Author: Warren Currie

Starboard presents the
9th Annual Easy Rider SUP Cup
August 20 & 21, 2016

Saturday, August 20
Stand Up Paddleboard Race & Tour on the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton.
Race will be approximately 17 km.           Touring class will be approximately 8 km.

BBQ / Race Trophies and partial Draw Prizes will be handed out at the end of the Race.

FREE Shuttle service provided to Pre-Registered  Race and Tour paddlers.

Saturday evening will be the SUP Social
Location is at the Provincial Pub next to Easy Rider in Whitemud Crossing.
All Ages welcome until 9:30 PM

Sunday, August 21
Canadian SUP Polo Championships AND SUP Fishing Derby
Both events at Hermitage Park Lake
SUP Polo will consist of Teams of 3 people.
You can register as a team, or as individuals.   We will then make up teams.
SUP Fishing Derby will be held at the same time as the Polo Matches.
(Alberta Fishing licenses are required)
Awards and partial Draw Prizes will follow at end SUP Polo and the SUP Fishing Derby

Each event is $30.
Tons of draw prizes.
All ability levels.

Must have your own Board / Paddle / Leash / Whistle and PFD – for the Race and Tour
Fishing Derby will require PFD’s and a Leash.
Boards and paddles will be provided for the SUP Polo.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR SHUTTLE SERVICE IS – August 15, 2016
After August 15 – you will be on your own for getting to the race and tour start, and back from the finish.

Pre Registration is now available at The Easy Rider
For the FREE Shuttle service you MUST pre-register – in person – at the store BEFORE Aug. 15, 2016

Join us for our annual Devon to Edmonton (Laurier Park) Stand Up Paddle River Trek.

Sunday, July 17

We meet at Laurier Park in Edmonton – shuttle you and your board out to Devon and paddle the 34 km back to Edmonton.
Total time on the water ranges from 4 to 5 hours.

Cost is $30. per person, and will include shuttle service (for you and your board) as well and drinks and snacks along the river.

You MUST pre-register no later than July 13 to be eligible for the shuttle service.

You must have your own board / paddle / leash / whistle and PFD to take part.

Please call the store for more information.
780-413-4554

If you remember back this past winter, we had a contest in the store where if you bought a Lib Tech or Gnu snowboard you could win a trip to the Mervin (parent company of Lib Tech and Gnu) offices and factory in Washington state.

Well Dean was the lucky customer, and Robert was the lucky staff member that won the trip.

So at the end of April we all hopped on a plane and flew to Seattle.
From the airport it was time for breakfast – then to the offices.
We met the gang – including Mervin co-founder Pete Saari.
We checked out some of the “collectables” and crazy one off boards – and was stoked to see one of our “prize” boards for the Snowboard Cup a few years back up on the walls.

We then did the typical Seattle tourist tour of the waterfront area – and then headed for lunch.
After lunch we hopped on the ferry – and then made the drive out to the factory in Sequim, WA

The next morning it was a full factory tour showing how the snowboards are made.
The Mervin factory is the “greenest” snowboard factory in the world.  Not only is everything recycled – but they also use no harmful chemicals in the entire production of the boards (that’s why no one is wearing a breathing mask).

Next it was a super rad lunch of fish tacos at a local spot – then back to the factory where we all got to make our own snowboards!

We even met up with the other co-founder Mike Olson.

It was an amazing trip – and I would like to Thank everyone at Mervin for being so accommodating to us all.
Special Thanks to Adam and Kevin for being our tour guides for the trip.

Remember – It Pays to Shop at Easy Rider!