Some interesting comments made there.

Both Lopez and Hamilton are heavily involved with the commercial side of stand up paddling so it's kinda obvious that they are gunna talk it up because its in their best interest financially if the sport grows.

It makes me laugh that stand up paddlers are still putting all their energies into justifying what they do rather than just shutting up and doing it. For the last coupla years I hear surfers asking sup'ers why they do it and I hear the same old answers: "its good for core strength" "its good when the surfs flat or tiny or too fat" "its a great way to share something with the family" blah blah blah ! When people ask me why I do it I say "cos it's good fun" - so does anyone else do it cos its just good fun or am I missing something

billboard said...


It makes me laugh that stand up paddlers are still putting all their energies into justifying what they do rather than just shutting up and doing it. For the last coupla years I hear surfers asking sup'ers why they do it and I hear the same old answers: "its good for core strength" "its good when the surfs flat or tiny or too fat" "its a great way to share something with the family" blah blah blah ! When people ask me why I do it I say "cos it's good fun" - so does anyone else do it cos its just good fun or am I missing something

Ahh, I thought that was the tone of the interview (ie, it's fun). I'm not interested in justifying it personally, couldn't give a fugg what people think, just thought it offered some interesting insights into the possibilities amongst other things, eg hitting Jaws and so on.

Hey Billboard, I do it (SUP) as it's good fun. Don't practice that much, don't really care that much. But it's good fun. Get to surf again on the crowded Nothern Beaches, away from the crowds, a thing that frankly I'd given up on.

It makes me laugh that tools like you are still putting all their energies into online forums just to have a whinge. Look at that other thread, started with the best intentions, but then highjacked by people seeing it as an in to diss the entire sport of SUP.

Nothing too personal, maybe I'm the one that's missing something from your post, but this has been a bit of a common theme of late on these forums. I ride mountain bikes, but I don't go on road bike forums and write them off, how stupid would that be? Not to mention a pointless waste of my own time.

GET A LIFE

Yep, a lot of negative sh!t lately. Jeez, just thought it was an interesting interview!

Thanks for posting. Enjoyed reading it.

billboard, doggie and legion, why bother with the sup forum. i just don't get. for instance i don't like mals and boogies, but i sure as hell not gonna waste my energy on their forums telling them that

the time spent being negative on the sup forum would be better spent with some uplifting inspired threads on the shortboard amd longboard forums don't you think

go surfing,and peace and love and understanding

Amen Father Lacey

wazza66 said...

Fair suck of the sav Rob , we are all not built like you

Mate my chicken legs are made of steel good point though Sup gives you great endurance in the ole pins.

Steel wool??

Legion said...

Piros said...

Great point here:-

Do the math. Most surfers really are leg weak. We’re more like swimmers where we have big upper bodies and bird legs. And when you get a wave that’s a minute long, you’re shot, your legs are like rubber.

Reminds me of a video I saw of Andy Irons when they were somewhere in Mexico (I think) when they were on the float plane , they landed at some insane break and pumped up the rubber duckie and headed out to the break for these really long waves , Andy was back in after 2 waves with shot legs.

Yeah, that was a great point. So true. I mean, after paddling around for a surf I come to the beach, crawl to my wheelchair and then wheel myself around all day long never using my legs. If only I SUPed that'd make all the difference, I'd have tree trunk legs. Today's a light day, I did 1.5 x bodyweight deadlifts in the morning, 1000 skips on the rope, rode 20min to work and shortly 20min home, and I'll do 45min of stretching tonight. But SUP would make all the difference to my puny shortboarder legs.

you do all that in a wheelchair- i'm impressed

Yeah, that was a great point. So true. I mean, after paddling around for a surf I come to the beach, crawl to my wheelchair and then wheel myself around all day long never using my legs. If only I SUPed that'd make all the difference, I'd have tree trunk legs. Today's a light day, I did 1.5 x bodyweight deadlifts in the morning, 1000 skips on the rope, rode 20min to work and shortly 20min home, and I'll do 45min of stretching tonight. But SUP would make all the difference to my puny shortboarder legs.


Sorry Legion I didn't realise you were an elite athlete ...I take it all back , I'm just a rum swilling retired athlete that likes having fun.

You Da Man ,give me a call some time and we can do a Pilates class together

Rob

BTW WTF is a 1.5 body lift , do you do just one ?

there is some classic coments in the above posts love it fun reading

beerssup said...

Did you ... shave your chest too

Nah, just my nuts. Helps with the w##nking and reduces chafing from the bike shorts.

laceys lane said...

billboard, doggie and legion, why bother with the sup forum. i just don't get. for instance i don't like mals and boogies, but i sure as hell not gonna waste my energy on their forums telling them that

the time spent being negative on the sup forum would be better spent with some uplifting inspired threads on the shortboard amd longboard forums don't you think

go surfing,and peace and love and understanding

I cant remember the last time I posted something negative here. I post on these forums when Im at work and if I want to I will comment here. In the past I have had great contact with crew on the forum as well as longboards forum and even the windsurf forum as well sometimes. I have also said I come here to see pics of board construction ect as thats what Im interested in and you guys seem to post alot of build pictures ect.
In fact Lacey I have spoken to you at length about shortboards on this forum so where do you get off anyway??????

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Stand-Up-Paddle/SUP/sup-to-shortboard-i-want-to-go-surfing/