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  • jonathan bischof paddleboard coach glide tips
    July 19, 2022 Jonathan Bischof

    Quick Tip: How to Get Your Board to Run (Glide)

    The interplay of the board, body, paddle, water and wind can make or brake (pun intended) your hulls ability to move forward in the water. In experimenting with what works and what doesn’t, I have listed the following points to...

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  • jonathan bischof paddleboard coaching performance technique quick tips
    July 12, 2022 Jamie Bischof

    Quick Tip: Performance Technique

    Connect your coiled safety leash on your race boards at the front of the cockpit. This allows you to have an uncluttered step back for bracing moves and pivot turns. If your board has no connection point here, we sell...

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  • quick tip its all about the stance header
    July 7, 2022 Jonathan Bischof

    Quick Tip: It's All About the Stance

    To maintain primary and dynamic balance the key is in your stance and whether its Athletic or not. Let’s define primary and dynamic balance as follows. PRIMARY: The ability to stand up and maintain a modicum of alignment and posture without...

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  • Quick Tip: Stop the Overreach!
    July 5, 2022 Jonathan Bischof

    Quick Tip: Stop the Overreach!

    Many paddlers tremendously overreach their stroke. Overreach emphasizes a delay in efficiency, and counter-intuitively leads to less power and less overall speed. Problems incurred from paddle overreach include; Creates forward, off balance posture. Disassociation of paddle purpose - the stroke...

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  • Quick Tip: Paddle Stroke Bio-Mechanics
    June 29, 2022 Jonathan Bischof

    Quick Tip: Paddle Stroke Bio-Mechanics

    Paddle control and efficiency is impulsed by using the top hand, arm and shoulder. When you start your stroke, coordinate this linkage for an efficient, and less stressful (Injury Prevention) technique. You will notice when focusing on this alignment how...

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  • quick tip once youve got the catch now what header
    June 22, 2022 Jonathan Bischof

    Quick Tip: Once You've Got the Catch, Now What?

    Burying the blade of your paddle and feeling the pressure is fundamental for an effective catch! The next step in the sequence is creating a linkage with an assertive pull. This pull phase is short and will have you take...

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  • 8 Things to Look for When Buying Ski Racing Equipment action header
    May 26, 2022 Jamie Bischof

    8 Things to Look for When Buying Ski Racing Equipment

    Shopping for ski racing equipment can be daunting when you're inundated with high prices, weird terms like "radius", and a limited access to high quality used gear. Here are 8 tips to consider when shipping for your junior and teen racers, yourself, or offering advice to your buddies that just started masters racing.
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  • 2022 Starboard All Star and Sprint; The Best is Here and Now
    September 6, 2021 Jamie Bischof

    2022 Starboard All Star and Sprint; The Best is Here and Now

    For years, Starboard Stand Up Paddleboards have consistently sat atop the international SUP Race podium, while simultaneously being the best reviewed performance and race paddle boards for everyone from entry level to weekend warriors. For 2022, Starboard will continue to raise the bar on what is possible and what you should expect from the best boards in the world.
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  • 2021 starboard race and performance stand up paddle boards the all star and the sprint
    November 24, 2020 Jamie Bischof

    The 2021 Starboard All Star vs. Sprint: What's the Deal?

    Starboard has always been at the forefront of progressive stand up paddle board design and manufacturing and for 2021 their performance and race board line up is no different. The two mainstays are the All Star and the Sprint. Both boards have a home in your quiver, and both boards offer an edge against the competition; whether it's Michael Booth and Sonni Honscheid at a world cup race, or just trying to beat your own fastest stroke time.
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  • Enter the 2020/2021 Dynastar M-Tour
    October 29, 2020 Jamie Bischof

    Enter the 2020/2021 Dynastar M-Tour

    The Dynastar M-Tour skis are an extremely efficient and high performance touring ski. Everyone has seen the lift lines at resorts. And with Covid still going strong this winter, skiers are starting to look at alternatives to resort skiing. Enter the Dynastar M-Tour. Lightweight, responsive, exciting, this set of planks will get you up the mountain quickly and with minimal effort, while providing an incredibly Dynastar ride down (Here Dynastar means; fast, fun, and exciting skiing).
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  • The 2021 Dynastar M-Free: Redefining Freeride Skis
    October 27, 2020 Jamie Bischof

    The 2021 Dynastar M-Free: Redefining Freeride Skis

    The all new 2021 Dynastar M-Free redefines what it means to be a wide all mountain freeride twin tip ski. Serious float and control in deep snow coupled with impressive responsiveness and agility on groomers and in tight trees make the M-Free the go to ski for advanced to expert skiers hoping to dominate the mountain. Features include progressive camber profiles, lightweight HybridCore constructions, and Adaptativ Sidecut for smooth transitions between turns.
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