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Got up and out of the house before COFFEE and kids! Nice to paddle in a group, very social. 9 km, point to point and 10 x 15 stroke sprints...

Fantastic weekend with demos of 16 skis on Saturday and lots of new faces. Perfect weather for a great morning. Sunday another perfect day for paddling. I gave a clinic on technique and Patrick on rough water....no training but some paddling with smiles.

D, Pat and Steve Woods..out to the ocean, small surf, small or no wind, back in harbor. 2 x7', 6 x 4', 4 x 40", 3x 2' and 3 x 30"..Steve is way fast, Pat is way slow and I laugh and complain alot....but happy to be out there..with school [...]

Hard to go alone and in the flats..but managed 2 x 1000m, 2 x 500m and 2 x 250m on our sprint course. All at 90% to Max with rest to recover. We need to do more of this.

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What a great paddle. 15km downwind straight out on Toms boat. Pat, KC,Tom, Corry and I went 10 miles out the Long Beach harbor. The wind was 20 knots, small easy to ride swell. Best paddle in a long time. Andy Walron, a grip for Hollywood shot some video we [...]

Me with the mens winner, Eric Borgness of Wisconsin. He has been a friend of ours for a long time and was the one who talked us into racing in Canada. I’m sure he said its not really that cold there? First time on his new Mako Elite..way to go! [...]

Willie lap (8.5km) cruising speed for loosen up and tune up before we fly to Vancover and freezing temps. Race is on Sunday. 30km

Steve Woods from SA via Molokai and myself had a nice 13 km tour out the harbor , up and walk across. A few 1000m pieces along the way. Everyone knows the "Wedge" and wants to see it or surf it..so today, no swell or even a ripple out there....figures.

Nice paced 10 km (ave about 11.5km/hour) every 5' 100% for 15 seconds. Small downwind, side bump ocean.

Nice workout with Adam from Texas..we went Apex double for a 2 hour lesson and Pat pushed along in a single. Its always a blast to have a mostly lake paddler get in the ocean and have a "swell" time. We hope he can bring back some friends for a [...]

Today we had a big group. D, Pat, Eva, John and Kevin in the double and few hundred other crafts enjoying Newport Harbor, even in the cool and cloudy weather. Hard pieces...2,4,6,8,8,6,4,2 rest 1'..... some ocean. 13.5 km

Alone, only l hour to paddle. 10 x 1' 100% rest 2' Lots of wierd wind gusts...ocean would have been fun.

alone today, but some wind on the sea. Made for some fun. I want to take a second too, to say how proud I am to be associated with such great people that supply our skis and the agents around the world that sell them. The whole Molokai ski rental [...]

Pat home after loading the trailer with skis from the race. Hes wooped..but not like the racers. I don't know how we can race and load 25 skis afterwards...humm going to have to figure it out for next year. We paddled 3 x 2000m not too hard..lots of stories from [...]

D and Eva...10 x 3' 90% effort, rest 1 Short and sweet.

4 x 4' rest 1, 4 x 40" 100%rest 1, 4 x 3' rest 1 and 4 x 30" 100% rest 1 Nice day..no swell, no wind, no surf.

Ok..all who requested we load your skis..done and ready to go. Patrick spent some time at the container..mostly talking I will bet. Some weights and a run for me. So wishing I was in Hawaii, as I feel fine just now. Weather guru saying mild wind for Sunday..hope it changes [...]

Patricks in Hawaii, boo hoo. I paddled alone, 10 km steady with 1' ups every 5'. Then a 2 hour lesson. P off for a makapu run with 20 other paddlers getting ready for Molokai. Good luck Noah, Barry, Ian and Dawid...

Back on the water today, feeling better..but still a nagging cough. It is hard to motivate when Molo is out, and then nothing big till Surfski champs in Sept. So we have decided to go to the Round Bowen Island race in Vancouver. Its a race we have never done, [...]