SUP or Stand Up Paddeling is the worlds fastest growing water sport and has become a great passion of mine. As part of Stand UP Fitness and director of Kahuna Kai Adventure Center, I will use this blog to promote both fitness through SUP and sport specific training to make you a better paddeler. My Bay Area location is ideal for exploring with gulf, bayou's, intercoastal, and numerous state parks waterways in my backyard. YOLO!
Garrett McCoy- PES, CSCS, CPT, Yoga-Fit 1
" The Master in the art of living makes no distinction between his work and his play.....He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he is always doing both."
Monday, February 1, 2010
Sea Critters/ Khuna Kai/ Stand Up Fitness
What a way to wrap up a lovely weekend of family, friends, and of course paddling than exploring the Tampa Bay area on a chilly Sunday? We started the day by stopping by my good friend Brody's store in Maidera Beach. Brody is owner of Kahuna Kai SUP shop and Stand Up Fitness check it out at standupfitnessinc.com. He is getting ready for an order of the brand new 2010 YOLO line. We caught up with Brody for about an hour and headed south to St. Pete Beach. There we had lunch at one of my favorite places Sea Critters. (http://seacritterscafe.com/) The heat lamp kept us from freezing, but it was the tomato bisque with crab that really did the trick. After wolfing down my Blackened Amber Jack sandwich we headed to Apollo Beach on the east side of the Bay. In Apollo TECO has an electric plant. The plant gives of excess heat and warms the bay waters from 67 to 85 degrees. Because of this the Manatees make this there winter home. Who would of thought a hideous power plant that burns fossil fuels would make a home for an endangered species.
(Sea Cows and flying rays everywhere in the water below)
We met the other participants of Stand Up Fitness's monthly paddle at the manatee observation deck ,where there were about 100 sea cows in the water, and then headed about 5 minutes away to our beach launch location. Only problem was the 15-20 mph winds and 50 degree temperatures didn't make for a pleasant paddle. Erica took out a YOLO Yak for stability, but it proved to be too much to paddle. We stayed out for about a half an hour and saw a handful of manatees making there way towards the power plant. It was surreal shivering from the cold and wind and my feet were nice and warm. The coolest thing besides meeting other Supers was there were spotted Sting Rays that jumped out of the water every few minutes. Amazing! The conditions weren't great, but a good time was had by all. Thanks Brody for getting us together and what you are doing for SUP!
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