Xcorps Action Sports Show #44.)"PADDLEBOARD"-seg.5- Xcorps TV Press Release 9/3/08 San Diego Ca
Xcorps Action Sports TV-PADDLEBOARD-New episode! TV-PADDLEBOARD-Next episode!
Xcorps cams zoom in   more...on another cool niche sport born of the surfing world with a close up look at the water sport of open ocean PADDLEBOARDING featuring lone watermen stroking boards from Californias Catalina Island to the mainland-Manhattan Beach California- a distance of 32 miles!
Jason Lazo hosts this next Xcorps show, sponsored by PIPES CAFÉ and HAWAIIMANA NUTRITION, reporting from locations in Hawaii and California. Along with the California paddle boarders Jason talks to big wave tow in surfers Garrett McNamara and Keilli Mamala in Oahus North Shore. Great big wave video here featuring the two in action in Hawaii and Teahoopu Tahiti. Dont miss this action!
The Xcorps shot on the beach in Cardiff Reef Ca. included here some of the 100 paddle boarders who made the epic 32 mile journey from the island of Catalina to the California mainland. Jason talked with 3 top 20-seated athletes, George Plsek, Brian Szymanski and Tim Fischer about the challenges and triumphs of the event. A good look here of the actual paddleboards used by the participants along with great video footage shot by videographer Dan Dixon on his jet ski during the race.
Paddle boarding events began with Tom Blake back in 1928 who raced a 120-pound board the 32 miles from Catalina to the mainland in just under 6 hours. In the early 1950s surfboard shapers Dale Velzy, Greg Knoll and Hobie Alter introduced a new era to the sport staging the legendary races between California city and county lifeguards. Dangerous conditions cancel the Catalina race for 20 years before Gibby Gibson and Buddy Bohn revive it with a field of 10 paddlers in 1982. Buddy and Gibby have helped keep the sport alive from 1982-2006.
Qualifying for the Catalina Classic Marathon Paddleboard Race race is NOT easy with each participant having to do at least one other grueling long distance paddle beforehand.
Great new music from Suburban Noize Records as well as RIVE promotions videos matches the action in this next Xcorps episode currently in the HD edit. Show release in est.2 weeks. Just another day on the Xcorps!
Below are links to Paddleboard websites-
PADDLEBOARD RACE EVENT:
http://catalinaclassicpaddleboardrace...
PADDLEBOARD-THE SPORT
http://www.paddleboard.com/  less