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Standup paddle - Tintamarre - Saint Martin - Antilles

Paddle board downwind from Tintamarre

Our first standup paddle board downwind: Today is a big day for Likka and I. We made our first standup paddle board downwind from Tintamarre island to Saint Martin. Let me tell you how was that day.. We took the boat from Cul de Sac and after a 10mn ride, we reached the beach of [...]

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Paddle boards - Pine Island - St Martin - St Maarten - Caribbean

Paddle board with friends in St Maarten

Paddle board, friends, Pinel island, what else? Every year, our friends from France come over to visit so we plan the best actvities for them to fill the week program. Winter is striking in Europe while we are in the middle of high season here in the Caribbean so it’s not always easy for us [...]

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Blu Wave Paddle Board - Little Key - Pinel Island - St Martin - Caribbean

Introducing Aaron Pilon from Blu Wave Paddleboards

Here is Blu Wave Paddleboards boss, Aaron Pilon: Let me introduce you my friend Aaron Pilon, an avid traveler, paddler and surfer. He founded Blu Wave paddleboards after travelling around the Pacific Coast of Mexico. He became passionate with standup paddle boarding because it’s an activity which offers a good compromise between kayaking and surfing [...]

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Paddle Surf - Plum Bay - Caribbean

Paddle Board Adventures

Delphine goes Paddle Board in Grand Case and Plum Bay: This week was pretty calm, so Delphine came from Guadeloupe to visit for a couple of days! She already practices stand up paddle board in Guadeloupe so naturally we invited her for some Paddle Board Adventures! We first went to Grand Case. Grand Case is [...]

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Shark - St Martin - St Maarten - Caribbean

Great White Shark versus Paddle Board

Paddling with a Great White Shark: Do you know Shark Week on Discovery Channel? Every year since 1987 there is a week to celebrate this amazing creature from the ocean. This year was the 25th anniversary and this was a gift for us paddlers because of this video. It is not common to see sharks. [...]

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SUP Connect - St Martin - St Maarten - Caribbean

SUP Grom of the Year

Don’t forget the Stand Up Paddle grom of the year: In 2011, Zane Schweitzer won the SUP grom of the year. This year, new young stand up paddlers came to try to be the next king (or queen) of 2012. One restriction: only 18 and under can be nominated for this award. So that no one [...]

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Stand Up Paddle - Dave Kalama

Paddle board instructions by Dave Kalama

Dave Kalama explains how to turn around on a paddle board: This paddle board video is one of a serie about learning stand up paddle boarding. It introduces Dave Kalama, one of the biggest surfer and stand up paddle boarder in the world. Dave is Laird Hamilton‘s friend, and they both (re)discovered stand up paddle. [...]

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