Sunday, February 22, 2015

Saturday Summer Paddling


We caught up with Traci again on Saturday morning and also finally met Darryn. Traci & Darryn have set up SUP NZ and based in Petone and there aim is to introduce more people onto stand up paddling around the Wellington region.



It's pretty hard to be unbiased when it comes to any equipment especially when you run a retail operation and then the obvious thing is to sell you one of the boards you stock. I guess with these two they are not a retail so their has to be more neutrality.......they simply get people paddling stand up boards. Traci and Darryn both did their instructors courses in the United States and that's something schools ask nowadays as they want to know the standard you've been trained to....Safety First !



Here's there Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/supnz they also have a website which is SUP.NZ I believe....it's down currently so I can't copy the goggle link.

Here 's some pictures from yesterday we we started opposite the Giant Oars.



While Sharlene paddled stand up I obviously hitched a ride and did some downwind across the Harbour to try and prep myself for the King & Queen of the Harbour in Auckland on March 7/8, an event that Dave McKnight are paddling ski and Hans Wannemacher is paddling SUP....it's a 24 km International Downwind event......to find out more www.pacificoceanpaddlers.com




Anyhow my session yesterday lasted 1 hr 40 mins I obviously took some photos from the Giant Oars to the Petone Wharf of the stand up activity....but from there I paddling up to the start venue for "The Motorway Classic" opposite Honiara Te Puni Reserve then checked out the wind angle which was very NW, so I decided that another 500 metres up to Horokiwi Road would give me a good track down the Harbour.


I pretty much sliced halfway between Matiu Island and Point Halswell then zoned in on  Scorching Bay Beach to get some nice swells down the Seatoun Beaches to the Seatoun Wharf.....a lazy 55 minutes across the harbour....so I headed back upwind to Scorching Bay again with one last downwind rip to Worser Bay.



The next bit is a trick from the old days.....fire the wheel on the front than portage the ski back home over Ava Road...which takes about 12 to 15 mins running and walking. Short cut up the steep walkway to the Summit of Awa Road through the trees here you look across to Eastbourne and Petone.


Made it home...quick pic of my event number for the next few years.....I use to love basketball at High School....NBA player Larry Bird (33) Boston Celtics was one of the stars back in the day.

One last thing we have a black TYR lycra long sleev top that was left in our van at the Matiu Island/Sladden Park event....please claim by giving Sharlene a call on 027 4581 005


Chester's old school mapping system:

Centre right of the picture green pin = start point opposite Cuba Street....to the left green and red pins denotes Horokiwi Road...then red pins downwind to Seatoun wharf.....blue pins upwind to Scorching Bay then back exiting at Worser Bay....Black pin is home.

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