Please Note: OneWheels and Inflatable Standup Paddle Boards can only be shipped within Canada. Rigid Standup Paddle Boards are ONLY available for Local Pickup.
What is the best thing to do in Edmonton on a Tuesday Night in January? Go stand up paddling indoors of course!
The Easy Rider kicked off the 2013 SUP season on January 22 with the first flat water demo of the year in the wave pool at West Edmonton Mall.
We had 48 people brave the minus 15 temperatures to come out and try stand up paddle boarding for the first time.
They were also able to try out a bunch of the brand new Starboard Astro boards – including the Touring 12’6″ and 14′, the Blend, Whopper and event the Astro Widepoint 8’2″. In addition to the Starboard Astro line up there was also the Touring 12’6″ / Touring 14′ / Big Easy / Blend / Whopper / Hero / Widepoint 10’5″ and 9’5″ all in various constructions to try.
After the flat water demo we cleared the pool and turned on the waves for an hour for my staff and team as a Thank You for them helping to teach and carry boards.
The next demo will be on Tuesday, February 19th.
Contact the store for more information and to register.
Boards loaded up – note the snow on the ground!Boards line up ready to go. (and Griffin hamming it up)Giving a quick lesson to all the eager SUP’ers.Griffin trying out the Astro Widepoint 8’2″Great aerial shot of the pool.SUP is fun for all ages!Amazing that we can surf indoors – in Edmonton – in January!
Mt. Baker ski area is located in Washington state at the end of Highway 542. Really. The highway heads east from Seattle – and ends in the Mt. Baker parking lot. It is part of the Cascade mountain range. Baker holds the world record for snowfall in a single season at 1140 inches (95 feet) / 2896 cm (29 meters) YES – 95 FEET or 29 METERS OF SNOW. The mountain is a two hour drive from Vancouver, or a little over an hour from Abbotsford, BC.
Mt. Baker was one of the first ski areas in North America to allow snowboarding on it’s slopes – starting in 1985. The terrain at Baker is like a giant skateboard park with rollers, gullies, banks, hips, cliffs and tons of other natural features. Snowboarding legends as Craig Kelly, Temple Cummins, Jamie Lynn, Carter Turk and many, many more all grew up riding Baker.
I was heading out to Vancouver for a trade show, so I decided it would be a good chance to head to “Baker” – and since it is no fun shredding alone, I took my son Trey along and a dozen industry friends.
I first rode Mt. Baker with my brother in 1988 when we went down for the Banked Slalom race. This year is the 28th Annual Legendary, Mt. Baker Banker Slalom. When we returned home in January of 88′ we knew we had to put on a similar event, and thus was the beginning of our Banked Slalom and Snowboard Cup event.
If you ever want to head to one of the meccas of snowboarding . . . Mt. Baker is the place!
Starting the drive out right!You have to like snowboard trips that require a passport!At the base of the mountain – there was no snow – this is about half way up – “walls” at the top are over 15 feet high.Part of the crew – “Keeping Snowboarding Fun!”The natural half pipe that holds the Banked Slalom run. I could ride this forever.Yup – it was a nice day!The Crew! Best part of riding with reps and sales managers and such . . . they can all ride!The Ice Machine at Graham’s in Glacier, WA (tiny town at the bottom of the hill) Still had an Easy Rider sticker from my last visit 5 years ago.
