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Stand Up Paddle Boarding is a relatively new paddling sport whereby the paddler stands up on a board similar to a surf board or a windsurf board. The paddler and the board are propelled across the top of the water by the use of a long single-bladed paddle.
Invented in the 60’s by Hawaiians’ beach boys from Honolulu to walk the tourists, the Stand Up Paddle Boarding has again become ‘in fashion’ these recent years, through surfers as Laird Hamilton or Brian Keaulana
Standup paddling can be done in a variety of forms such as on flat water protected lakes to easy beach paddling, to open water paddling, and all the way to surfing waves, even to practice yoga !
Here’s some of good reasons to get on board…
With adapted gear and conditions to learn paddle board cabarete ( small amount of wind and soft tiny waves ) it’s easy to take lots of waves in each session. So the development of the skills could be fast. But as surf spots are seldom unattended, and as a SUP board not well controlled could become a danger for yourself and the others, it’s necessary before starting to know security rules and priority.
Avoid SUP practicing on Encuentro Beach for your first try
SUP allowed you to surf some tiny waves of 30cm or huge waves of 4 meters and more. In these 2 cases, glide pleasure is there…
Put and adapted leash when you are practicing : it links the surfer’s foot and the board…surf’s leashes are usually not enough strong to manage SUP board inertia. They used to break really quickly releasing your board which becomes a danger for others, and swimming with a paddle is not so easy !
Going to the open sea, don’t paddle behind another paddle board and check regularly that no one is behind you. Otherwise, move on the left or on the right. Anticipation is the best way to avoid a collision
Priority rules in surf
Each person who glides on a wave using the energy of this one, is actually surfing so as to be considered as a surfer
Which means that includes, in natural order of body surf evolution, bodyboard, kayak surf, skimboard, longboard, surf and SUP
Rules and safety
Stand up in Cabarete
In the line- up, ( waiting zone after the rif) stand up position allowed you to see from far away waves coming and the paddle is helpful as it offers a really fast move and fatigue-free.
However, the set SUP + paddle could be really bulky and complicated to manage when the waves are huge
Tips for beginners :
If you never used a SUP, do your first session on a flat water place. Take your time to familiarize yourself with the SUP: how to get on, how to manage stand up position, how to paddle straight … it’s easy to learn this and to take pleasure in a flat water area separated from the others for example ,Kite Beach Bay is an ideal place for that.
If you are impatient and if you want to surf immediately during your first session, choose a safe zone, with no swimmers or surfers, it would be really a pity to damage your really nice new board on the short board of a hot local….anyway the place for you is Cabarete Beach Bay !
THE BEST PLACE….one unique direction … STAND UP PADDLE BOARDING SCHOOL …this school is managed by AUDREY MEYER and you could practice both in Cabarete Beach Bay and in Kite Beach . www.sup-cabarete.com
And surfing is respecting priorities rules of surf
Rule number 1 : one only surfer per each wave. The first one who’s in action on a wave has the priority all along the wave, either because he begins in the higher position or because he stood up before the others
For the SUP , one surfer in paddle board begins in stand up position so he’s considered on surf action as he glides using the energy of the wave. He don’t use anymore the paddle to propel himself on the wave
On the illustration, below, surfer A in green has priority on each case. On the illustration, surfers are ‘in surf action’ when they have 3 small lines in the wake of them, or ‘on move’ when they are paddling
If at the initial point of the take-off, right and left sides are both available, priority is for the first surfer to be in action. He could announce his choice saying ‘right’ or ‘left’ following the way he chose. Another surfer can then taking the same wave in opposite direction
One person in surf has the priority on a surfer who paddle on the way to the open sea . A surfer who come back to the higher place has to circle surf zone. If one surfer is on the way to another surfer’s path, he has to let the wider place he can to this surfer and has to paddle on foam direction. Anyway, the surfer who has the priority has to do whatever he can to avoid the collision .
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