VOLUME SEVENTEEN, NUMBER FOUR VOLUME STANDUP JOURNAL Dave Collins leaning into the 22,000-plus cubic feet per second, Class III Lunch Counter rapids, Snake River, Wyoming, by Greg Von Doersten The Photography Annual Pictures worth reading $12.95 US/CANADA ALA MOANA A Familiar Shadow on the Horizon, by Gerry Lopez CRAFTSMAN Reflections & Background: The Shape of Sup, by Steve Boehne THE WEST SIDE New Sport, New Ways to Wipeout, by Steve West VOLUME SEVENTEEN, NUMBER FOUR QUARTERLY $12.95 BYRONBYRON KURTKURT WINNER 2009 FRYSLAN SUP 11-CITY TOUR 5 DAYS - 11 CITIES - 137 MILES 1 HOBIE CARBON RACE PADDLE 1 HOBIE CARBON RACE BOARD Designed by our race, surf and Hobie paddles are designed for the entire paddling spectrum. Featuring Carbon Race An ergonomically designed handle for Lightweight 100% carbon fiber designed exclusively for racing maximum comfort and control •16.35 oz / 464 g ( 8.5” blade @ 78”) Light weight tapered oval shaft designed to be light, quick, stiff and comfortable with a bit of snap Carbon Hybrid Carbon hybrid construction for maximum strength and performance. Blades- 7.8” & 8.5” dihedral blades Designed for both racing and surfing. incorporate a center spine and a 11 •19.25 oz / 547 g ( 8.5” blade @ 78”) degree blade angle translating into the perfect combination of stiffness, strength, control and power. 14’ 12’6 12’ 11’2 10’6 10’2 9’9 Fiber Core CARBON RACE CR -1.5 ATR ATR ATR CP STINGER CP STINGERR Ultimate recreational paddle designed for all around paddling •22.5 oz / 637 g ( 8.5” blade @ 78”) Photos: privatemauichef.com | Pu’u | Ditty WWW.HOBIE.COM 1-888-HOBIE21 2 3 SUP_jouranl_0110.indd 2-3 9/22/2009 2:39:07 PM That’s Classic loha and Welcome to The Rockies Whitewater kayaking is how Ken ‘Hobie’ Hoeve and I have gotten our water fix since moving from northeast Florida to Colorado 15 years ago. What a big change A for us both! We missed surfing… until now. After years of kayaking exploits on some of the hardest class 5 rivers we could find, we have now discovered the beauty and fun of paddling boards down the river and it’s keeping us at a whole new level on the Fun Zone. One day, while paddling a class 2 section of our backyard run on the Eagle River, we saw this stack of logs diverting the water. Stepping outside the box—rather jumping off it—proved to be a fun way for Ken to test Surftech’s Blacktip board in preparation for its new design. Ken landed this jump and paddled away—and, yes, the board held up. I’m just glad he cleared his safety leash before jumping or it could have gotten ugly. –Matt Solomon, Photographer 4 5 C74F>A;3·B<>BC 2><?;4C4BC0=3D? 1>0A3?033;4A0=64 =08B7BDA58=62>< :d[P1PaQXTc^ A^QQh=PXbW7^ZdP(·"µ?^W]_TX<XRa^]TbXP A^QQh=PXbW _W^c^)40TSTaBFWXcTbT[[3F^]V 039DBC01;4 20A1>= 20A1>= 20A1>= 0;;>H 6;0BB F>>3 A^QQh=PXbW <XRWXBRWfTXVTa &µµ #·µ !·µ #·µ !·µ ·%µ ·%µ ·%µ ·#µ ·%µ ·%µ (·%µ (·µ ·%µ (·%µ (·"µ '· µ '·µ ·$µ ·µ (·$µ 6 0BC 0BC F8=3>F 0BC 6D= 7 6;834B4A84B =0;DB4A84B 7>:D0B4A84B <0=0B4A84B 5;0CF0C4A2AD8B8=60=3A028=6 5D=0=3?4A5>A<0=24 A40;BD?B7>AC1>0A3B 8=BC0=C5D= 5^a3TP[Ta8]`dXaXTbR^]cPRc)?PRXÀR1^PaSb_^acb;;2))X]U^/_PRXÀRQ^PaSb_^acbR^\))$(#("#" 14 THE PHOTOGRAPHY ANNUAL 98 THE SHAPE OF SUP By Steve Boehne 110 THE WEST SIDE By Steve West 112 PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE JOURNAL 116 PUBLISHER’S NOTE From Glenn ‘Ridin’ Shotgun’ Dubock VOLUME 17, NUMBER FOUR, WINTER 2009-2010 “The photographic journal of standup paddling” Published by Clay Feeter Associate Publisher: Steve Sjuggerud Photographic Consultant: Glenn Dubock Design and Layout by Kerry Struble; Birchblaze.com Orchestrator: Joyce Bilodeau Editorial Consultants: John Dubock, Tom Byrnes, Clark Merritt, Kurt Feeter, Rob Driscoll, Tom Craig Columnist: Steve West Copy Editor: Zachary Ernst Newsstand Consultant: Tom Ferruggia Website Optimizer: Adam Champagne Interns: Kyle Laubach, Kira, Sydney & Anna Feeter TIM McKENNA West Set Shift: Laird Hamilton, Teahupoo Standup Journal is published quarterly in March, “I remember this set, it was a really west one on a mostly June, September and December by Clay Feeter, south swell. It took our boat driver by surprise, he had to accelerate out a little bit so we wouldn’t get caught inside. I P.O. Box 360 (UPS/FedEx: 16 Ridge Rd.) clicked off this shot as we edged over the wave. Laird caught Center Barnstead, NH 03225 the most set waves that day.” –Tim [email protected] Subscriptions: StandupJournal.com/subscribe “Australian Tim McKenna lives in Tahiti. I first met Tim years ago on a snowboard trip to Russia with the Oxbow team from 8 To best enjoy our publication: Use your hands to flatten the gutter. We also recommend viewing the images well lit by a reading lamp France. He’s basically made a career of shooting this wave. or the sun… and cranking up the tunes! He’s got it down.” –Laird 10 11 IN CALIFO DE RN A IA M ,U S ELITE RACERA Q U IC K B LA M D .CO E PADDLES IN CALIFO DE RN A IA M ,U S ELITE RACERA Q U IC K B LA M D .CO E PADDLES 12 13 Photo: Don King PHOTOGRAPHYPHOTOGRAPHY Camera in hand, our eyes are always open “It was a very long way through the cactus and the rocks to find this spot. It’s a beach break but the water is super clear and hot... perfect, and lonely; just dolphins and snakes sometimes.” –Max MAXIME HOUYVET Manu Bouvet, Mainland Mexico “We were in Mexico trying to find some good sup surfing conditions. Puerto Escondido was not really 14 an option; too busy, and deadly for the board since we only bought one and would have hated to break it and have nothing to ride! We can’t name this wave 15 because localism is extremely heavy in this area. If you don’t have a local contact you just can’t have access to the spots. It was not easy, but the reward was worth the effort.” –Manu RICHARD HALLMAN Nikki Gregg, Punch Bowl Falls, Eagle Creek, Oregon “River running is nothing to take lightly. Getting your board lined up to make a big drop while riding it tail first, without fins in a fast-moving river current is a challenge. One mistake and you’re swimming over the falls hoping you don’t land on your board, or the rocks—a dangerous option. Total concentration is needed here. At this point I knew my positioning was good, and suddenly an uncontrollable smile sprang onto my face reflecting, I think, the appreciation of joining with nature’s power; a moment of pure awareness—a completely perfect state of being.” –Nikki Editor’s Note: Photographer Hallman had a scheduled slide show in Hood River later this day, so he slipped a few shots up on the screen of Nikki and her boyfriend Dan Gavere running Punch Bowl. When this shot of Nikki flashed onto the screen, “The response was of complete shock: an initial silence followed by a lot of ‘OH MY GODs!!’… hooting and hollering!” We asked Nikki why she goes tail first. She replied, “There is a rock near the bottom of this drop that is best avoided by riding the board tail first. There is much more rocker in the front of the board; this method lifts the board higher in the air. If you rode the board nose first it might hit the rock and eject you, quite violently, before landing the drop! “We only do this for waterfalls. We run rivers with fins in. Dan and I turn the boards tail first/fins first when approaching and 16 paddling through shallow sections because the worst fall you can 17 have is your fins catching a rock and launching you face first off the board, possibly onto another rock!” PAUL GILL Chris ‘Guts’ Griffiths, Sandside, Northern Scotland “This part of Scotland is so beautiful, but especially in late summer when the fields are full of the smell swilly.com.au of just-cut hay and the water temperature is at its warmest, around 14 degrees Celsius [57 degrees Fahrenheit]. Even at this time of year the crowds are minimal and you can find some real solitude around almost every corner. It’s like turning back the clock 30 years or more!” –Guts BUZZY KERBOX Maalaea Bay, Maui “Sharing time in the summer swells. 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