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Starboard Goes Island Style Sarasota Florida

9/20/09

You want to see some MANATEES?  Then you need to paddle a Starboard SUP with Laurel at Island Style Water Sports and you will!

Laurel has been on the water her entire life.  She teaches windsurfing and kitin!g, does kayak rentals and tours and now will get you into Stand Up Paddling, the fastest growing water [...]

Starboard Finds the Other Side and Lizards

Gieco the first lizard to SUP!

9/17/09  The Other Side, Islamorada 

The Florida Keys have always been said to be a great place to escape to … and if you’re lucky, you find the “Otherside”.

The Otherside Boardsports on the sleepy key called Islamorada is Mike and Shauna Walsh’s “otherside”.  These two and their little man Cody [...]

Starboard Steps into Liquid

9/16/09 Starboard Steps into Liquid

With 3 locations around Florida, Liquid Surf & Sail has you covered for your SUP needs.  They are the latest retailer to jump on the Starboard SUP program.  I paddled with owner Jim DeSilva and his crew Sam and Julian the other night around the Shake A Leg marina in Coconut [...]

Starboard Trolling on South Beach

Title: Trolling on South Beach

 9/13/09 No Wind? SUP is the perfect activity when the wind dies on South Beach.  The Kite Shop, through its 2 locations, will get you trolling the beach insuring a hook up by the afternoon.  Lots of fish here!

 The beautiful aquamarine water only slightly rivaled the scene on the sand, making [...]

Starboard Power SUPn in South Beach Miami

9/13/09 
Starboard Power SUPn in South Beach Miami

OK, I’m getting a little away (a lot really) from the traditional use of a SUP board here … sorry to bastardize it like this … but I needed some speed and “Frank” just happen to be driving by.  ”Got a rope” I yelled and then the fun began! [...]

Starboard SUP to Surf The Surf Station St. Augustine

9/11/09  Come in Surf Station … Starboard SUP to Surf Station … Come in.

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The Starboard Tour pulls in to Pipeline

9/7/09 

 The Starboard Tour pulls in to Pipeline … Surf Shop that is.  OK, so it wasn’t exactly firing at the beach today on Amelia Island, Florida, home to Pipeline Surf Shop… but everyone still had fun and isn’t that what SUP’s all about?

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SUPs UP at Cocoa Beach Surf Company NKF ProAm Surfing Festival

9/5/09  Cocoa Beach Florida – I happened to hear about the National Kidney Foundation’s 24th annual Cocoa Beach Surf Company NKF Pro-Am Surfing Festival when in Orlando a few weeks ago.  It’s the largest nonprofit surf contest in the country and attracts thousands of spectators and lots of talent.

 The event was started by Rich Salik, [...]

Starboard Lives In SURF WORLD September 1 2009 Pompano Beach

9/1/09  Starboard Lives In SURF WORLD
 With the Starboard quiver stacked, I rolled into what I thought was sleepy Pompano only to quickly realize that SUP was becoming an overwhelming obsession for many here.

A fully stocked SUP inventory (Big Easys, Blends, Whoppers, Cruisers, Tikis …) and pure stoke will greet you at the door of SURF [...]

The Trident Sports Starboard SUP Tour continues its way around sunny Florida and landed in Jupiter at Jupiter Paddle Boards

8/ 30/2009 The Trident Sports / Starboard SUP Tour continues its way around sunny Florida and landed in Jupiter at Jupiter Paddle Boards.  The calm waters of the inner coastal water way provided the perfect setting for beginners to get their sea legs.  Seasoned SUPer hosts John and Bari Denney along with Tommy Callan of [...]