PADDLEWOO - Paddle Enhanced Surfing

Evelyn is one of the most positive and passionate folks I know and her first episode is an all-time favorite of mine and a lot of listeners.  Since our last chat Evelyn is now the owner and head of Standup Journal!  We discuss the journey, following your passion, her new role as head of SUPJ, and all things SUP.  

Chase and Chris have a candid conversation about many of the hotest topics in sup racing and sup surfing. Chris Parker created and operates SUPracer.com. SUP racer is by far the most influential and important website in the world of sup racing. Chris's unqique and informed perspectives have given his website the undisputable title of, "the pulse of stand up paddle racing". Chris offers his knowledge on all things sup racing and sup surfing in today's show.  Listen as Chase and Chris discuss: - The ICF versus the ISA sup governing body saga - The development of The Paddle League - The future of sup racing as a sport - Pro sup surfing, what can be improved and the possibility of board restrictions - The APP World Tour (formerly Waterman League/Stand Up World Tour)  - And much more! Tune in because this is a good one! Links from today's show are available at bluezonesup.com/podcast The Paddle Woo Podcast is brought to you by: Blue Zone SUP - paddle surfing coaching retreats in Nosara, Costa Rica. Portal Surf Designs - Pushing the limits in paddle surf and surfboard design.     

Chase talks with the most successful SUP racer in history, Connor Baxter. Topics include:  - How Connor stays motivated after nearly 10 years at the top of the sport.  - What his typical training week looks like.  - Competition and his rivalry with Kai Lenny.  - Balancing his passion for surfing with SUP racing. - Downwind paddling and how he has mastered 'riding the bumps.' - And much more! Pictures and video of Connor's carreer, his 'fight' with Kai Lenny and more are avaialble at bluezonesup.com/podcast. The Paddle Woo Podcast is brought to you by: Blue Zone SUP - Paddle surfing coaching retreats in Nosara, Costa Rica. Portal Surf Designs - Pushing the limits in paddle surf and surfboard design.  

Recorded on our last surf trip to Blue Zone SUP to test boards for Portal Surf Designs, Erik, Chase, and Fisher recap the week.  Lessons we learned from watching Fisher surf, why you should surf without a paddle, what to do when someone on a SUP is endangering the lineup and much more...

Chase chats with the Dane, Casper 'The Viking' Steinfath, to discuss: -Casper's historic Norway to Denmark crossing -What it's like being the International Surfing Association (ISA) Vice President- His chance meeting with Chris Parker of SUPracer.com 8 years ago- Sprint paddling techinque as the 200 M sprint world champ - Growing up as a surfer in Denmark - Winning the Red Bull Heavy Water event - And much more! Pictures and video of Casper and all show links are available at bluezonesup.com/podcast/The Paddle Woo Podcast is brought to you by: Blue Zone SUP- Paddle surfing coaching retreats in Costa Rica. Portal Surf Designs - Pushing the limits in paddle surf and surfboard design.

Chase and Belar talk about the Euro Tour and it's history, global SUP market, SUP foiling, big wave surfing in the Canary Islands and what it's like to run an international SUP brand. 

Erik and Hans discuss the upcoming East Coast epic forecast, the role of style in judging, what makes a great paddle surfboard, and the ESSC Contest Series and event this weekend.

Chase talks with the 'King of Endurance Paddling', Bart De Zwart. For those who don't know Bart, here's a brief overview of his paddling accomplishments:    - 4x winner of the 11-City SUP Tour (220km) - 3 x winner of the Muskoka River X (220 km) - Yukon River Quest Champion (715 km) - Paddled the length of the Hawaiian islands (5 days/nights non-stop)- Paddled from Tahiti to Bora Bora (3 days/nights non-stop)- Paddled the coast of Greenland (after being forced to abandon his crossing from Canada) -SUP/windsurf shop owner on Maui for 17 years -Starboard International Team Rider   Yeah, Bart goes hard. Chase and Bart talk about Bart's mindset and training for ultra-distance paddling, surfing Jaws, training with Connor Baxter for the last 7 years, scariest moments at sea and much more.   

Mo catches up with Erik to discuss his recent change in board company, the ISA games, his training program, how he creates maneuvers, creativity and his love of all things water.

Some cool changes coming to the Paddlewoo podcast.  In this show Erik and Chase discuss living in Costa Rica, what Chase has been learning from coaching these past few months, and new changes to the podcast.  Erik will continue to cover paddle surfing and learning and Chase is going to start hosting shows focused on racing and the lifestyle of SUP.

Chase is a sponsored international racer and surfer who has coached and competed for the past 7 years. While he is most known for his racing accolades, Chase has a real passion for surfing.

Anders Ericsson is the author of Peak, and the world's foremost researcher on mastery.  He discusses the role practice, mental representations, and the skills he thinks our children should be learning.

Erik Logan returns to the Paddlewoo Podcast.  Erik is the President of the Oprah Winfrey Network and is using his business accumen to steer the sport of paddle surfing in the right direction.  He's a board member of USA Surfing and in our discussion explains where the our sport is headed on a national level, the industry trends he's seeing now and of course... what he's riding.

JP Australia's Werner Gnigler gets technical with Erik Antonson about JP's innovation process, the rational behind their parallel fins, how windsurfing contributes to paddle surfing (specifically at higher speeds) and the float vs. performance debate.  Paddle surfing nerds, you're welcome!    

Norm Hann is an outdoor adventure guide focused on SUP tours in Squamish, BC.  He recently came down to train with Erik in Nosara and Erik realized that Norm's story was worth sharing.  Not only is Norm living a passion based life in the standup world, he's also been actively protecting the BC coastline from oil tankers.  He produced Standup4GreatBear, a film where he paddled the proposed oil tanker route, and was then featured in Stand Film.

Standup Journal's new Online Editor joins Erik on the podcast. Evelyn O'Doherty is a former school teacher gone rogue.  Her transformation happened when she learned to surf.  After the bug bit, she was no longer able to be contained to the walls of a classroom, so Ev followed her instincts to recreate herself and left a successful career of teaching in order to spend more time on the water.  Today, she is a stand up paddle racer,  surfer and yoga teacher.  She instructs and offers retreats around the world in order to inspire others to follow their passions, live their dreams and, she hopes, spend more time on the water.  Evelyn believes wholeheartedly that we will protect what we love; therefore, her on-the-water coaching includes special attention to the state of our waterways and oceans in order to inspire her students to become stewards for the planet and take care of each other and the ocean so that we may live and respect in it's presence for a long time to come.  You can check out her Stand Up Paddle Clinics and Retreats on her website:   www.evelynodoherty.com

Introducing the Progression Project Podcast.  This episode is from the Progression Project, my new podcast focused on the learning process and journey to mastery.  But, since our conversation uses paddle surfing to discuss the learning process, you guys will love it! Josh Waitzkin is the author of The Art of Learning.  He's the subject of the movie, Searching for Bobby Fischer, about his chess life.  He's an 8x US National Chess Champion, a 2x World Tai Chi Push Hands Champion, and a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt.  He's new passion is paddle surfing, and I've been coaching Josh for the last 16 months.  Our conversation is about his the learning process and his framework for skill acquisition.  If you're learning to paddle surf listen to this episode first.

Erik and Tristan discuss the 2017 season of the Standup World Tour.

I got up with Zane and Matty while in San Clemente.  They'd both been on the show before so we took this opportunity to have a technical discussion and dive into fan questions.  It's a long episode, almost 2 hours, but it's packed full of lessons.  If you're passionate about getting better at paddle surfing, you're gonna love it!

Larry Cain, Olympic Gold Medalist and now Head Coach at Paddle Monster joins Erik on the Paddlewoo podcast to discuss stroke technique and lessons learned from his olympic life.

Kirk McGinty from L41 SURFCRAFT joins Erik on the Paddlewoo Podcast to discuss paddle surfboard design and Erik's next board.  This is Part 1 of the series Designing a Paddle Board and is the initial discussion and direction for the board.  Follow along on paddlewoo.com to see different design iterations.  After the board is finished and tested Kirk will come back on the show to break down the performance.

Jason and SUP Surfing Coach Erik discuss lessons learned in a week surfing in Costa Rica.  We cover bottom turns, paddle technique, popping up, cutbacks, boards and surfing in crowds.

Foundation Training saved my surfing life!  Eric Goodman teaches us fundamental principles that will increase our future happiness.  

Tyler comes back on the show to give us a technical understanding of fin dynamics and what you should ride when.  I learned more in this 45 minutes than in a life of surfing.  Enjoy!

Fernando Stalla, from Sayulita, Mexico, witnessed the highest levels of paddle surfing in 2010 when a professional contest came to town, and decided to work to achieve that level and a place in the sport.

A deeper look at Kai Lenny.  In this interview Kai describes how he sees the ocean and Jaws, he breaks down moment by moment his heaviest wave, he opens up about his passion and what fuels his drive.

Will Taylor, editor of SUP the Mag comes on the Paddewoo Podcast to discuss how they see paddle surfing, its relation to the surf world and the events (Pacific Paddle Games and The SUP Awards) they run.

Jamie Mitchell, arguably the world's greatest waterman, discusses the the mental game of paddling in the open ocean and surfing the biggest waves on the planet.  Jamie is the 10 Time Molokai to Oahu race winner and is currently on the Big Wave World Tour.

Kalama, Boehne and Colin McPhillips join Erik in Costa Rica for a week of surfing and filming for an upcoming project and sit down to record a podcast from the Blue Zone headquarters during the trip.

Tyler Callaway is the US Head of FCS and the President of SUPIA.  He is the surf coach for UC at San Diego.  He comes on the PaddleWoo Podcast to discuss innovations in paddle surfing, the direction of the industry and SUPIA organization.

Erik Logan is the President of the Oprah Winfrey Network and Paddle Surfing's biggest fan.  He partners, advises and surfs with Laird Hamilton, Dave Kalama, and Dave Boehne.

The Founder, Editor and Publisher of Standup Journal joins Erik on the PaddleWoo Podcast to discuss the sports roots and future.

Colin McPhillips comes on the show to recount the PaddleWoo 2.0 Video Contest and catch up all things Paddle Enhanced Surfing.  Then Erik calls Zane to congratulate him on winning the contest.

Zane and Matty Schweitzer and Connor Baxter come on the show to tell the story of a surf trip to Jaws gone wrong.  Luckily no one was hurt, and they share lessons learned from the adventure.

Connor Baxter shares his paddling technique for 20 minutes on both surf and race boards, his favorite surf spots around the world and how he trains.

Keahi discusses travels, videos, boards, contests, his recent injury, drones, and a bit of kite surfing.

Current World Champ Caio Vaz and reigning Blue Zone SUP darts Champ Ian join Erik on the Podcast from the Blue Zone Headquarters in Costa Rica.

Dave Boehne comes on the podcast and talks his background in the surf industry, thoughts on board design and volume, travels, SUP PIRATES and where his nickname TheBrownBlurr came from...

The South Africans came on the show on our first on-location podcast from the World Tour event in Huntington Beach, CA.  The trio tells us about the scene in S.A., their travels, sharks and talks design (interesting coming from longboarders turned paddle surfers).

Zane and Matty come on the show and discuss Contest Judging, Zane's move to SUP from Windsurfing, Matty's Tahiti wipeout and Zane's Victory and a whole lot of Aloha Spirit.

Shak is currently ranked 2nd on the Standup World Tour, she shares stories of the first board shaped in Australia with Jamie Mitchell and why the Coast Guard just spent an afternoon looking for her...  

Giorgio Gomez gets real and discusses production vs. custom boards, the vibe in Cali, FL and Europe, why are SUP surfers getting into racing and he gives a backside surfing clinic.

Congratulations to Mo Freitas for winning the 1st PaddleWoo Video Contest!  A big thanks to all the entrants.Colin comes on the show to discuss the contest and judging, then Mo Freitas calls in and chats about the videos, what he's excited about and where he's headed and hopes to film his video for the 2nd PaddleWoo video contest.

Dave Kalama is a modern father of SUP, listen as he recounts his days on a SUP with Laird, the beginning of big wave surfing and why it resembles SUP today and how his training has evolved.  This is a must-listen!

Listen to Noa Ginella openly discuss his role and future in the SUP world, what inspires him and what boards he and team Naish are using.

Listen to co-owner Mike McGann from 27 North Paddles get technical on paddle development, performance and 3 tips to make you a better surfer.

Justin Holland comes back on the PaddleWoo podcast to tell us the harrowing tale of his horrible wipeout in West Oz.  You won't be able to turn this episode off!!!

Kieran Grant is an inspirational human.  After spending 8 days surfing with him in Costa Rica he is one of my favorite surfers.  Get to know Kieran in this short PaddleWoo Podcast recorded onsite in Costa Rica.

This week on the PaddleWoo podcast we deviate a bit from the norm, as there isn't a guest.  Erik talks about the rules of surfing and a few tips to help you navigate a lineup, and answers fan questions.

Get to know Mo Freitas on this episode of the PaddleWoo Podcast.  You learn there's a lot to Mo, he is passionate about family, surfing, racing and editing/producing videos -- and he is quite good at what he's passionate about!

Fisher Grant just placed 1st, 2nd and 5th in SUP, Longboard and Shortboard at the USA Surfing Championships.  He joins the paddlewoo podcast to discuss how he sees surfing.  Listen and learn from his unique perspective.