Paddle Board Rentals

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Stand up paddle surfing (SUP), or in the Hawaiian language Hoe he’e nalu, is an emerging global sport with a Hawaiian heritage. The sport is an ancient form of surfing, and began as a way for surfing instructors to manage their large groups of learner surfers, as standing on the board gave them a higher viewpoint, increasing visibility of what was going on around them–such as incoming swell.

To begin with, this started with using a one-bladed paddle, while standing on a normal length surfboard. The popularity of the modern sport of SUP has its origin in the Hawaiian Islands. In the early 1960’s, the Beach Boys of Waikiki would stand on their long boards and paddle out with outrigger paddles to take pictures of the tourists learning to surf. This is where the term “Beach Boy Surfing” another name for Stand Up Paddle Surfing, originates.