hello hi it's Robert Zoellick here at
Blue Planet we've taught thousands of
people to send a paddle through our free
clinics and millions of people have
watched our how to stand up paddleboard
videos on YouTube so this video is for
people who've never stand up paddleboard
it or maybe tried it once and realize
it's not as easy as they thought it
would be so we're gonna go over board
handling paddle handling and then safety
first of all you always want to make
sure you're wearing your leash don't
lift the board straight off the ground
lift it up away from you on the rail
first so it's standing up on the rail
then you can grab the carry handle lift
it up don't set the board on down too
early you want to make sure the fins
behind you clears the sand I'm going to
put my knees on either side of the
handle so I'm evenly over the center
line of the board and then I'm gonna
take a few strokes on my knees then I'm
gonna put the paddle in front of me my
hands on the paddle I'm gonna put my
feet right where my knees were stand up
keep the paddle in the water look
forward and start paddling you don't
want to get stuck in the position like
this where you're leaning forward or
looking down at the water that's very
hard position to find your balance and
get your paddle in the water stand up
straight your chest forward look look at
the horizon and look at something stable
and then start paddling for paddle
handling a lot of beginners hold the
paddle backwards which is this way kind
of thinking that intuitively they get
more scooped on the water by holding it
this way but what happens if you pull it
here you can see I'm pulling the water
up so the correct way to all the blade
is angled forward away from you so that
way you get the most power from your
stroke another mistake is to hold the
power to high or sweet when they switch
sides hold it at different heights on
one side than on the other side so
ideally you want to hold the paddle
pretty far apart
that's about the grip height you should
have so another common mistake is making
the stroke too far to the side away from
the board and holding the paddle
diagonally away from the board if you
paddle like this is going to make your
board turn left and right you want your
board to go forward you want to hold
your paddle straight up and down and
pull it straight back in a straight line
you lose your balance your paddle is
like your walking stick keep it in the
water it's going to give you extra
stability to use that paddle you can
kind of lean on it if you losing your
balance don't put the paddle up here it
doesn't help you at all what you don't
want to do is put the paddle in close to
your feet and then pull back behind you
this is kind of wasted energy back here
because you're pulling water up instead
of propelling yourself forward so
ideally you want to plant the paddles
nice in front of you get the whole blade
in the water and pull it back many
beginners only use the tip of the blade
not using the whole paddle if you do
that the Cal just slips through the
water to get a nice catch with your
paddle you want to fully plant it in the
water and then pull on it the whole
blade should be underwater so in terms
of finding your term on the board
usually you have to handle it's a good
place you are in yourself for where you
want to stand most of the handle is
where the board's going to be flat on
the surface of the water you don't want
to be too far forward you're too far
forward you might sink the nose we lift
up the tail out of the water the board's
not flatten on the water surface
you're too far back the tail will sink
it's less stable and you're kind of
dragging through the water like this so
make sure you trim out the board by
standing right in the center in terms of
safety make sure you avoid hazards right
here we have some shallow reef so I'm
very cognizant of where not to go
also wind if especially offshore wind
can be very dangerous so make sure you
always Pat upwind first and then coming
back will be easy you don't want to go
with the win and then find out you can't
make it back
always wear a leash for safety it
connects you to the board so if you fall
off the wind can't blow the board away
you can always get back to shore with
your board you're doing it for the first
time especially make sure you go
somewhere where there's lifeguards or
other people that can help watch you
don't go by yourself make sure someone
knows where you're going aware of the
weather and the wind and if that eating
changes going back to the beach
step off carefully with one foot when
you touch the bottom step off with the
other foot and then
again lift the board up away from you
drop the handle carry the board over
like this so stand up paddling is a
really safe fun sport low-impact it's
great improves your balance it's
probably one of the best sports you can
do for staying healthy and happy
mentally and physically so enjoy it be
safe have fun like and subscribe below
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