Meeting half way makes it easier as you don't have to worry about car shuffles and also acts as a good warm up.

Work sucks but it's the only way to afford new toys.....have fun.

Iam making excuses now 3 hrs of sup surf north today with DC and ALAN and the driving while they all asleep dogs very very glassy waves today 3/4 foot the new 8/7 DC went well thanks Lacey

Great to see such a big turn out 20 crew I think good to see Darren's crew there , Good to see the pace from the guys from the east Dale smashed it with Alan hard on his tail think Greg's posting times so keep a look out killer tide so times a bit slower than normal . Thanks DC for the tips and letting us have a look and run on the new DW board that won't be going back to the east for sure

Hey guys, What a great day today! Most of WA's paddling elite were on hand to catch up with Dale, and Team DC and do the time trial. It was great lining up with so many paddlers at Pt Walter and certainly brought back strong memories of last years Classic Paddle. Todays run was against one of the strongest tides I have ever seen on the river, just crazy! Great conditions for a fun trial. I really enjoyed the Time Trial and have to thank Stimo, Greg, and the lads for putting on a great morning. Thanks to Ads for being starter, lead boat, finisher and timekeeper. It was great meeting Dale and Alain after the TT and hear what's going on in their world with training, racing and future boards. We (WA) need to step it up a tad more. One thing is for sure, racing in WA is on the right track and in good hands. Cheers to everyone who raced and supports WA racing. And big ups to Lorrayne being the only female paddler to do the 5 km course and in good time. DM

Times and Boards for 5km Dale 36:00 DC 14' Alain 36:00 DC 14' Darren 36:15 FANATIC 14' Flatwater Reece 36:20 DC 14' Greg 36:20 STARBOARD 14' Coast Runner Cam 37:45 SUPLOVE 12'6 Stringary Ben ? DC 14' Hilly 38:00 DC 17' Roger 38:20 STARBOARD 14' Coast Runner Luke 38:30 STARBOARD 14' Coast Runner Lach 38:52 DC 14' Kevin 39:10 JIMMY LEWIS 12'6 Slice Stimo 39:24 DC12'6 Todd 43:42 Jamie Mitchell 14' Tim. 44:42 C4 WATERMAN 12'6 Lorrayne 46:20 FANATIC 12'6 We will use all these times/ranking to set paddlers off in a reverse order at 10 sec intervals, so it will be a true time trial rather than just a race (save that for the classic paddle!). See you all next month!

There now seem to be a couple of regular training groups. Darren runs his groups and there is the south of the river crew also. Perhaps we may get some state of origin competition happening between north and south which can only be a good thing. I can't do the sat morning thing due to kids sport, but I'm keen for an early Sunday morning if abyone's keen.

Hi Marcus Kev and I run 3 sesssions a week - Tuesday and Thursday at 0515 and Saturday usually at 0630 (unless there is swell). We have an organised training program we work to, so there is alot of variety and intensity. There are usually 5 of us out, you are more than welcome to join us, meeting at Zephrs cafe - north carpark at the above times. PM me if you are keen. We thought it best to have the time trial monthly, weekly would lose a little motivation to back it up each week - also Darren has his 10km session on Sat morning, which some of us and others also participate in. Our usual Saturday session will be a long endurance session of 2hours 75% steady state or fartlek training. All welcome. I should explain, our group started out as kev and myself (we are both physios) getting together to use our combined experience to train and push our programs. Local guys came down and joined in with us, it is great fun and good motivation. I personally feel that in SUP there should be no club like boundaries, so a north vs south idea seems a little outside the inclusive nature of SUP. I really enjoy joining in Darrens 10 km session on saturday mornings, it is awesome to have that option if the guys go surfing. Over the next month there is a development that is coming to fruition - when it comes about there will be some exciting options in WA SUP. Cheers Greg

I can highly recommend training with Greg and Kevin. They train hard and know there stuff when it comes to getting the most out of your body, training sessions, and paddling.

hi guys Dale and I were stoked to be in WA this week end as we had 4 very good days. Just to let you know, if anybody is interested into training it's a good idea to contact Mick di betta. The guy won the molokai 3 time, coached Jamie Mitchell for most of his victories on the molokai as well and is really passionate about training. Kelly margets is following his program and the kid that just won the survival race in waikiki is coached by kelly... There is not much luck into all these good results. If you are serious about training contact him and I think it will save you a lot of time and mistakes. You could even follow his training as a group as we do. Just type mick di betta on facebook and you'll find him He would put you up a program to be in top form just for the doctor for example. Anyway thanks to everybody we paddle with, it was great fun

Thanks Alain, sorry I didn't get to catch up with you at the end of the Time trial. I'll follow up your recommendation with Mick, any additional training info is always welcome..Cheers Greg

Stoked you guys are getting your **** together over there, would be sick to be able to travel around aus and go to different training squads !!! If you want from the best SUP coach around then contact Pete Dorries!! he posts on here some times so he's easy to get a hold off!! out of our crew that train here alot are doing really well overseas and i have seen the progression of the people training to see his meothods work!!! IMO alright thats enough talking him up as he will get a big head.. On another note if i put on a paddling camp with coach's like Pete and maybe guys like Trav and even myself and lined it up with a good event on the Goldy would it be enough to get guys and girls from WA to come over for a full on W/E? I am happy to get somthing good going for everyone if there are the numbers to help support it!! Cheers Jacko

You might get a few Viccos to help make up the numbers.

I respect everybody's opinion but this is a very intense statement (IMO a well)

I am totally convinced Pete is good and I know a lot of people like him. I am not contesting anything. I just found a bit strange as a statement to say “he is the best coach” Maybe start another thread “who is the best coach?” so everybody can have a go