Kite Surfing South West: Naish SUP E-News March 18, 2011

	Volume 2011, Issue 4, March 17, 2011

SUP STORIES

The Dakhla Festival 2011: Morocco
Dakhla, with its open bay on the Atlantic, is fast becoming a hotspot in the world of water sports. For the 5th consecutive year, amateur and professional of windsurfing, kitesurfing, surfing and stand up paddling disciplines met in a festival that creatively mixed sport and culture. Congratulations to Nicole, who placed first in the women’s SUP event!... read more

Bernd Riffs on His Dakhla Experience
The 2011 Dakhla Festival in Morocco was a really cool experience for me. Being in Morocco opened my eyes to an entirely different culture, not to mention some unreal surf! I got the news that Dad and I had been selected to go to Dakhla after the Sunset Beach Pro so it was really short notice. This was cool because I had only a vague idea of what I was getting into. It was a spur of the moment trip and that made it all the more exciting. We would go. We had to! It was the opportunity of a lifetime, to go to Morocco, to go to Africa! So we said our goodbyes to my worried mother, ground through the 31 hours of traveling and tried to get as much sleep as possible... read more

A Perfect Day in Chile
Naish Team rider, Arnaud Frennet, shares his new definition of the perfect day:
What a Sunday! It started at dawn with a SUP surf session in perfect glassy waves. Very long lefts rolling in front of an impressive cliff in the middle of nowhere, and only 6 people in the water — all good friends of mine, some I had not seen for years. What a celebration for meeting again!... read more

Naish 14’ Glide Taking All the Records
Every Wednesday night from October to March, we run a 10km Downwind race from Milnerton to Big Bay. The surfskiers have been recording times on this run for 11 years. In February 2010, the Stand Up Paddlers joined in and started a race called the PRIMI Naish Downwind Series. We have had 15 races where conditions were favorable and our Downwind Hall of Fame has 87 Stand Up Paddlers that have recorded times in this race to date... read more

Afterschool SUPing in the British Virgin Isles
The Cedar School has recently added SUP to their after school club program. With the help of HIHO, the local Naish dealer, the school purchased six Mana 10’0” Soft Tops which are perfect for teaching the 5-8-grade kids. The club, run by HIHO team rider Adam Cole, meets once a week on one of Tortola’s beautiful bays. The kids get comfortable in flat water but have also caught waves and have even tackled some downwinders... read more

Naish Italy Rocks the Big Blu
Naish Italy is back from the Big Blu Marine Show, which took place on the 19-27 of February in Fiera di Roma. At their booth in the Dinghy-Kayak hall, they showed off Naish’s SUP and paddle lines to nearly 15,000 visitors and ran a swimming pool demo with Team rider, Leonard Nika — which was a hit with the crowd! read more

Summer SUP Training Program at the TU Berlin
Summer starts April 21!
The TU (Technical University) Berlin, in cooperation with http://www.superflavor.de, will start an SUP training program in the water sports center at the Technical University for the 2011 summer semester... read more

Eduardo Diaz on the Hokua 7’8” Quad
“Some days ago I went to Tenerife to train in different spots on the island and to spend time again with my friends, the whales. On my last day on the island I visited Siam Park for my third experience in the Wave Palace. This time I was very excited because I had my new Hokua 7’8” Quad... read more

Two New Stops on the Naish SUP Tour 2011
The Naish SUP Tour will stop again in Marseille this year, at the Plage du Prado, to share our passion for SUP with everybody. Join us in discovering the most incredible treasures of this Phoenician city, with a stop in the Frioul Islands to visit the Château d’If (the famous fortress of Alexandre Dumas’ Count of Monte Cristo)... read more

Naish Corners the SUP market at the HISWA
50,000 visitors flooded the RAI Convention Centre in Amsterdam last week for the Netherland’s largest boat show, HISWA.

Naish Holland’s Marielle reports: “Naish was the only SUP brand in the whole trade show, so everybody was very curious about this new and trendy sport. We got the chance to speak to a lot of sailing enthusiasts who were very interested in getting to know the sport better.”

NEW ON NAISHSURFING.COM

How To SUP
Full of instructional videos from basic to advanced, hosted by world class waterman, Dave Kalama. And if watching the action isn’t your style, we have step-by-step illustrated lessons for you to download and study at your own pace. Check it out!

SUP Fitness: Workouts to Up Your SUP Performance
Fitness maven and Naish Team Rider, Suzie Cooney, brings you tips, tricks and exercises to maximize your performance on the water.
This week’s workout: Stabilizing and Balance exercises for SUPer strong legs... read more

EVENTS

Naish Columbia Gorge Paddle Challenge — August 20-21, 2011
The Naish Columbia Gorge Paddle Challenge (CGPC) is a festival celebrating the sport of Stand Up Paddling in the beautiful Columbia River Gorge. The Paddle Challenge will feature a Distance Downwind Race, a Course Race, a Team Relay Race and a recreational, non-competitive Paddle for the Park, a fundraiser for the new Hood River Waterfront Park. In addition, there will be SUP exhibits from many companies, free SUP lessons and demos, live music and more!... read more

NAISH SUP TV

SUP Surfing Pavones: One of the World’s Longest Lefts
Destination Three took Naish rider Jenny Kalmbach and Morgan Hoestrey to southern Costa Rica where they surfed Pavones, one of the world’s longest lefts. Check out the video! Watch it now!

Dakhla Festival 2011: Morocco
Follow team rider, Bernd Roediger, on his adventure to Africa for the Dakhla Festival in Morocco. Watch it now!

Channel Islands: The Crossing (Trailer)
Last month, stand up paddler Karen Wrenn became the first person to paddle between all 8 of the Channel Islands, consecutively, off the coast of Southern California. Rough seas, inclement weather, long distances and sealife with mighty big teeth were some of the challenges she had to overcome to make the crossing.
“After he heard me talking about paddling the Channel Islands, my husband asked me if I was serious,” Wrenn said. “My answer was simple, why wouldn’t I?” Watch it now!