Riviera Paddlesurf

Dana Point to Cabo - PART I ... [VIDEO]

This is Part 1 of our adventure from Dana Point, CA to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. It was a trip of a lifetime.  The journey took us about 9 days, and we had a great crew including Brad Rambo, Brandon Rambo, Thomas Shahinian, Chuck Patterson, Brian Stockdale, and Gene Williams.
Stay tuned for Part II next week...

Danny Ching on SUPthemag.com's - Wendnesday Voice

Andressa Saboya - LIFESTYLE [VIDEO]

Our Brazil Distributor, Bohralah, just sent us this video of their team rider Andressa Saboya.  It is an awesome video, so we had to share it...  Enjoy.

Orange Bowl & Surf Expo [VIDEO]

Orange Bowl Race Miami

1/23/12

 

After having a great show at Surf Expo we quickly packed up the tradeshow booth and started our journey to Miami for the Orange Bowl Race. With the van finally loaded up we headed out to the turn pike to begin our 4-hour drive. Brandon chose to drive and soon became amazed at the performance of the Kia mini van we had rented. The thing fully loaded would do burn outs across an entire intersection. The speeds we reached were amazing; we all think it must have had a V8 hiding under the hood. Thomas was just a little worried about some of the speeds we were reaching since his 19’-7” unlimited board was strapped to the roof. About 2 hours in we all started thinking about food and we were desperately in need of gas so Brandon took a random exit. After driving around a while with everyone searching their I phones for restaurants we ended up in a town called Riviera. We found a Mexican restaurant that seemed to be the happening place and ended up having a great dinner. Several burn outs later we found our selves back on the turn pike headed south towards Miami again, around 2 hours later and we were pulling into our Hotel in Miami.

Up and at em by 7:00am and off to the event site to meet Helga and set up for the race. The morning air was a little nippy but the forecast was calling for the low 70’s. The line at registration was looking a bit long and I thought no way were they going to get this up on running on time.

 By 9:00 am we were all signed up and started to do some demos while Danny, Helga and Thomas did some paddling to get warmed up but before we knew it they were calling the racers meeting.

They began the Elite race by doing a staggered start with 3 minutes in between every board class. The largest division was the 12’-6” elite class with 44 men and 19 women all competing for a 5,000 dollar first prize. Once the last racer turned the corner heading for the inner coastal all the photographers scatted to get better vantage points from which to view the race. I chose to walk further up the river to get some shots of everyone coming back down river heading out to the inner coastal toward the finish line. I got set up at one point hoping to get some shots of Thomas with the sky line in the back ground but he was so fast he went by before I was set up. I was able to catch Danny and Jamie coming down river and it looked like they were working together as a team trading off drafting as they paddle by me. I fired off a few more shots and then high tailed it back to the finish line but I was to late to catch the finish.

The 3 mile fun race was next followed by the ever spectator friendly Sprit Races.

All in all it turned out to be a great week followed by a great race for Riviera.

7-Mile Elite Men’s                 

                                                1^st Place Danny Ching

                                                2^nd Place Jamie Mitchell

                                                3^rd Place Anthony Vela

7-Mile Elite Women’s

                                               1^st Place Candice Appleby

                                                2^nd Place Heather Baus

                                                3^rd Place Helga Goebel

 Thomas Maximus took 1^st place Unlimited

Brad Rambo took 1^st place Men’s Elite 50 and over class

Riviera 12'6" Voyager - New for 2012

The Riviera 12'6" Voyager is finally here.  The Voyager 12'6" is a perfect board for first time paddlers, and the most stable board we make.  The voyager is designed for someone who wants to paddle flatwater or mild open ocean conditions.  It has all the features of a raceboard but has been toned down making it more stable and user friendly.    It is equipped with 14 leash plugs on the nose and tail to tie down all your gear.  The Displacement hull makes this board cut through the water efficiently, making long paddles much easier than a standard surfboard shape cruiser.

Sunday Funday [VIDEO]

A few sunday's ago we got the Riviera Crew together for a morning paddle. There was about 14 of us including two Photogs and driver on the chase boat. This time Royce Gracie, David James Elliot and Jetson came down to paddle and learn a few paddling tricks from the pro's. We started from Dana Point harbor and headed North into Laguna, and we were lucky to get some sun through the thick fog. Check out the video... There is a bunch of footage of danny riding boatwake on his 404 14'...
Enjoy!

 

SUPer Goodtimes...

Occasionally we get photos and videos from people riding our boards.  We try to share as many of them as we can on our blog and facebook etc.  The below video was sent to us last week from James surfing his Riviera 10'6".  Knee high surf has never looked so good. 

If you have any good shots of you and your friends stand up paddling, send them to us at info@rivierapaddlesurf.com or share them on our facebook Page HERE.

 

Riviera Paddlesurf: 2011 Wrap Up [VIDEO]

2011 is over and only memories photos and video footage remain.  Here is some of our best clips of 2011 for you to feast your eyes on.   Thanks to our Shapers, Team Riders, Shops for the support and everyone else for a great year.

Come on 2012!

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Thomas in Utah...[VIDEO]

We've been holding onto this footage since our trip to Utah for the H2Overdrive race this summer.  We had some down time in between races and trade shows, so spent a few hours before dark filming Thomas stand up paddling around the small lake/pond in Park City...  Utah in the summer is a great place to be.  Enjoy!

Watch in HD for maximum viewability...

Round The Rock 2011 - [VIDEO]

Yes, Round The Rock was almost a month ago, the video is a little late.  My dog ate my external harddrive, and my car broke down 28 days in a row...  But I finally found the time to put together an edit from the 3rd annual Round the Rock SUP Race... Check it out.  Oh yeah, the song is by G. Love and Special Sauce, Buy his music........Now.