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Ta-Hoe Nalu Festival
Article and Photography by team rider, Kim James. Wow! What a race weekend! The Ta-Hoe Nalu festival was held at King’s Beach CA, north of Lake Tahoe. We were at 6,229 ft elevation on the lake, which is 22 miles long and 12 miles wide. In normal situations this would have been a beautiful flat water race, but that was not the case! The weather to start the first of the five races...
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Newport Now – What’s SUP?
Excerpt from Newport-now.com, by Tom Shevlin. Paddlers approach their mark just south of the Newport Bridge in the first Newport SUP Cup, presented by Coastal Urge on Saturday (Photo by Tom Shevlin) NEWPORT, R.I. – More than 90 participants took to the water on Saturday for Newport’s first ever SUP Cup (that’s “stand up paddleboard” for those who missed our preview...
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Newport SUP Cup Race Results
ELITE Results Elite SUP Men’s 12′6″ & Under Jersey # Last First Time Division Place 82 Lloy Tommy 0:59:51 Elite SUP Men’s 12′6″ & Under 1 56 Kenworthy Jason 1:03:46 Elite SUP Men’s 12′6″ & Under 2 62 Nunnery Michael 1:05:33 Elite SUP Men’s 12′6″ &...
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Paddle Providence, RI
Article and Photography by Tara Thomas. What a killer day! The Coastal Urge North Carolina crew is on the road this week to take up temporary (but maybe more permanent) residence in beautiful Newport, Rhode Island. The Ocean State only has 1,545 square miles of land area, but harbors over 400 miles of coastline. You know what that means- scores of beaches (some even with surf!),...
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Outdoor Retailer 2010
Article by Tyler Hustrulid. Photography by Jeoffrey Nathan. Coastal Urge co-owner, Jeoffrey Nathan, headed out to Salt Lake City, Utah earlier this month to check out the Outdoor Retailer summer market and all the goodies set to hit the streets for 2011. Included in the show was an open-air demo day on the lake at Jordanelle State Park that was dominated by standup paddleboarding...
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Newport SUP Cup 2010
Paddlers will be competing for a $1,000 cash purse in the Elite Division and over $5,000 in prizes in the Recreational Division. There will also be a Pre-Race Banquet on Friday night, August 27th, featuring a special presentation. The banquet also provides racers with an opportunity to meet fellow paddlers while enjoying a delicious southern-styled pig pickin’ as well as art...
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