Monday, February 4, 2013

People who make a difference

Yep big day out yesterday and to finish the day off the Organising Team had a debrief out on the SUP's in Evans Bay last night............ we would have loved Aaliyah there as well.......... but her Dad, Howie needs to sell a few fish and chips packs to buy his number one supporter a board........and paddle................make sure you ask for a Starboard or a Naish Aaliyah........ ha ha ha

Did you know that she also went up to Ned yesterday at the finish, and said thanks for beating her Dad...........I think that was her way of saying congratulations :-)

Today I could have gone out for a paddle on the surf ski...............but instead I was lucky enough to be able to catch up with Steve Knowles and his good wife Jen and their three adventurer kids.
The Knowles are the driving force behind Sportzhub............www.sportzhub.com 

Basically this website is a "Megasite" a one stop shop for show casing a number of outdoor activities the length and breadth of the Country.
In my books Sportzhub takes the heat off, some sports, poor websites..............that generally display a lack of information for the grass roots people that are looking for something stimulating that will inspire them off the couch.

I' am personally a big fan due to the number of kayaks and surf skis I have sold on the Sportzhub trading post and the number of articles and photos for our paddling community that I've had posted on this great site stretches longer than both my wings.

If they can throw a few Knighthoods around for some of those high flyers riding the gravy train they may well think to give guys like Steve the old sword tap on the shoulder one day............. because he's doing what other people are failing to do at the moment...........which is to communicate good information to the recreational public.................a very inspiring site........thanks Steve and Jen.

No excuses not to go for a paddle today...............but tomorrow is another day, so I'll take the vacuum cleaner for a walk around the house instead.............a mans work is never done :-)

First photo is the landscaped SUP in the reserve above Breaker Bay :-)

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