Sprint: it's how you go fast

It's not how far you paddle. The distance isn't as important as your strength. It's all about riding bumps, or the small waves traveling every which way in the ocean. If you can sprint fast enough over and over and over and...well you get the point...you just need to catch as many waves as possible.
Below is myself surrounded by the future of paddling. These middle school boys have improved faster than you can say puberty.

We did it!

Six and a half hours later, Josh and I finish our paddle to a very exciting race finish with another mixed team that we've been training with all season. We are very proud of how we finished and are eager to take a nice relaxing break.

This video, made by Chris Aguilar featuring Morgan Hoestery and others who trained with the "Wailupe Crew" headed by Coach Mike Cote, highlights the bulk of the training that Josh and I did this season.

Team Bark at BOP-HI-11 "Prone" from Soul Surf Media on Vimeo.

Stay tuned for more pictures and stories from Josh and Leane's race.