Congrats to Heather Baus for her win at the Cold Stroke Classic

Excellent weekend in NC for the Cold Stroke Classic sup race put on by Coastal Urge!! Placed 1st overall woman and mid pack against the boys in the 12'6 class, super stoked!! The weather was ideal... well, I still couldn't feel my feet, but we had sunshine, crisp breezes and wicked tidal currents which made for crazy fun sup racing!(mid 40's for the race) Very friendly venue with awesome shwag. I can't thank Meghan and Andrew enough for driving my board all the way from Pensacola, Fla and hanging out for the weekend, you guys are the BEST! Blockade Runner was a killer hotel and the awards banquet was a ton of fun with new and old friends and great entertainment, prizes and raffle! Looking forward to the next race on the calendar!

Here are the Cold Stroke Classic 2011 Results

"Pretty stoked to only have been 9 minutes behind Chris Hill on a 14' and rising sup star Larry Cain on his 12'6!!!"

"Kialoa and Bark ruled the weekend!!"

~Heather Baus

St Thomas SUP for a Plastic Free Ocean

What an amazing weekend (actually the entire week... back to back sup races with 2 surf sessions in between!) New racks for the tender were done just in time, and off to St. Thomas for the 1st "Get Up Stand Up" sup race and plastic free ocean awareness.

Charlie Shultz and daughter:

We arrived mid afternoon on the 19ft inflatable from Fajardo, PR to STT, and snuck in a little surfing before sunset.. the pictures were taken from Gail and Eric's home..an incredible retreat set and built around an old sugar mill plantation estate, overlooking hull bay. We were treated like royalty.

The race was 6.5 miles consisting of 4 laps and running in between. I finished 3rd overal, 1st woman and 1st in 12'6 class, with Jim on my tail and Gail Vento not far behind (keep an eye on this gal!!). Jim placed 4th overall and 3rd in 14'. Savannah also won the kids race!

Heather and Gail:




The trophies are gorgeous hand blown glass set on a mahogany base. The weather to and from STT were epic conditions. Such a fantastic week of sup racing, friends, surfing, family and fun!!


Love to all. H