Hurricane Bill: Garrett McNamara SUP surfing RI - Stand Up Paddle in HD

Professional surfer and big wave rider Garrett McNamara paddled out in Rhode Island on Sunday morning for Hurricane Bill with a stand up paddle board - SUP

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[betteryeti]

This dialog is going to be a total riot in historical retrospective. Prone surfers are *rapidly* becoming obsolete. Not only is SUP the only segment of surfing that's actually growing, but it's the fastest growing water sport of any kind at present. Put that in your local RI dirtbag pipe and smoke it. It's called evolution: stand up, use tools. Oh but wait there seems to be a bunch of you committed to remaining reptiles. Well, see you on the other side of the Natural Selection gap.

[RobertGoulet298]

Can you pull off a modern aerial maneuver on a SUP? Or any modern shortboard move for that matter? SUP's are replacing "prone surfers?" A prone surfer would be a body boarder... and I don't think you can say SUP's are replacing modern surfing, they're just becoming another way to ride waves. Riding on a SUP is not evolving. It's taking a step backward. Yes it may be a more efficient way to get on a wave, but you can't do half the things on a SUP that you can do on a modern surfboard.

[betteryeti]

I would say that most people's idea of what you can do on a modern surfboard has been completely corrupted by surf comix and surf videos. Sure, aerials, etc etc. Go to your local break -- how many people are actually doing them? How many days a year do the conditions even support them? People hop around like a dork for a few seconds with a Kelly Slater vid in their head... SUP allows people to exploit the waves that most of us actually have. PS they're SUPing at pipe and teahupoo.

[RobertGoulet298]

Cool so I'll give up modern surfboard riding so that I can just ride a straight line and do a cutback at the end. So it's a good thing he was on a SUP this day, really allowed him to exploit the waves and get some sick cover ups, unlike the other guys who were too busy hopping around like dorks....

I'm not arguing that SUPing doesn't have it's advantages, I'm just saying that a statement that SUP is the evolution of surfing and everything else is obsolete is absolutely absurd.

[betteryeti]

You probably will, actually. Out here around Little Dume, I can't even count the number of hardened locals who've made the switch and never looked back. Seriously. It's like tow-in; the only people who complain about it are the ones who haven't tried it yet, the ones who are wedded to the Old Postures. It might not make for flashy surf videos, but SUP is a superior way to connect with waves -- with the ocean -- than before. Me, I surf for my own enjoyment, not to claim some "sick coverup".

[RobertGoulet298]

Haha this is getting ridiciulous. I thought you surfed to exploit the waves? Or wait, you surf for your own enjoyment now? So do I. And getting a "sick coverup" is a very enjoyable experience. Again, I'm not arguing that SUPing doesn't have its advantages. It does. I've ridden SUP and it can be fun, except when guys are paddling behind my friends and I, trying to go for waves and wiping out so their board becomes a projectile, hitting us. But A well rounded surfer surfs everything. not just SUP.

[surf4food]

@coralandfish Oh really? Last time I was out there I saw quite a few people out on SUPs. Are you going after all of them? And you really have nothing better to do with your time than start fights with people riding them? Wow you have some issues it sounds like.

[peckawoodd]

0:25, 0:41, 1:20 are one of the big reasons SUP paddlers catch so much hate. He's catching much farther back than they can. To the inattentive surfer he's literally popping up out of no where and essentially stealing their wave. I've got no problem with SUPs but they can be annoying. I deal with it. I'm a kook myself so I'm sure I annoy people just as well on my short board. (I try not to.) We can all agree, however, that dropping in on folks is just not right.

[reliabuild]

SUP....great sport to allow people to get out and enjoy the ocean and progress onto other forms if they want.

[cc1sportingtorver]

Does anybody have Garrett McNamara's most recent video of his world record?

[chillboner]

SUP is like driving a snowmobile up to the summit, then wanting the respect of a mountain climber. When you skip the "skill" and "conditioning" part of a sport and then paddle into every wave, don't expect any respect. SUP is dangerous because it brings A TON of non-waterman into the lineup who don't know what they're doing, don't understand the ocean, and can't swim that well.

[kbkesq]

@RobertGoulet298

As primarily a SUP surfer, I agree with you wholeheartedly. SUP just allows a wider variety of waves and conditions (typically worse) and also riders (also typically not amazing surfers like Garrett McNamara, Robby Naish, Kainoa, etc). It is evolution in the sense of progress but nothing- nothing will ever replace surfing's purity. I am always working on my traditional surfing more and more, but the fact that I can stay warmer, catch more waves and avoid crowds keeps me SUPing

[dswthree]

the good thing about SUP surfing is that moves are coming back to what the sport was all about before the ridiculous monotony of endless off the lip moves; and btw "getting air" on a surfboard is a meaningless hotdog move. as far as his showing up and snaking waves the way he was is concerned its probably lucky he came and left by sled because in many areas he would have gotten his ass kicked in the parking lot upon departure...

[playacop]

Awesome.......I love it. a bunch of crying eastcoast guys on their fishes who cant make the drop. Stand up or shut up!

[LSTURMER]

nice waves, nice music

[coralandfish]

@rustysurfer23 first off I love your grammar, and sentence structure! 2nd I'll tell you what tough guy, words are cheap, the Internet is huge and when I get done, you'll be one giant bruise. I surf all over jersey, let me know when and where tough guy and I'll be there and if your expecting 160 lbs with 6 inch arms thats even better...I'm def not a body builder, but I have a very interesting career one I want to share with you! So I'm calling your punk ass out!!!