I saw my first S’up a year ago at the end of Scorton Creek. I was intrigued. I can do that, I thought. In fact, I want to do that. This year there were five S’ups right on my beach two days ago. Now it’s to the point where I HAVE to do that. The last two nights just before falling asleep, I was feeling myself on the S’up. I felt my ab and leg muscles engage to stabilize it. I felt my biceps and triceps tighten as I swoop the paddle through the water.
S’up is short for Stand Up. It’s a board similar to a surfboard, with a stabilizing fin underneath. You stand on it like a surfboard, but you paddle it like a canoe. Out here they are all the rage and I see more and more of them everyday. I SO want to do this. It’s more than a bucket list item. It’s becoming an obsession.
The best part is the place that rents them is just down the road from us. Yesterday we stopped in and got all the info. It’s definitely doable. Today I’m on the beach, watching the tide go out, and thinking how great it’d be if I had my S’up here on the sand beside me, waiting for low tide. (This is something I’d only attempt on the sandbar in very shallow water.) To me, it beats kayaking hands down.
Life is a journey. Life is an adventure. Reaching out and touching it is what it’s all about.
And so, as another day goes by, “S’upping” is definitely in my future, and…I have written.
There are lots of S’ups around my island. Although, until I read your blog I didn’t know how to call them! Ha, learned something today 🙂
Never actually thought of joining them until now, but you made me want to try it out…