Stand Up. Paddle Out.

11’6″ Surftech French Universal.  It was lightly used for one summer – excellent condition.

Length: 11’6
Width: 32 1/8
Thickness: 5 1/8
Volume: 247 liters
Fin Setup: 2+1, Center box plus two biters
Construction: Tuflite with Soft-top.

$850 obo

Contact Mike at mikeschlaack@gmail.com

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Detroit Michigan, December 1, 2011 — Detroit Surf Co. of announces it has selected Blk Box Surf of Detroit Michigan as its primary supplier of 2012 branded and co-branded stand up paddle boards (SUPs).

“Choosing Blk Box Surf was an easy choice for us, their production is right here in Detroit Michigan using all 100% USA sourced materials. It’s important to our brand that we support our local businesses as much as possible, especially here in Detroit. We couldn’t be happier to be working with Matt Campbell and the crew at Blk Box Surf” said Detroit Surf Co. CEO David Tuzinowski

The 2012 Detroit Surf Co., Blk Box co-branded SUP boards are in production and are ready for ordering online at www.detroitsurfco.com. These boards will come in 2 sizes 11’ for paddlers up to 230lbs, and 10’10” for paddlers up to 160.

ABOUT Detroit Surf Co.

Detroit Surf Co. Sells branded apparel, water wear, stand up paddles boards, and is now in development of snowboards.

For more information contact:

David Tuzinowski
contact@detroitsurfco.com
www.DetroitSurfCo.com
888-840-9518

http://blog.thirdcoastsurfshop.com/2011/11/surf-art-exhibition-reception-featured.html

Third Coast Surf Shop’s second featured Surf Art Exhibition opens Saturday, November 19, at Third Coast Surf Shop’s new headquarters, at 212 State St., St. Joseph.

On display in Michigan for the first time will be works by Mike Killion, a Chicago-based surfer and photographer. A graduate of Columbia College in Chicago, Killion’s surf photography has appeared in numerous national publications and in worldwide exhibitions.  He also founded Great Lakes Surfer magazine, the first online publication dedicated exclusively to Midwest surfing.

The exhibition will kick off with a reception in Third Coast Surf Shop’s surf art gallery space, on Saturday, November 19, from 5 to 8 pm.

Contact me at standuppaddleout@gmail.com and I’ll give you the details.

1. Hand shaped, custom Blkbox, carbon, 12’6″ displacement hull race board.

2. Hobie 9’4″ SUP.  Great condition. 

Bags available for each board for a good price.

Email me and I’ll get you details and/or pictures.

HERMOSA BEACH, CA – Midwest Stand Up Paddle Championship Series winner Rob Patton, of New Era, MI, had the opportunity to participate in the 2011 Hennessey’s World SUP and Paddleboard Championships Saturday, September 17, in California.  Rob’s airfare and entry fee were sponsored by Clear Water Outdoor, Lake Geneva, WI, as part of the overall prize for the Midwest Stand Up Paddle Race Series.  See www.clearwateroutdoor.com for more information on the retail store and race series.
 
Rob arrived in Hermosa Beach Thursday last week to acclimate to the area and get a couple of days paddling in Pacific Ocean conditions before the race.  His first hurdle came when he went to pick up his carbon fiber ZRE race paddle at the Redondo Beach Marina where he was staying and found the handle was crushed during delivery by UPS.  Rob spent his first morning of the trip rebuilding the paddle with marine epoxy and ensuring it would be sound for the race.
 
After the paddle repairs were complete Rob practiced beach starts through the surf zone on his race board with another other visiting Great Lakes paddler Tony Paul, of Spring Lake, MI, who qualified for Hennessey’s through the TC Waterman race in Traverse City, MI, this past August.  The two worked together to represent the Great Lakes region at this premier event of the season.
 
Race day came with a strong south wind, which is unusual for the Hermosa Beach area.  Ocean swell wasn’t huge, but was substantial enough to present a problem for racers if not properly timed.  The strong wind made for generally choppy conditions on the 2.2 mile triangular loop course, which racers would navigate three times after a beach start and finish that would have them navigating out and back in through the surf zone.  The out-to-sea leg of the triangle was essentially a headwind paddle while the incoming leg was a crosswind run with side swell.  The overall course was listed as 7 miles long.
 
The beach starts were exciting, with two-minute gaps between unlimited prone paddlers, stock prone paddlers, unlimited SUPs, 14′ SUPs, female stock (12’6) SUPs, then, finally, male stock (12’6) SUPs which was the largest category and the one Rob and Tony were participating in.  Once on the course all paddlers were mixed in with one another, which had race giants like Jamie Mitchell, Danny Ching, Candice Appleby, Slater Trout, Jack Bark, Jim Terrell, Chuck Patterson and many others battling it out with the other qualilfied paddlers.
 
Rob had a strong race with no falls and a clean surf zone exit and return.  He placed 30th out of 37 paddlers in his category with a finishing time of 1 hour 39 minutes and 43 seconds.  “I felt great about my race afterwards,” he says.  “I would have liked to have been in the top 25 but I was encouraged to only be a couple minutes off that group.  Going into this event my goal was to end the race feeling like I paddled strong and did my best.  I felt that way when I was done so I’m not going to be discouraged by my finishing time or ranking.”
 
The Hennessey’s event closes out the 2011 race season for Rob, who will now concentrate on the fall great lakes surf season and general fitness paddling.  He is a team rider for BlkBox Surf, in Oxford, MI, and will also continue assisting BlkBox owner Matt Campbell with R&D on the 12’6 and 14′ Mothership race board designs, www.blkboxsurf.com

Two Michigan stand up paddlers have qualified for and will represent the Great Lakes paddling community at the Hennessey’s Stand Up Paddleboarding World Championships this Saturday in Hermosa Beach, CA.  Rob Patton, of New Era, and Tony Paul, of Spring Lake, will each compete in the 12’6 race class in the elite 7 mile race.

Rob qualified for Hennessey’s by winning the Midwest Stand-up Paddle Championships points series, a six-race series that included races in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.  Tony qualified by winning the TC Waterman events in Traverse City, MI, in August.  Tony (1st) and Rob (2nd) are pictured above on the TC Waterman podium, Hawaii’s Ron St. John took 3rd in that event.

Rob’s airfare and entry are sponsored by Clearwater Outdoor in Lake Geneva, WI, www.clearwateroutdoor.com.  Tony’s airfare was sponsored by TC Waterman, organized by Traverse City’s Todd Mackey, www.tcwaterman.com.

It’s interesting to note that both paddlers are from west Michigan, arguably the hub of Great Lakes stand up paddling activities.  Rob is a team rider for BlkBox Surf, a custom surfcraft business owned by Matt Campbell of Oxford, MI, www.blkboxsurf.com.  Tony supports the Midwest’s largest stand-up paddleboard retailer, the Outpost of Holland, www.hollandoutpost.com.

Both Rob and Tony have been active in watersports for years.  Rob has been a paddler for over 25 years, primarily in solo whitewater and wilderness canoeing, but has focused on stand up paddling and surfing for the last five years.  Tony is a former competetive barefoot skier.

Watch www.standuppaddleout.com for updates on the Midwest boys’ performance this weekend.

Glad to say that one board has been posted and one board has sold on Stand Up. Paddle Out.

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Who was out this weekend?  Anyone catch some good waves on Sunday?  Share some pics if possible.

It’s amazing how much colder Lake Michigan has gotten over the weekend.  I paddled Thursday, Friday and Monday.  Thursday and Friday were very calm, warm days to paddle.

Yesterday was not the same story.  Strong North wind and a much cooler lake temp.  Still spent a couple hours trying to catch some bumps but was glad I had my 3/2 on.