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tinyE
Since 21 Jan 2006
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 Mon Jun 02, 08 8:13 am OT: the bad things about SUPs |
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minimal swell this weekend, not really any wind...
rented 2 SUPs from Tim at Oregon Surf Shop...
here's a list of drawbacks... feel free to add...
1) Can't go mtn biking or hiking when there is no swell or wind because I'm out on the SUP
2) I'm finding myself leaving my traditional surfboard in the garage, not even packing it with me just in case
3) When I get off an 11'6" SUP and on to my 7'10", my 7'10" feels like a 3'6"
4) Out in the line up, chatting with surfers, more and more of them want to try out the SUP, putting me back on the surfboard
5) It has eliminated my light wind kiting
6) I have to dodge the ocean wildlife (seals, pelicans, etc...) while paddling out and exploring the reef by haystack and the rocks below the cape
7) my wife loves it (and is actually surfing waves now), so now she wants to buy 2 |
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hamlindp
Since 09 Feb 2007
358 Posts
I aint no lawnmowin' pump kite parker, I'm that dadgum
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| Mon Jun 02, 08 8:20 am |
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Sup?, man,
Could you lightwind kite on that badboy?
I saw Dunes riding one (Nsh). Sure is a pretty board, Dunes. I'm jealous  .
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Mocean
Since 21 Sep 2005
343 Posts
Newport
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| Mon Jun 02, 08 9:13 am Re: OT: the bad things about SUPs |
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| tinyE wrote: |
I have to dodge the ocean wildlife (seals, pelicans, etc...) while paddling out and exploring the reef by haystack.... |
Keep in mind that there's a 500-ft. distance required from Oregon Island Wildlife Refuges. Haystack Rock is one of these.
http://www.fws.gov/oregoncoast/oregonislands/ |
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blowhard
Since 26 Dec 2005
2027 Posts
Windward
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| Mon Jun 02, 08 9:42 am |
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when's
Eckman ,
gonna bring down some of them bad boys ?
They look super fun ,easy cruisers
Tiny e what did yours cost?
is summer gonna arrive this year?
more rain coming |
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Gman
Since 11 Feb 2006
4911 Posts
Portland
Unstrapped
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| Mon Jun 02, 08 9:48 am Re: OT: the bad things about SUPs |
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| tinyE wrote: | minimal swell this weekend, not really any wind...
rented 2 SUPs from Tim at Oregon Surf Shop...
here's a list of drawbacks... feel free to add...
1) Can't go mtn biking or hiking when there is no swell or wind because I'm out on the SUP
2) I'm finding myself leaving my traditional surfboard in the garage, not even packing it with me just in case
3) When I get off an 11'6" SUP and on to my 7'10", my 7'10" feels like a 3'6"
4) Out in the line up, chatting with surfers, more and more of them want to try out the SUP, putting me back on the surfboard
5) It has eliminated my light wind kiting
6) I have to dodge the ocean wildlife (seals, pelicans, etc...) while paddling out and exploring the reef by haystack and the rocks below the cape
7) my wife loves it (and is actually surfing waves now), so now she wants to buy 2 |
SUPs are crazy fun.
What flavor boards do they rent?
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tstansbury
Since 06 Jun 2006
649 Posts
Rowena and P.C
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| Mon Jun 02, 08 9:48 am |
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| TinyE still need to hook up in pc. You forgot to list they are so freakin huge they don't fit in your board rack. I put my 9'6" on consignment so I would have room for my new SUP on the rack. I get it home and it does not even come close to fiting on the rack. But I had a blast on it by the third day I was catching some really nice waves. |
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tinyE
Since 21 Jan 2006
2004 Posts
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| Mon Jun 02, 08 9:55 am Re: OT: the bad things about SUPs |
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| Mocean wrote: | | tinyE wrote: |
I have to dodge the ocean wildlife (seals, pelicans, etc...) while paddling out and exploring the reef by haystack.... |
Keep in mind that there's a 500-ft. distance required from Oregon Island Wildlife Refuges. Haystack Rock is one of these.
http://www.fws.gov/oregoncoast/oregonislands/ |
thanks, didn't know that! I wasn't that close to it...but there were plenty of kayakers out scraping fiberglass on the rock! :0
can't remember the brand he rents....I want to say I remember reading Tampo or something like that... he may have to chime in... has 2 sizes, but I got the big ones because of no surf...
i had them both strapped on soft racks on the top of a 325i (wife's car)... the boards extended from near the front of her car to the end of the trunk... pretty funny looking going down the road!
at one point Sunday morning, the SUPs outnumbered the surfers (2 sups to 1 surfer) |
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jack
Since 12 Mar 2006
215 Posts
Stoked
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| Mon Jun 02, 08 10:05 am |
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| You forgot to mention another bad thing about them... Spike doesn't get it... |
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pjc
Since 06 Mar 2005
649 Posts
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| Mon Jun 02, 08 11:26 am |
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those things look crazy fun. for small wave, light wind days i'm guessing tons more fun than mowing the lawn.
too bad blowhard is limping this year, i'll bet he would have dialed that toy otherwise. esp with the season being relatively limp so far ... i think mother nature is mourning blowhard's land-lubber status.
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Mocean
Since 21 Sep 2005
343 Posts
Newport
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| Mon Jun 02, 08 11:35 am |
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| Was on the North Shore on a flat day last month and tried an OC-1 (single man outrigger). Anybody considering an SUP should try one of these out if possible. Another super fun alternative for the ocean. |
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Oregon Surf Shop Tim
Since 04 Feb 2008
70 Posts
Lincoln City Oregon
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| Mon Jun 02, 08 12:07 pm |
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| Right now we have South Point Timpone 11'6"s and a 10'0" Bonga in thje Rental/ Demo fleet but we will rotate fresh boards in through the summer. |
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