Greg Carson, Welcome To The Team

X-Trak is stoked to welcome PR's own pro SUP rider Greg Carson  to the team. Greg has proven himself by winning the Central international Surf Pro at Puerto Escondido in 15-20 ft surf. He is an avid waterman and also owner of Taino Divers (http://www.tainodivers.com/) on the island. We look forward to big thing from Greg in the future. 

Also Greg has been working with a wounded warrior project for the past 5 years. It is called SUDS (Soldiers Undertaking Disabled Scuba)  http://www.sudsdiving.org/ . They teach the wounded soldiers how to scuba dive and then take them on scuba adventures around the world. It is a huge confidence builder while facilitating their rehabilitation.

SUP Traction Pads available here: http://www.xtrak.com/Page_SUPKits.html

ESA Southeast Regional SUP Invitational

The Eastern Surfing Association (ESA) is branching out into the world of Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP). The annual ESA Southeast Regional event hosted the ESA Southeast SUP Invitational. Eighteen of the East Coast’s top SUP Surfers bashed and hacked the waves at the Inlet in New Smyrna Beach.

The event was held over two days with the first round consisting of three heats with six paddlers in each heat. The top scoring paddler from each heat went straight through to the finals. The next two top scoring paddlers in each heat went through to the “death match”. The top three paddlers in the “death match” joined the previous winners in a six paddler final.

The waves on Saturday for the first round started off pumping but with the outgoing tide and a change in wind direction right before the first heat made things challenging. Still some incredible surfing was on tap. Sunday was a different story. The waves died down a notch but clean waist-chest high peaks were coming through to deliver a great final.

Finals:

1st – Rob Bitzkowski
2nd – Giorgio Gomez
3rd – Ty Miller
4th – Evan Magee
5th – Todd Waskuch
6th – Iain McFarland

Article from: http://www.eastcoastpaddle.com/

Honey Badger Don't Care!

Some recent shots of local SUPer Jon E.B. riding his infamous Honey Badger from Stu Sharpe of http://www.sharpesurf.com/. Jon will be on hand at next week's ESA Southeast

Regionals Invitational SUPsurf in New Smyrna. Yeeewwwww! 

SUP traction pads available here:   www.suptraction.com or www.supgrips.com

Customized X-Trak SUP Traction Pad

Just got this in from our friend and team rider Thomas "Maximus" Shahinian. Thomas always has some pretty radical equipment and this one is no exception. Quite a machine!

X-Trak SUP Kits can be ordered from our online store: http://xtrakstore.com/supaddleboardpads.aspx

Find Thomas on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Thomas-Maximus-Shahinian/519174222