Sunday, July 28, 12024 Human Era (HE) Vancouver SUP Challenge: IntroHistoric DetailsThe Lead UpWinds and WeatherBeach Prep RepsRacematesWarm-Up? Well, kind of.Race Day Re-CourseLet the Race BeginEgo and EffortRamblings on Ego and EffortDig. In. To Draft.Turn and Return’Sprint’ is Second Up Vancouver SUP Challenge: Intro The Vancouver SUP Challenge is a one-day multi-distance paddleboard race extravaganza.ContinueContinue reading “Vancouver SUP Challenge”
Category Archives: Səl̓ilw̓ət (Burrard Inlet)
Vancouver SUP Challenge: 2 KM
Sunday, July 28, 12024 Human Era (HE) Vancouver SUP Challenge: BackgroundThe Lead UpRace Day No Re-CourseRestock, Rest, RepeatRestockBet on SweatSweat Test 101CalculusHydration ResourcesRefuelCarbs, Fats, ProteinsRestToo Brief for DebriefLeash or NotLet the Race BeginSolid StartLap Two to FinishFinal Thoughts Vancouver SUP Challenge: Background The Vancouver SUP Challenge is a one-day multi-distance paddleboard race extravaganza. Stand upContinueContinue reading “Vancouver SUP Challenge: 2 KM”
Can I Catch It? Riding aLong Lord Stanley’s Peninsula 2.0
Friday, June 14, 12024 Human Era (HE) Serendipitously SUP SurfingPanicked Preparation Pan OutShort Sidenote on SecondsA Brief and BackstoryA Smoother LaunchComments on Crash CatastropheKit for ConditionsCatching the ConstitutionVideo InterludeThe World of Wake WavesOn board the Wave TrainA Brief on Boat Wake PhysicsDialogue with Dock StartersWaiting for the WakeThe Return RoutePaddlewheel PlayPaddlewheeler Pursuit Route Serendipitously SUPContinueContinue reading “Can I Catch It? Riding aLong Lord Stanley’s Peninsula 2.0”
Riding Lord Stanley’s Peninsula (well, not exactly)
Friday, June 7, 12024 Human Era (HE) Last Time on Paddlewheeler PursuitThe LogisticsBackstoryLaunch SitesConditions and KitConditionsClothingPaddle. Board.Additional AccessoriesConstitution ConfirmationBumpy LaunchPassing Me ByPaddlewheeler Pursuit Route Last Time on Paddlewheeler Pursuit Last time, on paddlewheeler pursuit, my ride was shorter than planned. I missed catching the wake on the southerly trip but made up for my mistakeContinueContinue reading “Riding Lord Stanley’s Peninsula (well, not exactly)”
Board the Fjord
Saturday, May 11, 12024 Human Era (HE) Board the Fjord: IntroPlayoff Paddle PointsBoard the Fjord: BackgroundPreparation and PlanningLearning Lessons on Length and LibationsSugar Baby!Location: Səl̓ilw̓ət (Indian Arm/Deep Cove)Gorgeous GeologyRegistration/Check-In/Parking Board the Fjord: Intro It’s a new season of SUP (stand up paddleboard) and the first big local race event is Board the Fjord. I skippedContinueContinue reading “Board the Fjord”
Gusty Northwesterly
Monday, February, 12023 Human Era (HE) The weather was great! For wind that is. A combination of a strong pressure gradient and an unstable airmass meant gusty northwesterly winds to the British Columbia south coast for Monday. The winds were predicted to peak in the late afternoon according to the Environment Canada WeatherCAN app windContinueContinue reading “Gusty Northwesterly”
King Tide Surge in the Queen Charlotte Channel
Monday, December 26, 12022 HE Yuletide MusingsWeather ConditionsLaunch SiteBoard ChoiceMy KitThe Landing Yuletide Musings Merry Christmas! And to the non-practicing christ-ians amongst us, I still hope your appropriated holy day holiday was merry and cheerful. Perhaps a better acclamatory would have been Happy Boxing Day since this post is happening on the second day ofContinueContinue reading “King Tide Surge in the Queen Charlotte Channel”
SUP’in the Sound 2.0: Day Three
Ramillies Channel to Jericho Beach Monday, September 5, 12022 HE This post is the account of Day Three of my three-day, two-night stand up paddleboard (SUP) tour through Átl’ḵa7tsem (Howe Sound, click here for pronunciation). I launched from Locarno Beach and SUPed to Sxwan’shnm (Tantalus Landing Marine Recreation Site) on Day One (for details, see this post “SUP’in the Sound 2.0: DayContinueContinue reading “SUP’in the Sound 2.0: Day Three”
SUP’in the Sound 2.0: Day Two
Tantalus Landing to Ramillies Channel Sunday, September 4, 12022 HE This post is the account of Day Two of my three-day two-night stand up paddleboard (SUP) tour through Átl’ḵa7tsem (Howe Sound, click here for pronunciation), from Locarno Beach to Sxwan’shnm (Tantalus Landing Marine Recreation Site). Day Two was the start of my return from Tantalus Landing to ínaḵa Lhaxwm (Ramillies Channel Marine Recreation Site).ContinueContinue reading “SUP’in the Sound 2.0: Day Two”
SUP’in the Sound 2.0: Day One
Locarno Beach to Tantalus Landing Saturday, September 3, 12022 HE Last summer Trevor and I tried to paddle from Horseshoe Bay to Squamish (check out the details of that previous post here, “SUP’in the Sound”) for a multiday stand up paddleboard (SUP) round-trip. Unfortunately, we met stronger-than-hoped headwinds. The winds forced us to turn back just past Porteau Cove. TheContinueContinue reading “SUP’in the Sound 2.0: Day One”
I SUP Explore 