#TBT Paddle paddle goes the heart

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.

Valentine SUP
Valentine SUP

 

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.

SUPer Time

At the risk of tempting the wrath of old man winter, I think it is almost safe to start pulling the watercraft out of their winter hibernation and begin to daydream about the first stand up sessions of the year in Minnesota and other winter prone locals. The days have been noticeably warmer and longer, and the ice has (nearly) melted away on the lakes and streams that litter the landscape. As soon as the ice houses start disappearing, you know that it is nearly the time for all of our leisure water craft to make to reclaim their element in the waterways. This spring we at Sup Poser are extra giddy for our first SUP sessions because of the depute of a trio of new stand up paddle boards that we acquired from Pau Hana.

Ka-Pau
Ka-Pau

We are excited about the versatility of our new water craft this will allow for us to take leisurely paddles in our neighboring water ways, as well as do extended group yoga sessions on Sand Lake and other waterways throughout the summer.

Pau packagin
Pau packagin

We just unboxed a pair of new Pau Hana boards this week and can’t wait to tether them together into a lotus shaped flotilla.   We will float into a care free yoga sessions and won’t bump or get away from each other during our practice.

Since it is officially spring on the calendar, we have begun the planning process for our summer 2015 calendar of events. In the making for the upcoming summer are organized SUP free paddle outings on the St. Croix, Yoga sessions on Sand Lake and other Twin Cities area lakes, a series of dusk sessions that we are affectionately calling SUPer Time, and of course the participation off the community events on Forest Lake August 8. We are also going to be participating in the 2nd annual Fat Cat triathlon which will be open to paddle boards for the first time ever.

With so much to look ahead to this summer it is no surprise that I already have my fin attached to my Sup board, and am ready for whatever weather the summer can bring. We hope to include as many people as we can into our adventures this summer. If we haven’t reached out to you or your community yet, we hope that you will find our sport and all of the bliss that it invokes in your own time and place. See you on the water soon!