08 Oct OCT 11th – Battle of the Paddle at Doheny Beach
Rock Solid and focused - Chuck Patterson racing to the finish line!
Gerry Lopez Battle of the Paddle – The most exciting Stand Up Paddle Race in history!
- Chuck Patterson won the Elite Race – he was a madman fighting against some of the best stand up paddleboarders in the world, and a gusting, strong wind – he won the first place prize of $10,000!
- Later, a party and awards ceremony at the Surfing Heritage Foundation made for a great celebration.
- For more information on the Battle of the Paddle go to rainbowsandals.com/BattleOfThePaddle
Check out the photos & interviews here:
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Interview with Gerry Lopez after the event
Drew Ready for the Battle
Gene "Tarzan" Smith with his inspiration in tow
Kyle Mochizuki relaxing before the big race
Hawaiian Prayer Ceremony before the races
Christian OBrien heading out for the open race
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Maria’s interview with Women’s Elite Race Winner Jenny Kalmbach!
Drew coming across the finish line
Maria with participant Mike Mourie
Drew and Ekolu
Brad and Wendy Rambo
Kyle running across the finish line!
Studette Wendy finished the race!
Maria and Gerry Lopez at the Surfing Heritge After Party
Matt, Julie, Maria and Drew at SHF party
Maria and Jennie Kalmbach, winner of ladies elite race!
Gene "Tarzan" Smith
Posted at 17:52h, 14 OctoberThanks for the photo props guys. It was great to meet and hang with you both at such a great event. Special thanks to Sparky, Gerry and Barrett for making the entire event so special! I was honored and humbled to participate with so many great watermen. Let’s talk in the next few days. I’ll shoot you a formal email with all my contact info. Thanks again,
Gene Smith
michael mauri
Posted at 18:41h, 17 OctoberThanks, so much, for all your support! It was a great event and I was trully in awe of how positive and up everyone was. I can hardly wait to see next years turn out. We all had such a good time. Thanks, again.
windanseaphoto
Posted at 23:43h, 21 MayElite race photos are up at
http://windanseaphoto.com/cgi-bin/store/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Paddleboard/2008%20Battle%20of%20the%20Paddle