**UPDATE: Unfortunately due to baby Rock having still not made an appearance, RockSUPs will no longer be able to make it to the demo weekend. JP-Australia and Fanatic will still be showcasing their boards so head along and we will see you another time. ** We will be bringing our handcrafted wooden paddleboards to the…

I’ve been a windsurfer for over 25 years but it is only recently that I have learned about cold water shock.  It is possibly less of an issue windsurfing (and surfing) because I expect to fall in the water so am dressed appropriately (pretty much always a wetsuit in the UK).  With paddleboarding I only…

Sometimes I think I have the most photographed dog in Bristol.  He loves to come SUPing with us and as we paddle down Bristol’s floating harbour everyone on the banks is interested in a dog on a paddleboard – a lot of people get their cameras out. I’ve seen a number of posts to SUPing…

Last weekend Bex and I popped up to Norfolk to surprise a friend for his 40th birthday.  Maybe ‘popped’ isn’t quite the right word; my truck isn’t the fastest vehicle so I think “tootled in a rush” would be better. After six hours of driving we turned down a small lane and nearly missed the…

Welcome to the first RockSUPs blog post!  I hope this will be the start of a series of useful and/or interesting posts so please comment to let me know what you thought and anything else you would like to hear about. Last week Tristan at Adventure SUP kindly invited me to bring along a demo…