Project WwSUP: How to Stand Up in Swift Water
Blade in the Water If you’re still getting up into a standing position on your board the same way you were taught that first day … this...
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Dale Swanson
- Mar 22, 2018
- 2 min
Project WwSUP: The S-Turn
Two Eddylines, Two Skills, One Fluid Movement The S-Turn is a maneuver that links two eddyline-crossing maneuvers for the purpose of...
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Dale Swanson
- Mar 13, 2018
- 1 min
Project WwSUP: Tail Pivot Eddy Turn
Adding Style to your Eddy Turns Before experimenting with pivot turning into whitewater eddies start with mastering pivot turns on flat...
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Dale Swanson
- Sep 15, 2017
- 1 min
Media: Whitewater Paddleboarding on the Travel Channel!
This past Summer (2017) the owner of Mountain River Guides (and my boss), Matt Moses, invited a few local whitewater SUP badasses to...
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Dale Swanson
- Sep 15, 2017
- 2 min
Project WwSUP: Squirt Moves
The Stern Squirt was developed by whitewater slalom athletes, embraced by freestyle paddlers, and pushed to extremes by squirt boaters.
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Dale Swanson
- Aug 14, 2017
- 3 min
Project WwSUP: Fear of Falling
Last year on a perfect summer Sunday afternoon I accepted an invitation to a small pond party near Stuart, VA. “And bring a paddleboard...
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Dale Swanson
- Mar 11, 2016
- 1 min
River Play: Sticky Little Hydraulics
Q: How do you hone whitewater SUP skills to paddle class 3 and harder? A: Work the heck out of that class 2 river near your home. Catch...
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Dale Swanson
- Mar 1, 2016
- 1 min
Church of the Active Blade
Students of whitewater SUP: pay attention to how little you see Barry’s paddle blade, how his arms rarely flex, how his posture and...
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Dale Swanson
- Feb 25, 2016
- 4 min
Review: Farm To (wet) Feet
Where the Merino Meets the River Whitewater SUP is all about the feet. The place where you and the board meet. If your feet are injured,...
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Dale Swanson
- Dec 29, 2015
- 1 min
Project Ww’SUP: River Dancing Basics
Whitewater SUP Not Pretty? Two recent articles in national media (CNN and SUPtheMag.com) have described whitewater SUP as awkward and...
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Dale Swanson
- Jun 12, 2015
- 6 min
Project WWSUP: Blade Down, Body Up
Staying Upright in Rapids: Blade in the Water! One of the principals that all whitewater canoe paddlers – those on their knees with...
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Dale Swanson
- Feb 6, 2015
- 8 min
Getting Religion in Wilson Creek Gorge
There’s this fabled river gorge in the center of the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina; Wilson Creek Gorge. Panoramic...
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Dale Swanson
- Sep 24, 2014
- 1 min
How, When and Why to Use a Leash on Rivers
Ben Smith’s article, the Lowdown on Leashes for River Surfing, is excellent for anyone puzzling over the options as they get into...
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Dale Swanson
- Jun 6, 2014
- 5 min
Whitewater SUP = Calisthenics
When trying something new very few do it well or efficiently at first. Whether it’s chess or snow skiing or whitewater kayaking; noobs...
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Dale Swanson
- Jun 4, 2014
- 4 min
Breaking the Rules
[ UPDATE April 2023: Originally published by Dale Swanson, June 4, 2014, on NaturePlayOutdoors.com - a now defunct website and brand....
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