My husband decided to take his ShuBu and our boxer Kozy to Huguenot Flatwater on Thursday after work.
It was a beautiful afternoon for a paddle.
Perfectly flat, little to no wind, only a handful of people on the water...and a photography student on the hunt for the perfect sunset (and thankfully for us, she was also pretty fascinated with Kozy on the SUP board and provided all the photos included in this blog post).
While most of the photos make it look like Kozy was extremely well behaved on the SUP board...apparently he did quite a bit of moving around, causing my husband to have to counter-balance the board.
My husband said Kozy was pretty hilarious checking out the fish and birds, drinking from the side and generally being aloof while he paddled and counter balanced his pacing and turning. A few times he'd slip a back foot off the board and Jody would have to grab his harness to keep him up.
In addition to the photographers my husband met, everyone he saw on the water was interested in Kozy on the board.
My husband was quite surprised to find that the inflatable board was a bit more stable and forgiving than the epoxy boards. Especially with an 80lb dog as a passenger. This meant 280 lbs was focused in the center of the board during their paddle. He was amazed they didn't just fold in the middle.
After about an hour and a half of paddling from one side of the river to the other, both husband and Kozy called it a night.
And now that we know Kozy is completely comfortable on the SUP board...I'm sure we'll have many more SUPing adventures with him!
Thanks again to the photographers on the water that shot these great photos of Kozy's first SUPing experience!
2 comments:
I love it. Next visit we will have to do some SUPing.
Sounds great!!! =)
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