King and Queen of Dogpatch May 8th, 2010

Rainbow Sandals is putting on their 2nd annual King & Queen of Dogpatch tomorrow. It's a great event and a good time for all to have. It's a must see Stand Up Paddle Surf event. Show up early to get your spot at San Onofre's surfing beach, not the camp grounds on the bluff.

Who will be the king and queen of dog patch

This is going to be another great event by the guys who put on the Battle of the Paddle. Here's the press release:

The King and Queen of the Dogpatch
Stand-Up Surf Contest
San Onofre State Beach
May 16, 2009

San Clemente CA - (March 1st, 2009)

The King and Queen of Dogpatch will be held Saturday May 16, 2009 at San Onofre State Beach. This raucous and hilarious stand-up paddleboard (SUP) surf contest will directly benefit the newly formed San Onofre Foundation.

The best stand-up paddleboard surfers from California and Hawaii are anticipated to join local standouts at Dogpatch to surf it out for the King and Queen crowns.

“Having fun is what this event is about and we are going to stumble upon our king and queen. Surfers in this contest will have to display more than pure surfing and paddling ability. They are going to have to show panache and aloha in their style.”

“The event celebrates the Dogpatch and our growing sport. And it’s a chance for us to do something nice for the beach through the San Onofre Foundation” says Rainbow Sandals owner Jay “Sparky” Longley.

The King and Queen of the Dogpatch SUP surf contest is open to everyone. There will be novice and advanced divisions for both men and wahines. Finalist in each division will receive royally commemorative awards and an overall king and queen will be crowned. The event takes place May 16 with first heat in the water at 7:00am. For event entry information go to rainbowsandals.com.

Dogpatch is a well-known paddle wave and family area for San Onofre surfers. It is located at the far south end of the San Onofre State Beach surfing area. The towers of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station are near by.

For more information:
Event Director: Barrett Tester
Tel. (949) 276-4431x216
Events@rainbowsandals.com


www.Rainbowsandals.com

The Battle Of the Paddle

Stand Up Paddle Surfing's "The Battle of the Paddle" is less the three weeks away. Rainbow Sandals is going all out and putting on a first class event. This event is for the racers and for those watching. It's going to be a great time and you should either participate or come and hang out. This is one event that you'll be sorry you missed out on. Invite your friends and come say Aloha! Saturday, October 11, 2008




October 11, 2008

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Ron House Gerry Lopez Stand Up Paddle Surf Gathering

This morning at Kaulapapas (K-Papas) Ron House and Gerry Lopez in hosted by RPS had a board demo session. There was about 25 SUP Surfers in the water. Different levels of expertise, from Gerry Lopez level to the first time in the surf. Jimmy from Quick Blade was there. Everybody was out having good fun!

Met a lot of new friends out in the water today... Alohaz to all ya'll. The surf was better than the picture tells. Hope to see you in the water again.

Sign up for our Stand Up Paddle Surf newsletter to be the first to see the new boards coming out soon. One resembles the Hoku Honu.

Paddle with Aloha

Ta-hoe Nalu Stand Up Paddle Surf event

There is a swell running in SoCal. Gerry Lopez is in town this weekend for his movie premier tonight. It's been good fun surfing with you again Gerry. Tomorrow is the SC ocean festival, go check it out!

Just under a month the 2nd Annual Ta-hoe Nalu Stand Up Paddle event is going down. Looks as if its going to be a great event. B-e-a-utiful paddle, totally worth it alone. Hope to see everyone up there.

For more info check out www.kingzofthecoast.com for this event and more to come.

12th Annual San-O Classic, A Quicksilver Edition

Many many mahalos to Allan Seymour and his team, the guys and wahines from Quicksilver and the volunteers for this event. This was the first ever Stand Up Paddle Surf contest on the mainland. We had more than enough Stand Up Paddle Surfers show up and represent this segment of surfing. Packed heats proved that. It was a great turn out and good fun was had by all.

The morning weather and waves we're not the best but we all had a blast and it turned into a beautiful beach day. The above pic is the top six and below are few of the first eliminated. The winner was not present for the pic nor was "Ester Williams", had to be there.

Stay tuned for more. And get ready for the San Clemente Ocean Festival in July. 10k Stand Up Paddle Surf race!

Marina Del Rey

We had a great time. Thanks again to the racing director for opening up the sport of Stand Up Paddle Surfing. Thanks to all the sponsors also. A shout out to Teva from www.islandfourcast.com ! You're the man!

Toni came down from Santa Cruz and blazed a path to follow. The San Clemente crew showed up in force, as usual. Kyle, E.J., Dennis, Allen and Jaime, and myself. We had an official unofficial photographer this time, Clayboy- thanks ey. More shots will be posted at www.kingzofthecoast.com soon.

Dana Point Ocean Challenge 2007

What a great event! There was close to thirty Stand Up Paddle Surf entries and a separation of classes. The "unlimited" class consisted of boards 14 feet and over, to include any "experimental" hulls of any size. Then there was a stock class, anything under 14'. Plus a wahine class, Tracey and Jaime wrapped that up, one and two respectively, great job ladies!

The course was quick and conditions were good. Overall finishers and top three for the unlimited class was; 1st Kyle Mo (on a Ron House standamaran), 2nd Jimmy T (Ron House 14' Coastal Cruiser) and 3rd Ian (on a Bark "Channel Crosser"). Stock division; 1st Eric "Hoku" Tremaine (on a Ron House 12') , 2nd EJ (Ron House 12'), 3rd Brad "B-rad" Rambo (Ron House 12'). Ron House Shapes swept it, even wahine Tracey paddled a Ron House 12 footer.

Thanks again to the event directors for a split in classes and just offering up the chance for us Stand Up Paddle Surfers to get involved. Also mahalos for taking the time to make some right-on awards. Thanks also to Dominique and Teva from Hinano for showing the aloha. And many mahalos for Eric Diamond from Honolua Surf Co. for providing all the goodies in the award baggies. And for more info on Stand Up Paddle Surfing go to www.kingzofthecoast.com If you want to know what's upcoming sign up for the emails. And more pictures will be posted at www.kingofthecoast.com later. Hele on!