Whitewater SUP 2014

Stand Up Paddleboarding is getting more and more famous. These guys are some of the first surfers riding their SUP in whitewater!

video produced by Danny Strasser

music by:
Michael Wolz
Mindplug

[kayakr]

When I started paddling whitewater kayak a friend told me,  "you don't need to change rivers just change boats".
Just started paddling SUP on the river myself.
"Boring"? Saddle up.
And yes I have paddled some decent whitewater over the years in K1, C1 & C2.
US Canoe/Kayak team 87/88
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[unclejohnthezef]

Good for you guys for showing the falls! Thank you! It really helps and gives perspective: what s possible, early stages, etc. Edited videos with no falls suck and seem really fake

[MK-xltt]

Pretty sure sup whitewater started in West Virginia in the 80s when the Snyder boys and co. Ran sh!t standing on thrill seekers ( inflatable kayaks).

[wrybread]

This is awesome, but I'm surprised you didn't show any footage of people catching eddies and/or surfing river waves. That's pretty much the most fun part of SUP on a river. Also, I hate to say it but you guys lived up to the stereotype of the SUP rider covered in GoPros. Of all those helmet and board cams we saw precisely .5 seconds of footage from any of them, ha.

[chalk-rock]

where is the location of the opening scene?

[Realtor_CristinaPA]

What brand name SUPs were they using in this You Tube clip...look inflatable SUPs...let me know.  Thanks

[adventurer]

the whole "cool and uncool" thing is way off. sup's are not well thought of in the whitewater community because they are so limited right now, the paddler where stuggling with simple class 2 whitewater. im sure as the sport continues to develop you will have many more pioneers going further and further but please dont break it down into cool and uncool because most whitewater kayaker dont think of them selves as cool that is just the media hype. keep pushing forward, i look forward to the day when i can try suping down some my local class 4 and 5 water

[thatisgnargnar]

The hardest part of riding a sup in the river is telling your parents that you are gay

[mikeskor]

Lame music and offensive talk from some guy who thought supping anything other than rapids was uncool. What I saw was a bunch of guys in baggy wetsuits lurching from one rapid to another.