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Trey,
Yes we would love your insight. WE are putting together a series of river sup articles for 2013. We are organizing the topics now and would love to have both you and alex help with writing and putting out the content. Could you send an email to erin@supconnect.com and I will email both you and Alex more about our plan for 2013. Thanks!
Erin Robbins
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Monday, 17 December 2012 02:32

Alex Mauer,

I would honestly respect the other surfers enough to never throw my paddle I to the eddy. I have seen people hit by them that way. It's all well and goo if you are surfing a spot where there isn't a risk of hitting anyone. But you could also damage your paddle and those are pretty expensive! You always have another option. For example this is how you can get back to the eddy at Gwood. After you come off the wave get to your board stand up and paddle back up to the wave toward the center where the other eddy is and ferry back across to the main line up. Or you can drop in from that side. If you need some practice ferrying one o those classes that trey mentioned would help you out a great deal. Hope to see you on the river.

Thursday, 13 December 2012 00:11

Trey Knight,

Andy, great comment. I know there are some great waves where many SUP'ers would really love to throw there paddle and get back into the eddy. This is something that will be very new to many kayakers and other river users and will def. get you some negative feedback if you do so when other people are in the eddy, esp. not paddleboarders. I would also say that people should be very cautious about surfing above something that they can't paddle. The common practice in the rivers is that we you blow off the wave you paddle yourself back into the eddy and if you miss you should have a plan and be able to get yourself safely back to shore. Most river users consider swimming in whitewater a bad thing and avoid it whenever they can, so deliberately jumping towards an eddy off a board when you blow off a wave is a new thing to a lot of people on the river. You should also make sure you know very well what rocks are where before you go jumping into the river and this wold not be a practice to teach new river stand up paddle boarders. Dan Gavere and Charlie MacArthur both have very good videos out that show the basic of stand up paddleboarding on the river. You can also take a class from the ACA that was developed by the above people and more river stand up paddleboard experts and pioneers. CKS Paddlefest will feature some very good river SUP classes in 2013 if you are in Colorado.

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Wednesday, 12 December 2012 22:27

andy,

Alex

All straight forward except the 'no throwing your paddle to the eddy line' rule. You know how it gets on bigger waves like G-wood. Not throwing your paddle and trying to swim would be more dangerous. Every wave has its set requirements. I think the gunnison wave would be extremely dangerous to not throw your paddle. You need to swim like hell to avoid getting washed through some very sucky holes. Holes with tons of debris. Pray for snow!

Wednesday, 12 December 2012 07:24

Alex Mauer,

http://supconnect.mylocallineup.com/SUP-How-tos-Techniques/river-surfing-etiquette.html

Wednesday, 12 December 2012 02:15