Bleerrgh.....is that Tommy Lee paddling it

Looks more like a canoe....must be for flat water with those 10in looking rails you certainly wouldn't try and have a surf on it

I was just thinking the same Tux,they do look like a canoe,whats next oceanliners

mac

62mac said...

Come on DJ, you sure thats not you having a bad hair day

If it had Naish on the side the post would probably be "Beautiful Boards"...Hahahahahahah

Thanks Sue, I was thinking i've seen this guy somewhere before

mac

Hi Sue,
Thanks for filling in a few of the details...I'll add a few more below...

Apparently, DJ was a visitor to my blog, which is the origin of the pics that he posted...the missing photo credit belongs to me...

http://surfingsports.com/2009/01/santa-barbara-return-to-pier-race.asp

surfingsports.com/2009/01/santa-barbara-standup-paddle-racing.asp

surfingsports.com/blog.asp

The two people referenced by name on my post are Ernie (EJ) Johnson and Andie Johnson...great folks...stoked paddlers...we'll be chilling with them the next couple of days...

The 12'6" SUP's they are on are NCP's by Brian Szymanski and Matt Friedman...

www.ncpaddleboards.com/index.php/about/meet-the-founders-brian-matt/

The one EJ is paddling is 23" wide...the other one is EJ's rough water board piloted by his wife, Andie...she has a beautiful stroke and is coached by EJ...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...brand loyalty can create product bias, which can be a stick in the eye to cloud objective vision...these boards are obviously outside the box...they are fast...EJ's race results speak volumes to that...he's an animal that can prolly out paddle anyone on the planet on a good day...fierce competitor...he puts his all into EVERY stroke...and doesn't leave anything on the course...

He also makes some killer hardwood paddles...which we carry in our standup paddleboard shop in Santa Barbara...




surfingsports.com/2008/12/ernie-ej-johnson-joins-supsports.asp

Warm winds ,good waves, & strong strokes...{:~)

WARDOG

The best thing about this sport is that there are no rules, creativity reigns supreme.
The old BauHaus enigma form follows function.

Rod

Good stuff wardog

Rod