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The other night I was given the opportunity to display some SUP boards at the first ever City of Edmonton – “Paul Kane 1847 Christmas Dinner”.
The dinner was a fund raiser for the Rundle Park Paddling Center and the EPCA.  It was held at Fort Edmonton in the “Clerk’s Quarters” and featured a true 1847 dinner of Bison, wild goose and all the trimmings.

The City of Edmonton is looking at getting a few SUP boards for the Rundle Park Paddling Center – and  having the boards at the dinner was a way to show off this new sport to the Edmonton paddling community.

Thanks to Karina and the City of Edmonton for being so forward thinking in regards to the new sport of Stand Up Paddling.

Easy Rider has received it’s first Coreban board.
We will be carrying the full line for 2011, and were sent a  9’6″ board in the Core Range to try out at our West Edmonton Mall surf sessions.
Coreban makes top quality boards and they come with fins, a board bag, a leash and in most cases a paddle (the race boards do not come with a paddle).
Look for them to be arriving at Easy Rider around the beginning of April, 2011.

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Well since the river is now frozen solid – it’s time for some Gear Reviews.

New from Quiksilver for 2011 is the Waterman Collection Paddle Jacket.
This is not a typical wetsuit jacket, in that it is not really intended to be immersed in water.
The chest and upper sleeve areas have a smooth skin outer (similar to a wetsuit) that is a PU coated wind barrier.  The inside chest area is an un-brushed polypropylene for warmth.
The back and lower sleeves are a super thick lycra (similar to a thermal rash guard).
There is a large pocket on the lower back area that allows you to stash things and keep them out of the way while paddling.
The Paddle jacket will be coming in both a pull over ($99.99 Canadian) and a full zip ($109.99).
Since I helped Quiksilver on the design of this item – I managed to get a few of the full zip version to sell early.  Give me a call at the shop if you want to be one of the very few people in Canada to get one of these for Christmas!