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hi I'm Kyla from tuja wellness
and I'm here with Bob Purdy stand up paddleboard elder in training
from Paddle for the Planet
so we started on the shore, a great place for beginners
to start
take me through what we learned there again so what we covered on the beach was mainly
the paddle
and it's really important to get the right length of paddle
so what you want is when you're standing you want the handle of the paddle, the
top of the paddle, to just come into the crook of your wrist
and that puts the paddle in the right position so that when you're taking a
stroke
you're not putting excess strain on your body that you don't need and then the
other part we talked about was
you can see that there's a bit of a bend to the blade there so what you wanna do
is you wanna put the blade in the water with that bend to the front
so you're pulling the blade through the waters this way, a lot of new paddlers, in
particular, will
kind of scoop the water with the blade that way that's actually incorrect
we want to start on the knees like this just to give you a feel for what the
board does in the water
before you stand, it's a lot easier and one of the things that you'll have to
do you have to paddle on both sides
to keep the board going straight so you'll take two or three or four strokes on one
side
and then you'll take two or three, four strokes on the other side
let's practice a little turn here so
on your right hand side what you want to do is you wanna back stroke
so you're gonna put the paddle in this way see how that brings the nose of the
board around
then flip the paddle over to the other side and keep paddling on that side
the other thing you want to start thinking about a little bit
is you want to make sure that shaft of the blade goes in the water on the
vertical
new paddlers especially will have a tendency to kind of a sweep it this way
and that makes the board turn so you wanna go in straight
so the first thing about standing on the board you'll notice there is a little
hand-hold right there
that's the center point to the board and that's where you wanna try and stand
somewhere close to that area
and the other thing about standing is speed in this sport is your friend the
faster you go the more stable your board is
and once you've got the speed up to where you want it lay paddle lengthwise
across the board and you re just gonna take a step with one leg
step with the other leg you're gonna stand up and away you go
wahoo you are stand up paddlesurfing
a little tip for balance, you know that big pad that's behind your big toe
and the pad that's behind your little toe and the pad that's on your heel
those three points make a triangle what you want to focus on is trying to keep
even pressure on all three points of those triangles
and if you're able to do that what happens is the rest your body from the
feet up just aligns itself naturally so you don't have to think about your knees
your hips your shoulders all that kinda stuff
so what you wanna make sure with your stroke is you wanna get that blade as far forward
as you can comfortably reach
and pull your feet up to the blade and you just want to pull to about your feet
alright
I think I'm getting the hang of it thank Bob I'm ready to take on Okanagan Lake
I've heard you've done it a few times just once or twice
with Paddle for the Planet that's a project I started
January 1st 2011 I've paddled every consecutive days since then to
change the way we live on the planet and last June
I initiated World Power for the Planet Day around the world and for my part in
that I paddled form Penticton to Vernon
so I know Okanagan Lake quite well looks like I have a lot of catching up to do
Vernon is that way why don't we see how far we get wahoo
catch you later