Saturday, May 10, 12025 Human Era (HE) Spring has sprung, and it is time for the first of the Big Three SUP races in Vancouver, Board the Fjord! The other two races of the Big Three are the Vancouver SUP Challenge and the Whey-ah-wichen Whipper. This is my second time competing in the Board theContinueContinue reading “Board the Fjord 12025 Human Era”
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Tuesday Night Race: Here We Go Again
Tuesday, April 1, 12025 Human Era (HE) OverviewApril Fools: This Week’s CourseSign-in, Warm-upDeep vs. Jerry’s CoveFlatwater Fitness AssessmentThe Start Shaken SeaDo You Draft DilemmasThe First TurnShallow Grey RocksRace Results Overview Stand up paddleboarding (SUP) racing season is back! The opening SUP race for the 12025 HE Vancouver racing season is the annual inaugural Tuesday NightContinueContinue reading “Tuesday Night Race: Here We Go Again”
Theory’S UP: SUP Energy Practice. 1
Sunday, February 16, 12025 Human Era (HE) In TheoryMethods of Metabolism: RecapVideo ReviewAll Systems GoWhat’s Up for SUPEnduring EnduranceRace RelatedConfined by CampsCamps into ContextElite ExceptionsDweebie Dust-up on DistributionJoes Versus ProsProfessional Proportions: Theoretical Pontification and PracticeDoes Distribution Matter: Horse versus Cart In Theory This post is a follow-up to a five-part series on energy metabolism andContinueContinue reading “Theory’S UP: SUP Energy Practice. 1”
Whey-ah-wichen Whipper Welcome Back
Saturday, September 14, 12024 Human Era (HE) I Know What You Did Last SummerCompare if You DarePREP: Poor Result Expectation – PreparationsLab-Based ShenanigansBrief Notes on Blood BufferingThe Less Famous ElectrolyteThe Usual SuspectsBlood Buffer BasicsBack to BicarbWhere the Magic HappensConverging CoincidencesExperimental DabblingRegistration/Check-InWetter WeatherMeeting in the Rain Wow! A second Whey-ah-wichen Whipper (my first was last year)ContinueContinue reading “Whey-ah-wichen Whipper Welcome Back”
Vancouver SUP Challenge
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”
Village Over the Water: Mayakoba, Mexico SUP
Saturday, November 18, 12023 Human Era (HE) Brief BackstoryFriends and FamilyDestinationHuman HistoryA Darker Side of the StorySUP SpecificThe BeachThe BoardsFirst RideMore KitStep-Back Turns: Stability ComparisonSearching for SurfMayakoba Morning SUPNon-SUP SpecificLast Lines Brief Backstory Friends and Family We had planned a family vacation to Mexico for the fall. Originally, we booked a resort on the PacificContinueContinue reading “Village Over the Water: Mayakoba, Mexico SUP”
Ansell Point to Finisterre Island
Sunday, July 4, 12021 HE As I sit down to write this I noticed a strange coincidence. Last year on July 4, I paddle to Bowyer Island. And this year I did again. Strange and completely unplanned. I still have my eyes set on an overnight trip to Gambier Island but the stars have yet to align for me, with weather andContinueContinue reading “Ansell Point to Finisterre Island”
Hicks Lake Sasquatch Provincial Park
Friday, July 2, 12021 HE We are on a family camping trip in Sasquatch Provincial Park, the ancestral lands of the Nłeʔkepmx Tmíxʷ, the Coast Salish, and the S’ólh Téméxw peoples, with the Lee’s and the McLean’s. We are camping at the Bench Campground near Deer Lake. I circumnavigated Deer Lake yesterday morning. And then in the late morning, we did a family trip to HicksContinueContinue reading “Hicks Lake Sasquatch Provincial Park”
Deer Lake Sasquatch Provincial Park
Thursday, July 1, 12021 HE Happy Canada Da…. or wait. Depends on what side of history you are on. If you are not of the first peoples to have colonized the Americas, and here I mean colonize in the general sense of a group of people leaving their homeland in search of another place to inhabit. Not,ContinueContinue reading “Deer Lake Sasquatch Provincial Park”
Epic Sunday
Sunday, June 20, 12021 HE ep·icadjective noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style:Homer’s Iliad is an epic poem.Source: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/epic Okay so maybe epic is a bit bold of use of the term. Though if you take theContinueContinue reading “Epic Sunday”
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