Karen Wrenn at the Hennessey's Cup and Battle of the Paddle

The Hennessey's Cup in San Diego was this past weekend and Karen Wrenn is becoming quite a contender. Karen was happy with her race, here's what she said, "The Hennessey Race went really well. I got 4th. Which was really good considering who was there. I can tell I have improved a ton just since Tahoe."

The next big event is this weekend, Battle of the Paddle. KIALOA will be on the beach with a booth ready to demo! We are all excited to see Karen compete there as well as defending champ Chuck Patterson.

Both Karen and Chuck will be competing in the elite category with the possiblity of winning the largest cash purse offered in SUP racing, and on Sunday they are teaming up to do a relay.

Good Luck and see you there!

Battle of the Paddle

The first Battle of the Paddle and the largest purse at an SUP event to date had an incredible turn out. Gerry Lopez and Rainbow Sandals headlined the race that had paddlers battling for a 10,000 dollar prize. KIALOA is proud to have had our paddles in the hands of the first and second place postitions. Overall there were 5 KIALOA SUP's in the first 11 places.

Chuck Patterson took first place and Thibert Lussiaa came in second, both using our Shaka Puu. The pictures above, clockwise, show Chuck receiving his check, Guy Pere in 8th place with his Kole, and Thiebert with KIALOA's Meg Chun, placed second. Not pictured are the brothers Saemon, both using Shaka Puu's. Bryce came in 6th and TJ 11th. Congratulations to all paddlers and to such a successful event!