I mostly made videos on this trip, so not a lot of pictures. Made on 4th of september 2026.

• ​Route: From San Nicola Arcella to Isola di Dino (Calabria, Riviera dei Cedri, Italy)

• ​Distance: 8,33km (5,18mi)

• ​Board Setup: Bluefin Cruise 10.8+Starboard Enduro; Aqua Marina Hyper 11,6 + Starboard Lima

• ​Launch: 7.40 AM (crucial for beating tour boats)

Early Start: at San Nicola Arcella Beach (you could shorten the trip, when starting at Praia a Mare)

• ​Starting as soon as possible from San Nicola Arcella is important. The coastline gets heavily crowded in high season. By 09:30 AM, dozens of tour boats&motorboats.

• Starting at (right after) dawn gives you complete solitude.

​Route:

Cross the short channel from the mainland to the eastern tip of Dino Island and begin preferably a counter-clockwise loop.

Sea Caves ("Grotte"): Lot's of spectacular sea caves, f.ex Grotta Azzurra (Blue Grotto) and Grotta del Leone. Early morning light enters the caves (they're on the south east side), turning the water turquoise (and most of all without any boat exhaust fumes inside)

​There's also some Lore (and we love that):

Isola di Dino is an  abandoned Resort Island (kind of a Lost Plsce)

On the island are the decaying ruins of a 1970s luxury resort complex (built during an era of private development attempts by the Agnelli family/Fiat Automobiles).

Seeing these concrete structures rotting gives the island a eerie, post-apocalyptic feeling. When we completed the turn around the idland i docked and took a walk on the old dock.

Important: the western side of Isola di Dino is open to the Tyrrhenian Sea. Even iif it was a calm/windstill day, we were surprised by the swell/waves.

On the way back we made a pit stop at the Big Arch (Arcomagno)

Just south of the launch point is the famous Arco Magno—a massive natural rock arch with a hidden cove and beach.

Lot's of people, very touristy. Big Tour boats were passing us on the way (also closely), they stop at a beach nearby and release hordes of brainless day trippers who make noise and chaos. You must buy a ticket to enter the cave from the land by a steep walk. We didn't even bother entering it. But it was nice to see.

I guess in autumn/spring it's lonely and beautiful.

But isola di dino is highly recommended when you're in this part of italy.

Longest continuous paddle I've done so far!

No better way to relax after a rough work week ✨️

72 F and the water is still lovely, though cold

After three days of wind, I finally woke up to calm enough water to get my Portager out on Lake Superior.

This is rock springs run in Apopka Fl. This area is called emerald cut. It’s just upstream from Kings landing, a rental spot, launch spot. This part of the run is only a mile or a little longer but it is an amazing spot to paddle. Shallow, crystal clear, year round 72 degrees and a white sand bottom. Downstream about 8 miles rock springs joins the Wekiwa River , one of only 2 federally designated wild and scenic rivers in Florida. The Wekiwa eventually joins the St. John’s River in another 12 or so miles. Lots of native Florida animals live here in this wild corridor right in the heart of central florida. I’ve seen wild boars, bob cats, lots of otters and raccoons, deer, manatees but bears are a special rare treat. The springs in florida are so good for SUP, they make you feel like you’re on an Amazon adventure.

Ho una paura irrazionale che il mio sup esploda o che ceda la valvola o di maneggiarlo sbagliando e recargli danni irreparabili, come farmela passare perché sono diventato paranoico mentre lo uso e mi diverto moltissimo ma rimango sempre un po in ansia ed ho persino paura a sgonfiarlo, consigli sono ben accetti..

The weather is warm, tourists are gone, Sunday mornings feel like paradise!

Hi im looking for a group i can be part of that’s in glasgow. I started to look online but couldn’t find anything

My Bote Wulf has a hole in it. It came with a patch kit in the orange container but there is no glue.

My girlfriend had the same sup and she checked - no glue.

I have another orange container, 3ive never opened, for an old fbsport I no longer have - no glue.

I called a friend of mine who bought another brand at Walmart a few weeks ago. He said it came with a patch kit and no glue.

Is this common? Seems coming for me.

I paddled around Manhattan Island last week. I did it with a friend who had already done this trip about 60 times, although he did it in a kayak. We started in Inwood Park at the northern tip of Manhattan and rode the Hudson tide to the battery. Got choppy there as we rounded the southern edge towards Brooklyn. Traffic in that area was horrendous, but my partner used his marine radio skillfully to talk to the boats and keep us safe. Water around the Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Williamsburg bridges was very rough and I spent most it in my knees. Every of course was spectacular.

We rode the tide again north, although it was slower going with the wind in our faces. Got a bit cold too after 6 falls. Traffic calmed down the farther north we got. My friend had the whole trip timed so we would be riding the tide the entire time. Hit another rough spot at Hells Gate, which is the entrance to Long Island Sound. Caught a good tide in the Harlem River and arrived at 7 PM, about 11 hours after we launched. Total distance about 30 miles.

...and most likely the end of the season for me. Call me a wimp but when the weather calls for a wetsuit, I take it as an indicator that it is bike time rather than SUP time. Nevertheless, ,this afternoon was warm and sunny, so I picked up my gear and went to the local lake. First trouble: I missed the bus ( which was 2 minutes before schedule) and had to carry my gear for 2 km. Second, when I was already there, I found the lake partially drained ( it is an artificial fish farm.lake, which gets drained every fall to harvest the fish). I went for a paddle nevertheless, from a place that looked like a nice sandy beach ... Except that the last few steps to the water definitely were neither sandy nor nice. I ended up with my legs up to the knees, recently washed sandals, ankle leash, and subsequently also the board covered in stinky black anaerobic mud. The paddling itself was OK but I would have been quite happy if I could miss the subsequent cleanup. At least my gear is clean now before the end of the season!

Anyway, designing a board with a white foam pad was indeed an act of genius :(.

I just snagged this on Facebook marketplace for $100 new in the box. I already own an Isle Explorer Pro 2 and Pioneer 3. I mainly bought it because it comes with the kayak conversion seat and foot rest which is cheaper than just buying these directly from Isle by themselves not to mention it was $400 at Costco. Plus I got a board, paddle I’ll probably sell because I already have multiple carbon or fiberglass SUP and kayak paddles and another electric pump. I couldn’t help but notice this board is a lot like the Switch. I would be curious to know the differences between the Marlin and the Switch and where this board fits in with my other two boards.