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The Burro Blog
Archives for March 2009March 31, 2009 : 2 Comments
March 28, 2009 : 3 Comments
paddleboard.com reader, Jim Cowherd, was nice enough to share a couple of photos from last year's Catalina Classic. Thanks Jim!
 Paddlers be damned! No slowing down for the Catalina Flyer.  Charlie and Cindy read more... March 25, 2009 : 3 Comments
 The King and Queen of the Dogpatch Stand-Up Surf Contest San Onofre State Beach May 16, 2009 San Clemente CA - (March 17th, 2009) The King and Queen of Dogpatch will be held Saturday May 16, 2009 at San Onofre State Beach. This raucous and hilarious stand-up paddleboard (SUP) surf contest will directly benefit the newly formed San Onofre Foundation. The best stand-up paddleboard surfers from California and Hawaii are anticipated to join local standouts at Dogpatch to surf it out for the King and Queen crowns. “Having fun is what this event is about and we are going to stumble upon our king and queen. Surfers in this contest will have to display more than pure surfing and paddling ability. They are going ... read more... March 23, 2009 : 1 Comments
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March 20, 2009 : 0 Comments
March 12, 2009 : 4 Comments
 The informal Ventura-based paddling group, the Harbor Rats, had 30 people show up to their first "lap" of the year. With the South Bay's Donkeys and Cardiff's NCP already into their workouts, the 2009 races should see some good competition to secure bragging rights for each respective region. read more... March 12, 2009 : 3 Comments
March 5, 2009 : 4 Comments
Courtesy of Fred Sardisco:
6th Annual Cold Hands Paddle Recap In Memory of Stephen Dempsey Cabrillo Beach San Pedro, CA Dempsey wouldn’t have wanted us to make such a big fuss about it, but this year’s Cold Hands Paddle was special. Stephen Dempsey was a local South Bay native and glassed surfboards & paddleboards for many years before he recently passed. On Sunday, March 1, 2009 family and friends gathered, along with more than 120 paddlers who “paddled out” at Cabrillo Beach for the start of the 2009 Cold Hands Paddleboard Race. Just before the start, in the middle of the circle formed by the paddlers about 200 yards from shore, Mike Baker, long time friend of Dempsey, called him the “watermen’s waterman”. As Baker and Nick left their Orchid lei’s in the middle of the circle, we just knew “Demps” was looking down, smiling ... read more... March 4, 2009 : 1 Comments
Courtesy of the Beachside Resident Newspaper
Paddleboarding History in the Making By: Lani Mucha  Sitting here this afternoon, checking out the surf forecast on the computer for the upcoming week, I found myself looking for other water activities to keep me occupied. (The winter surfing season here in Cocoa Beach has been anything but stellar.) Then I remembered an experience I had back in October of 2008. With no experience at paddleboarding, I borrowed a twelve-foot Bark paddleboard from a friend, with the intention of competing in a race on the Indian River Lagoon that was scheduled for later that month. I took the board out to the Cape Shores Marina in Cocoa Beach to try this new and growing sport. After about five minutes on the river, I was hit from behind by something enormous that lifted the paddleboard ... read more... |
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