Stand Up Paddle Boarding

In honor of the man with the biggest muscles ever -pro big wave surfer Laird Hamilton,

inventor of Stand Up Paddle Boarding, Annik & I decided to rent some boards and try it out. Our first option was to go to Dana Point and learn out in the harbor, but since it we watched a little too much of Discovery Channel's "Shark Week" this week, we opted to learn on Lake Mission Viejo. We had 5 minutes of instruction and were sent out to sea. We did pretty good for our first time. We made it all the way to the end of the lake. But as I turned to see if there was any writing on a bouy, I heard a short scream. I turned quickly to look and saw an empty paddle board and bubbles under the water. Annik had somehow fallen off. I had to drop to my knees because I was laughing so hard, I almost fell off. We made it back to the other end of the lake and I thought I would try some tricks on my board, so as I went to do a one foot arabesque, I too fell, loosing my sunglasses. We had a fun time and I would definitely like to do it more. It wasnt much of a workout and I was not sore at all the next day- another plus!