where currents are splitting and turning and merging maintaining control of your craft is a constant effort.

Two Eddylines, Two Skills, One Fluid Movement The S-Turn is a maneuver that links two eddyline-crossing maneuvers for the purpose of...

Adding Style to your Eddy Turns Before experimenting with pivot turning into whitewater eddies start with mastering pivot turns on flat...

This past Summer (2017) the owner of Mountain River Guides (and my boss), Matt Moses, invited a few local whitewater SUP badasses to...

The Stern Squirt was developed by whitewater slalom athletes, embraced by freestyle paddlers, and pushed to extremes by squirt boaters.

Last year on a perfect summer Sunday afternoon I accepted an invitation to a small pond party near Stuart, VA. “And bring a paddleboard...

Q: How do you hone whitewater SUP skills to paddle class 3 and harder? A: Work the heck out of that class 2 river near your home. Catch...

Students of whitewater SUP: pay attention to how little you see Barry’s paddle blade, how his arms rarely flex, how his posture and...

Where the Merino Meets the River Whitewater SUP is all about the feet. The place where you and the board meet. If your feet are injured,...

Whitewater SUP Not Pretty? Two recent articles in national media (CNN and SUPtheMag.com) have described whitewater SUP as awkward and...

Staying Upright in Rapids: Blade in the Water! One of the principals that all whitewater canoe paddlers – those on their knees with...

There’s this fabled river gorge in the center of the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina; Wilson Creek Gorge. Panoramic...

Ben Smith’s article, the Lowdown on Leashes for River Surfing, is excellent for anyone puzzling over the options as they get into...

When trying something new very few do it well or efficiently at first. Whether it’s chess or snow skiing or whitewater kayaking; noobs...

[ UPDATE April 2023: Originally published by Dale Swanson, June 4, 2014, on NaturePlayOutdoors.com - a now defunct website and brand....