies.
Having loved the boards we’ve ridden made with SLX epoxy and SLX-Carbon, we were amped as soon as we heard GSI was releasing boards in the new “FutureFlex” construction.
The brainchild of Hayden Cox (founder of Haydenshapes Surfboards), FutureFlex is effectively a new and improved version of the SLX-C construction of last season. We’re gearing up for our first run of FutureFlex boards from Aloha and Haydenshapes to arrive within the next few weeks! Stoked!
But first, let’s rundown the features and performance advantages that this revolutionary surfboard construction brings to the table:
The construction process combines a stringerless, high-density custom-shaped EPS core laminated with biaxial fiberglass, epoxy resin and a parabolic carbon fiber frame. The core is high density EPS – expanded polystyrene – foam with a similar density to your regular polyurethane foam blank. The main advantage of the EPS core is that is has a high strength-to-weight ratio and good compression stability. This prolongs the life of the core; and when combined with the parabolic carbon fiber frame and epoxy laminate, your surfboard will maintain its liveliness longer that a polyurethane surfboard.
The carbon fiber frame within the laminate is the key to the performance of these boards. Designed to maximize speed and drive while minimizing twisting, FutureFlex boards essentially store and release energy as the surfer transitions through a turn. The result is a fast and lively, highly responsive surfboard that’s perfectly geared for high performance surfing.
The epoxy laminate is the final process in manufacturing the board. It is glassed very similarly to a standard polyurethane surfboard only that a high quality, UV resistant epoxy resin system is used. The epoxy resin system creates a highly flexible laminate, resilient to cracking and fracturing and has a flexural life span 2-3 times longer than a polyester resin. The FutureFlex also uses a Quad Axial fiberglass cloth configuration to transfer load from the surfers feet out to the carbon fiber frame whilst maximizing flex and strength through the lamination.
GSI is releasing the following boards in FutureFlex construction: Haydenshapes (Psychedelic Germ, Hypto Krypto, Blakcat and Shred Sled); Aloha (AF1 Tour and The Bean); 7S Super Fish II and the Walden Magic Model.
But the excitement created by FutureFlex is most definitely eclipsed by GSI’s addition of Haydenshapes to it’s already potent lineup. Through his close-knit relationships shaping for Craig Anderson and Warren Smith – two of the world’s premier high-performance surfers – and a iron-clad work ethic, Hayden has emerged as one of surfing’s most sought-after and respected shapers. The Aussie has been on the grind honing his craft starting at the ripe old age of 15. Now still only 29 years old, Hayden’s FutureFlex technology and his Haydenshapes brand are revolutionizing the surfboard industry and even gaining the attention of business publications worldwide.
We’re excited to be a small part of the Haydenshapes story. Look for the famous “HS” logo both in our store and under the feet of some our team riders later this spring!
Team River Runner VB founders Chuck Conley and Nik Miller
During the summertime, Surf & Adventure Co. puts thousands of people on the water around Sandbridge. Whether it be in kayaks, canoes, standup paddleboards or surfboards; our goal has always been to get folks active in the waterman sports on which we base our lives.
For many of our rental customers, their time on the water is just something fun to experience while on vacation. But every once in awhile, we’ll get that person who comes back from their excursion with such positive energy that there’s no doubt that they’ve found a new life’s passion.
A perfect example is Nik Miller, who rented a kayak and paddled our waterway last June. For Nik, kayaking was an activity that suited his physical limitation: the former Marine is amputated above his right knee.
After chatting it up with Nik post-paddle, shop owner Rob Lindauer connected Nik with Chuck Conley, an extraordinary distance kayaker and our resident tour guide trainer. Nik knew he wanted to go faster than our rental kayaks could allow, and Rob knew that Chuck could get him there.
Since that day last year, Nik and Chuck grew a friendship that’s led to the men forming Virginia Beach’s first Team River Runner chapter. Team River Runner is a non-profit organization that uses kayaking as a mechanism to help wounded warriors heal. Most Team River Runner chapters focus on whitewater kayaking, but due to the local geography Nik and Chuck put an emphasis on kayak surfing, kayak touring and kayak fishing.
The chapter is still in its formative stages, but has already hosted several group paddle events throughout the area. Nik and Chuck have been busy training volunteers and wounded veterans alike both in the area’s many waterways and at the pools at Virginia Wesleyan College, Old Dominion University and the Newport News YMCA. They also hope to have 100 paddlers involved in the Great Bridge Lock Mess Race on June 9 in Chesapeake.
But the journey between Nik’s introduction to paddling at S&A and the present didn’t come without unique challenges.
“We figured out that having a prosthetic leg makes performance paddling more challenging, but not impossible,” Chuck said. “Nik’s motivation would not allow frustration. Period.”
After troubleshooting leg-operated steering systems and learning how to self-rescue on tip-overs, Nik’s become a passionate and active surfski paddler, having already completed two races and – of course – establishing Team River Runner Virginia Beach with Chuck.
Nik’s story is truly inspirational, and we feel very fortunate to have played a small part.
To support or to get involved in Team River Runner Virginia Beach, please visit their Facebook site or email Nik and Chuck at trr.vabeach@gmail.com.
On a calm day, the paddle from Surf & Adventure Co. to Blue Pete’s restaurant isn’t a grind-it-out, physically demanding trip on a standup paddleboard. At about 3.5 miles, it’s enough to work up a healthy thirst that the Pungo watering hole is more-than-capable of quenching.
But a steady 25-30 mph west wind threw a wrench in our plans to gather a crew of SUPers and kayakers to make the paddle between the two establishments. The wind flow, while it insured that plenty of water filled our waterway for easy paddling, created a massive amount of resistance for those standing atop their boards, as well as a steady current and 1-foot wind chop headed in the wrong direction of Blue Pete’s.
Antonio Martin & Cindy Stokes, photo by Lauren Thompson
Regardless of the challenge posed by the windy Sunday, the crew of about 20 paddlers – kindly networked to us by our very good friend Cindy Stokes – decided that an out-and-back paddle from S&A to the mouth of Back Bay would suffice for our first Blue Pete’s Friends Paddle meetup. The original plan had the gang parking at Blue Pete’s before being shuttled back to the shop, where our one-way trip would begin.
Rosstache, photo by Lauren Thompson
But the crew, comprised of both novice and expert paddlers alike, cut through the brisk breeze to complete the three-mile trip. Several of the participants rented everything they needed from head-to-toe with wetsuit gear and SUPs from our rental fleet. Cindy even saw to it that a photographer and writer from Coastal Living magazine came out to document our journey! We’re excited to see what comes from their visit!
The paddle through the martime forest and brackish marsh yielded awe-inspiring sights, as it usually does. Witnessing the ecosystems in the winter is a unique experience, as a different swath of colors is on display than in the summertime. Green reeds are replaced by the wintertime look of straw, which casts a dramatic contrast on the crisp, clear blue sky.
Johnboy, photo by Lauren Thompson
After the crew tackled the route – and the wind in the process – everyone was primed for a laid-back session of drinks and eats provided by our friends at Blue Pete’s, who were kind enough to open early for our group.
Surf & Adventure Co. and our friends at Freedom Surf will be teaming up to provide more of these kinds of meetups at several awesome paddling sites in Virginia Beach in the coming months, so stay tuned to this blog, our website and our Facebook fan page for the details!
… Joshua Carolino!!! In the first-ever edition of our Photo Challenge contest, Joshua rose above the rest with this well-composed, creatively laid-out photograph of his friend Adam Vaughn styling on the nose of his longboard shot from a perch on the rocks at the First Street jetty.
Utilizing the “share” feature on the Facebook photo, Joshua successfully campaigned his way to 175 “likes,” and a $50 gift card to Surf & Adventure Co. in the process! So Joshua, if you’re reading this, come on down to the shop to receive your dough!
Coming in second with a solid showing of 116 “likes” was Amy Slagle Ellis, who posted a photo of young Ty Ellis snagging an awesome ride out in front of Tuna Lane! It was great to see a Sandbridge photo get so much love. Amy’s photo definitely had us all wishing it was summertime already! Amy, if you are reading this, come on in for a $25 gift card!
Though the 67 other photos didn’t receive as many mouse clicks and the two above, it was an absolute blast checking on our Facebook page over the past week to see all of your photos! All of the different people, places, colors, sports and scenes captured in these images are truly inspirational! Hopefully we can all look to them as motivation to continue to stay active and pursue our passions and we take our journeys through life.
In the meantime want everyone to continue to feel free to use our Facebook fan page as a medium to post photos/words about your adventures! Creating and fostering this community is important to us, and we obviously can’t do it without you!
We will launch another contest in the near future, so stay tuned.
THANK YOU ALL for making this contest a huge success!
We here at Surf & Adventure Co. love all things surfing, skateboarding, paddling and living our lives in the great outdoors.
Chances are, if you’re one of the nearly 2,800 people that “like” us on Facebook, you share these passions as well.
There’s no question that Facebook has changed the way we socialize and consume media content. Our shop is a case-in-point. And while we provide a steady stream of content for your viewing pleasure, S&A wants to flip the script!
We want to see your favorite original shots of you or one of your friends enjoying life away from the computer screen: surfing, skating, paddling, hiking, biking – whatever!
To sweeten the deal we’re offering up a $50 GIFT CARD to the person whose photo collects the most “likes” on our Facebook fan page between today (Feb. 14) and Feb. 21 ending at midnight.
We are counting the votes from individual photos, not the total votes of multiple photos posted. Of course, you can use the power of Facebook (sharing the post from our fan page, etc) to get your photo maximum exposure.
Though we aren’t in the business of selling bikes, one of the key Sandbridge rental items offered by Surf & Adventure Co. are beach cruisers.
In order to keep up with our summertime demands, the shop always has a massive fleet of beach cruisers. On a busy summer weekend, it’s not uncommon to see our entire inventory rented out to Sandbridge beach-goers. But in the shoulder and off seasons, much of our storage space is occupied by these bikes.
As opposed to letting them sit there and collect dust over the winter, shop owner Rob Lindauer decided to contribute three of our bikes to an upstart bike share program at his alma mater Old Dominion University. Dubbed “Bike ODU,” the program is designed to eventually provide a fleet of up to 50 bikes available to the entire campus community the goal of reducing carbon emissions and providing another free recreational opportunity.
“At this point, our bikes are regularly used to pick up copies, go to lunch, for physical activity, and to attend meetings and classes. Current users of the bike share program have decreased their travel time, eased the parking issue and been physically active, while creating minimal carbon emissions,” said Eddie Hill, assistant professor of human movement sciences, who started the program.
Once Bike ODU is in full operation next fall, bicycles can be checked out at no charge by any students, staff or faculty who are members of the Student Recreation Center, Hill said. The bikes come with a U-lock, helmet and basket, and may be borrowed for up to one week. The bikes will be housed at the Outdoor Adventure Program (OAP) and may be checked out during normal business hours. Users also may take advantage of the OAP Bike Shop for free maintenance and parts.
As an ecologically-conscious company, the S&A crew is as proud as we are thrilled help ODU jump start this eco-friendly, physically active transportation option at a place that’s really special to us. Along with Rob, crewman John Streit and many S&A employees and alums are ODU graduates and/or students.
So if you’re attending ODU next fall, keep an eye out for the Bike ODU program and remember to PEDAL, NOT POLLUTE!
The most romantic day of the year is right around the corner, and while Surf & Adventure Co. can’t help you out with getting a fancy dinner reservation or a box of chocolates, we can deliver all of the stoke your special someone needs!
So on Saturday, Feb. 11 and Sunday, Feb 12 only; we’re putting together a blowout sale to make Valentine’s Day shopping that much easier on the wallet. We’ll be open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. both days and will feature the following deals:
Select women’s jeans for only $10!
All winter apparel 40 percent off
Select spring apparel 40 percent off
Men’s and women’s swimwear 40 percent off, or buy-one-get-one-free
Surfboards from Aloha, Webber, Von Sol and McTavish $100-$150 off
$150 gift card with the purchase of a new standup paddleboard
And last but not least: 30 percent off all wetsuits and neoprene accessories.
So come on down to Sandbridge for the best Valentine’s deals in town!
Surf & Adventure Co. has been on the Walden Surfboards bandwagon for years, so it’s never a surprise to us when Steve’s revolutionary designs garner praise from surfing media.
Sure, it’s great when the talking heads of surfing give your designs respect; but ask any shaper — they would rather have a golden reputation with the people who ride his boards day-in and day-out.
According to SurfScience.com, the Walden Magic Model longboard has definitely achieved the latter. The website has the Magic ranked No. 1 according to it’s user review ratings system.
“SurfScience.com generates a list of the best surfboards every year based on ratings and reviews from real surfers. Over 5,000 ratings were used to come up with our list of the best surfboards for 2011,” says the website. Check out the rankings here.
The Magic achieved a SurfScience score of 92.34, which places it at No. 9 overall for all surfboard genres covered by the rating system.
We have a 9’6 — pictured here — for demo at the shop and several other Magic sizes and colorways for sale. We are also one of the few shops along the coast that can get you dialed in with a hand-shaped Walden for a fully-customized Walden experience.
Come give this high-performance, fine-tuned wave riding machine a test drive today! You’ll become a believer!
This just in from our friends at Global Surf Industries: The 12’6 NSP race standup paddleboard was selected by the International Surfing Association as the official race SUP for the inaugural ISA SUP World Championships. This is a huge leap forward for the NSP brand, proving that their line not only caters to the novice or recreational surfer/paddler, but to world-class elite athletes as well.
Like the ISA, Surf & Adventure Co. team paddlers like Eric Coulson have chosen to race and train on NSP’s new line of touring/racing SUPs. These boards will come in both standard and super-light, super-strong CocoMat construction. Both offer tremendous speed and paddling efficiency.
We have the 12’6 currently in stock and two 14’0 race SUPs in our demo fleet. Hopefully we’ll keep getting this great weather so you guys can come on down and try one out! Here’s a video highlighting the boards. Scroll below the video to check out GSI’s official press release!
NSP the SUP of Choice for Inaugural World Championships Organizers of the 2012 International Surfing Association World Standup Paddle and Paddleboard Championships have selected the NSP 12’6” Race Board as the board of choice for athletes competing in the events’ open water SUP races. The championships, the ISA’s first world title event, will be held from February 20 to 25 in Miraflores, Peru.
Championship sponsor and worldwide manufacturer and distributor of the popular SUPs, Global Surf Industries sees the choosing of the NSP product on a world stage as the ultimate endorsement.
“The NSP 12’6 Race Boards are a dynamic product and built to paddle faster, making them the ideal board for the Championship event,” said Mark Kelly, GSI’s managing director . “As the premier SUP company worldwide, we were approached by organizers knowing they could depend upon us to provide elite-level equipment for the event.”
And the level of action is expected to be hot, befitting the event’s world title status. The ISA anticipate the participation of up to 20 national SUP teams and individuals (approximately 200 competitors) from around the globe, including Australia, USA, Tahiti, France, South Africa and Chinese Taipei.
Participating athletes will battle it out for team and individual events throughout the championships, competing for gold, silver, copper and bronze medal honors. The 2012 ISA World Standup Paddle and Paddleboard Championships run from February 20 to 25 in Miraflores, Peru.
The NSP 12’6 and 14’0 Race SUPs are available from select surf shops across the country or online at www.surfindustries.com. The boards range in price from $1,400 – $1,500 depending on size.
For more information on the ISA Standup Paddle and Paddleboard Championships please visit www.isasurf.org.
About The NSP Race SUP range
Great for downwinders, racing, fitness, training and cruising the NSP Race SUP range is designed for speed with long glide and have proven to be super fast in all conditions.
The 12’6″ is a training and recreational race hull. The hull shares its DNA with our 14′ racer. The entry cleanly displaces the surface water and transitions to a flat bottom. The bottom is extremely hard off the rails for clean release of surface tension, low drag and quick planing. NSP durability makes the 12’6 a good value too. As a daily trainer, these long boards take a lot of abuse going to and from the water and we know it. 10 years of refining our construction methods means your investment in the NSP 12’6 is a win-win proposition. The weight of this board is approximately 14.5kg/32lbs.
The 14’0 is our fastest recreational racer with a displacement entry to flat bottom design ending in a pintail with crisp hard rails providing clean release and easy planing. This board is not only moves, but with the volume at 266 ltr it can be used by anyone that wants to cover some distance fast for training or racing. The 12″ keel fin is designed for minimum resistance and the deck pad is lightly inset to increase stability. This is a fun, fast way to keep in shape. The weight of this board is approximately 15.7kg/34.5lbs.
