Setting myself a new average SUP speed — and a target to beat!
A quick update from the SUP front… This week I took part in my first standup paddleboard time trial, at Bray Lake SUP Club night on 3 October — and, to my amazement, set my fastest average speed yet! In the grand scheme of all things SUP, I am very far from fast...
How I managed to rob myself of a place on the podium
That moment when you realise you’ve just been a bit of a numpty and you’re wishing you could rewind for a couple of minutes? Yup. That was me as I faffed about just off the beach close to Hayling Island Sailing Club after I’d finished what had been a very satisfactory...
Windermere wow factor… and another SUP shortfall
Sometimes you can find yourself part of something that really shifts your perspective. Something that stops you in your tracks for a moment and makes you go ‘wow, just wow!’ A couple of weeks ago I was in Windermere, in the English Lake District, as part of a group of...
Just change one thing — lessons learned while SUPing at the beach…
I’d never been to Hayling Island before but had heard lots about it. My swimming mates and my stand-up paddleboarding mates all rave about this spot on the English Channel coast so when an impromptu outing popped up, I didn’t think twice. With my partner, I set off on...Where I am Making Waves…
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