Stand Up Paddleboarding Latest Water Sports Craze
Friday, January 2nd, 2009 |
Photo courtesy George Gesner |
While in Subic Bay ten days ago, along the beach near The Lighthouse Marina Resort, I met Ari Bradley and George Gesner preparing to go windsurfing, they asked me if I had been "to SUP in La Union or Pangasinan"? My first thought was that they meant, had I eaten in one or both of these provinces: "yes, of course" I replied . . . what they really meant was, had I been Stand Up Paddleboarding ("SUP").
Stand Up Paddleboarding is the latest water sports craze to hit the Philippines. It appeals to surfers (and windsurfers and kiteboarders) when the wind and or the waves are otherwise not conducive to exciting tubes and breaks or other rapid t
