{"id":5328,"date":"2013-07-15T05:42:48","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T13:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/?p=5328"},"modified":"2013-07-15T05:42:48","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T13:42:48","slug":"magazine-interview-with-sup-the-mag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/magazine-interview-with-sup-the-mag\/","title":{"rendered":"SUP Magazine Interview with Drew Brophy for Summer Issue 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Drew<\/a>Talk about your Grand Canyon trip: \u00a0“That was pretty much like, ‘Yeah, I’m gonna learn to surf so I’ll paddle out at Pipeline.’ \u00a0I was real naive.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I was stoked to be interviewed by Will Taylor for SUP Magazine. \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

My friend, photographer Jason Kenworthy<\/a>, took the shot in my studio. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

(Note about the painting on the Standup Paddleboard in the photo: \u00a0it was commissioned by KEEN FOOTWEAR<\/a>, and was inspired by my Standup journey across country last year – you can read about that here: \u00a0Adventures in America’s Back Country.<\/a>\u00a0)<\/p>\n

In the interview I talk about how\u00a0New Zealander<\/a>s were friendly when they saw me SUP Surfing Raglan, my\u00a0225 mile SUP journey<\/a>\u00a0down the Colorado River, and how SUPPING saved me from small waves.<\/p>\n

Here’s a short taste of the interview (to read the entire thing, check out the magazine):<\/p>\n

HOW DID SUP FIND YOU?<\/strong> \u00a0I was in my late thirties and I couldn’t get motivated to surf all the time if the conditions were bad or there were no waves. \u00a0 When the waves are small, I’m moody, and Ron House was like, “Why don’t you come standup?” \u00a0Immediately it was tremendous. \u00a0It gave me something to do when I couldn’t surf.<\/p>\n

SO YOU WERE THERE AT THE START<\/strong>. \u00a0…Imagine in those early days, there’s nobody around, just Ron and I and a couple other guys. \u00a0You’re just riding these waves forever and you’re not even getting wet. \u00a0It just expanded my repertoire of surfing.<\/p>\n

WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES HAVE GROWN OUT OF IT?<\/strong> \u00a0It has allowed me to get into other bodies of water, whether it be rivers <\/a>or lakes<\/a>. \u00a0I’m a water person…..<\/p>\n

TALK ABOUT YOUR GRAND CANYON TRIP<\/a>.<\/strong> \u00a0That was pretty much like, “Yeah, I’m gonna learn to surf so I’ll paddle out at Pipeline.<\/em>” \u00a0I was real naive.<\/p>\n

At that point we’d only heard of a few guys that had been on the Colorado with standup boards but they all only did pieces of it. \u00a0Nobody had done it all the way.<\/p>\n

We did 225 miles, every bit of it. \u00a0It was super-humbling experience for me. \u00a0I saw some of the gnarliest, scariest things I’ve ever seen.<\/strong> \u00a0But we surfed the river, man. \u00a0Big laterals coming off and you bank off of them and come down and hit these pits and come up out of it and into the next one.<\/p>\n

Art is my job but surfing is my passion. It’s a great magazine, please check it out online here:\u00a0http:\/\/www.supthemag.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Life is Good,<\/p>\n

Drew<\/p>\n

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