This just in from Catalina Classic Committee member (and last year's event champion) Kyle Daniels: "Can you let people know that the Classic is on August 24th, that qualifying races will be announced soon and that we will have a new website up and running soon as well?"

Stay tuned to paddleboard.com for more details on the Classic and more races this paddleboard season.

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Ron Roebuck, aka RoBuff, Master Buff or Bufflao, as he's known to his fellow South Bay Donkeys, is quite a motivator. Along with Matt Walls, Ron's weekly training alert emails regularly encourage a posse of year- round paddlers to accompany him on morning launches out of Hermosa Beach- when there is no surf, of course. His enthusiasm, steady stream of humorous banter and respectable paddling pace make him the perfect training buddy.

His nicknames, however, have derivations rooted not in humor, but in outright amazing feats of endurance.

It was only a few years ago that on his 3rd attempt at the prestigious title, Ron returned to the mainland crowned the Marathon 40 yrs + and 200 lbs + 'Master Buffalo.'

Matt Walls, Jon and Josh Loren and a handful of other paddlers-cum- runners actually 'trained' for this year's island 26.2 miles. Ron did not. ...

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Check out the photos from the recently concluded State Paddleboard Championships in Florida.


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Think you can take down 6 time Molokai Champion Jamie Mitchell? Probably not, but here's your chance to
learn from the man himself. The Florida Big Boards Clinics presented by QuikSilver Edition will teach you the basics of paddling and stand
up paddling, advanced technique, nutrition, race strategy and anything
else you might care to know from the most dominant paddler in the
history of the sport.


Click here to download the flyer.









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On Saturday, the Dana Point Ocean Challenge went down, with over 250 entrants in the paddleboard, stand-up and OC1 classes.

Some headshots of the winners:

Stand-Up Paddle: Kyle Mochizuki


Unlimited Paddleboard: Chad Carvin


Stock Paddleboard: Mike Carr




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This came to us via Paddleboard.com forum member CRDF, who's told us for a while now that there is a nice kelp lane to paddle in in North San Diego County, where conditions are almost always calm. Check the photos and the writeup:

This may come as a surprise to most people but there is a third major traffic artery running north and south in southern California. Its not the 5 or 15 freeways but lies just offshore to the west. Its
called the Kelp Superhighway and it lacks traffic, pollution, and road rage. What it does have are dolphins, birds, whales, seals, and the occasional thresher shark. The only man-made obstacles to avoid are lobster buoys. The most frequent users are like minded individuals that usually pass you on some sort of self propelled watercraft with a ...

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Props and photos of yesterday‘s Cold Hands Paddle winners:


Above: Men‘s 14‘ Class winner Nick Sullivan




Above: Men‘s Stock Class Winner Keith Johnson




Above: Overall Winner Eric Abbott


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The first major event of the paddleboard season went down today in Los Angeles Harbor. 90 competitors, apparently eager to get into some paddleboard racing after the winter hiatus packed in to Cabrillo Beach in the LA harbor for the Cold Hands Paddle, which amounted to a sunny, glassy season opener. Catalina Classic recod holders, Molokai title holders, men, women and kids from 12 to 82 enjoyed sunny, glassy conditions Sunday a.m., a solid start for the 2008 season.

A preliminary list of results:

Overall- Eric Abbott
Mens Unlimited- Eric Abbott
Mens 14- Keith Johnson
Mens Stock- Nick Sullivan

Womens Unlimited- Christina Powers
Womens 14- Kristi Mirich / Amie Spector
Womens Stock- Cori Raffaelli / Amanda Calhoun

Stand Up- Ernie Johnson

Check back soon for full results.

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