Author: Supposer

I’m not going to lie. Every time I get my board and my butt in the water, I second guess which direction my paddle is supposed to go. So much so, I’ve memorized only that the logo MUST face forward. This means I have let the power of the paddle go untouched.

My typical SUP session is not to see how fast and how strong I paddle out in the water. I’ve been focused on letting go of the land and everything that it encompasses – work, stress, time commitments and well, mosquitos pretty soon. This season, it is my intention to pay a little bit more attention to the paddle. Perhaps even incorporating it more into my on water practice.   Over the next few weeks, I will be centering around these 5 components –

 

1. The proper hold (SEE picture thanks to www.standup-paddle.org):
2. Stroke – stroke : Dip the paddle only  below surface, starting at the bow of the board and only reaching back to where my back foot is planted.
3. Sun A paddle – Include my paddle in the Sun A series
4. Speed – the plank exercise equivalent for paddling. Paddle fast for 10 count then slow. Repeat 5 x’s unless you run out of lake.
5. Twist & rinse with a paddle before you go home.

 

Paddling not only will get you places, but it does accentuate the practice for the upper body. Be kind, listen to your body, watch your board and react accordingly.

 

Yoga Forest had their first every Yoga Fest in April.  We had a little taste of dryland SUP.  Check out all the fun!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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May, 2015 – Launch into Summer – Scandia MN

• 5/22/15 – Sunset SUP yoga, followed by bonfire Sign-up here!
  •      5:00 – 6:30 @Sand Lake
• 6/6/15 – Saturday SUP Sign-up here!
  •      1:00 – 3:00 @Sand Lake
• 6/20/15 – Paddle paddle pose Sign-up here!
  •      1:00 – 3:00 @Sand Lake

 

May – June, 2015 – SUP-er Club – Scandia, MN

• Wednesdays, starting 5/27/15 Sign-up here!
  • 4:00-5:30 @Sand Lake

The winter of 2014 taught us one thing in MN: Get OUT of town in those dreaded cold months of Feb or Mar 2015. Well that’s exactly what we did. California. Arizona. Hawaii. We took to paddle everywhere warm we could find.

 

Morrow Bay, California was a little piece of Hawaii on the mainland.

Lake Havasu, AZ (where this picture was taken) was warm warm and hot. Desert mixed with water. And let’s just say home to the most expensive lawn chairs on the water (aka speed boats that stay idle in the channel)

Maui, Hi. Where heaven meets earth.
In summary, where there is sun + water – wind = SUP-er yoga.