2014 Great Lakes SUP Classic

It's that time of year again.  Time for the 5th Annual Great Lakes SUP Classic.
Taking place September 13th, 2014.

http://www.hollandoutpost.com/stand-up-paddling/great-lakes-sup-classic/

Follow the link for info, registration and schedule.

See you there!

Help "THE PADDLER"

This is a very interesting and moving story and cause.
Check out the video/article at SUPtheMag
http://www.supthemag.com/features/help-paddler/

and/or

There is a Kickstarter project for this.  Check it out and donate if you can.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thepaddlermovie/the-paddler-movie

Paddleboard across Lake Michigan

I wish them luck.
This only reminds me that I once had this idea about 5 years ago when I started this website and never followed through.  Oh well.  Best of luck to the 5 that will attempt to cross.

http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/08/paddle-board_lake_michigan.html

Paddle Healthy: 5 Super Veggies - SUP Magazine

Paddle Healthy: 5 Super Veggies - SUP Magazine



5 Super Veggies!  Check it out.

StandUpPaddleOut is moving

I'm am currently updating and migrating this site to Wordpress.

The new link will be:

standuppaddleout.com

Great Lakes CleanUp

A 50 degree overcast morning was the start to a cleanup effort on the Black River.
This is the waterway that runs through lower Michigan and empties into Lake Macatawa and eventually
into Lake Michigan at the Holland harbor.

There was a crew there to help the Macatawa Greenway clean up the river.  Canoes, gloves and trash bags  were provided to help accomplish the task.  The majority of the volunteers took to their canoes and four of us launched our SUP's in hopes of helping out.  We focused on the area east of Windmill Island and paddled up river to check for sites that needed to be cleaned.  We turned back downstream when the river turned shallow and rocky and began the downstream paddle in search of any debris.

The majority of the trash consisted of plastic bags and bottles and snagged fishing line, etc.  There was some great efforts to remove a couple car tires, a steel barrel, lawn chairs and numerous spent shotgun cartridges.

The effort ended back at the launch point with about 18-20 bags of garbage that got properly disposed of.

The simple lack of regard for a great waterway is hard to take.  The large number of people that come to this area and use it's waters doesn't compare to the 15-18 people that we had out that day to lend a hand cleaning up.  Hopefully we can shed some light on the problem that our waters are facing and get more and more people to spread the word about keeping things clean.  Lets focus on making people aware that they can be a part of the solution and not just a part of destroying our Great Lakes and waterways.

Plastic Gets There First