Name: Gunnar Roll    
Hometown: Santa Cruz, CA 

Age: 43 
Years Paddling: 22 

Weekly Mileage:
Zero to what ever it takes.
 
Preferred board length to paddle:
Bark 12' and Bennett 10'6" 

Favorite Paddle route:
Capitola to Sewer Peak on the inside so I can check the surf, then return on the outside of  the kelp beds and enjoy the downwind runners. I then surf some waves before I go in. About 5 miles.  

Favorite race:
Jay Race  

I Started Paddling Because:
In 1986 I was a rookie lifeguard with State Parks. I was "encouraged" to do run-swim-paddles for my workout break. I began to love the paddleboard. I then started doing some lifeguard comps in Southern California. I was hooked! 

Best Paddling Experience to Date:

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Name: Kathryn Tubbs (aka Skirt)
Hometown: Santa Monica, CA

Age: 41
Years Paddling: 2

Weekly Mileage:
20-40

Preferred board length to paddle:
14’

Favorite Paddle route:
I like vacation paddles in new places.  La Bufadora in Baja was pretty cool.  I’m going to focus on paddleboard traveling in the coming years.

Favorite race:
Loop race.  I love that the finish and start are across the street from each other!

I Started Paddling Because:
I have raced nearly every other kind of watercraft and still wanted to get closer to the water (without actually having to swim in it—ugh).  I saw Kelly Brown paddleboarding at an outrigger race and thought…yeah, THAT’S IT!  He told me to call Joe Bark and I was on my pink board a month later, loving it.

Best Paddling Experience to Date:

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Name: George Weetman
Hometown:  Vancouver, BC, Canada

Age: 34
Years Paddling: 3

Weekly Mileage:
Winter – whenever the sun creeps out and skiing is no good. Summer – 10-20 kilometers (we’re metric up here).

Preferred board length to paddle:
16ft custom wooden board

Favorite Paddle route:
Second beach reef at Stanley Park

Favorite race:
Being chased by an agro male sea lion.

I Started Paddling Because:
It make me feel like I’ve just gone surfing.

Best Paddling Experience to Date:
Setting off for a five-day, 100km trip with a custom built wooden board that is stuffed with all your own camping gear.

Favorite Thing About Paddling:
Getting to hang with seals and all the other crazy wildlife in the Pacific Northwest.

Thing I Hate Most About Paddling:
Cold winter water ...

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Name: Scott Rusher a.k.a. El Groover
Hometown: Manhattan Beach
 
Age: 40
Years Paddling: 5
 
Weekly Mileage:
Mucho and I recover with chocolate chip cookie batter
 
Preferred board length to paddle:
Grande
 
Favorite Paddle route:
Left to Right
 
Favorite race:
The one with the best T-shirt
 
I Started Paddling Because:
For Las Chicas
 
Best Paddling Experience to Date:
Reading Paddleboard.com 
 
Favorite Thing About Paddling:
Starting and Finishing  
 
Thing I Hate Most About Paddling:
Jay Russell in spandex and Los Pinche Burros!
 
What I Tell Myself to Motivate on Days I Just Don't Want to Paddle:
I’ll go manana!
 
Best "Oh Crap" Moment While In Middle of Ocean:
Passing JP in the 2005 Catalina Classic
 
iPods While Paddling: Godsend or Good Grief?
Ipod with Ranchero ...

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