Paddleboard
Training Opportunities, Equipment,Races, Results & Photos
UPCOMING EVENTS
Bruckner Chase - 831-345-9550, info@oceancityswimclub.org
- June 22 (Atlantic City, NJ) & Dean Randazzo Paddle for a Cause, 21.5 mile paddle around Absecon Island - VISIT THE SITE HERE
- Always looking for training partners in the ocean or bays around Ocean City and South Jersey
EQUIPMENT
New Boards:
Incredible prone paddleboards for rescue, training or racing designed and built in FL by our new partners at Barrier Waterman - Read their story and their link to Australia, South Jersey and Florida
Great pricing and turn-around with reasonable shipping to South Jersey
Used Boards:
Got a board to sell, Shopping for a board - Let us know
Used board resource - www.eatonsurf.com
Incredible prone paddleboards for rescue, training or racing designed and built in FL by our new partners at Barrier Waterman - Read their story and their link to Australia, South Jersey and Florida
Great pricing and turn-around with reasonable shipping to South Jersey
Used Boards:
Got a board to sell, Shopping for a board - Let us know
Used board resource - www.eatonsurf.com
LOCAL RESULTS
Dean Randazzo Paddle for a Cause Around Atlantic City - June 12, 2011 - 5.4 Miles: Prone: 1st Graham Parker, 2nd Billy Webster, 3rd Bill Auty; SUP Men: 1st Mark Temme, 2nd Billy Mehl, 3rd Sean Duffy; SUP Women: 1st Margo Pellegrino, 2nd Stephanie Shideler - CLICK FOR FULL STORY
Battle of the Buoys - June 11, 2010 - 5.4 Miles: 1st Bruckner Chase, 2nd Billy Auty, 3rd Tony Mehalic, 4th Josh Thompson
Dean Randazzo Paddle For a Cause - June 6, 2010 - 21.5 Miles: 1st Andy Carter, 2nd David Funk, 3rd Graham Parker, 4th Billy Webster, 5th Bruckner Chase, 6th Billy Auty, 7th Todd Desatnik {See the Facebook page for full race report and photos}
Deuville Paddle & Row - July 20, 2009 - 5 Miles: Unofficial - 1st Graham Parker, U; 2nd Dan Callahan, Stock; 3rd Tony Mehalic, Stock
Independence Bay Paddle - June 26, 2009 - 2 Miles: Unofficial - 1st Bruckner Chase, U; 2nd Graham Parker, U; 3rd Bill Dorney, Stock; 4th Paul Mangen, Stock; 5th Tony Mehalic, Stock
2009 Battle of the Buoys - Race cancelled due to weather
Paddle For A Cause Around Atlantic City - 22 Miles, May 31, 2009
Report from Race Organizer, Mike May
"First chance I had to write a small note to finalize what really was a great day for the Paddle For a Cause since getting home to California.
First I want to thank everyone involved who has made this event more than I ever could have anticipated, but especially my wife Kate who really does so much of the prep work and reminds me to come back when I go out on my long paddles. The day started out with me paddling my board over to the wonder bar seeing two paddlers Reade Ware and Joe Destafano getting ready to leave an hour earlier to make the tides at the inlet in Longport. Soon paddlers started to show up including the members of the Board of Trustees who planned to paddle stand up as a relay team with the assistance of a few beers to help the cause. We all gathered together to gives thanks for the day in a traditional Hawaiian circle and then we were off. It soon became apparent that Todd Desatnick my friend from Cape May wanted to make a race of it this year and he was joined by Ryan Griffin from Cape May and David Funk who most people know as a champion rower. They eventually caught the two early paddlers and finished the 21 miles in a blazing 4 hours and 40 minutes. I was lucky to have a couple young guys paddle with me for the whole 21 miles Matt Conover and Andy Carter and we came in at a respectable 5 hours and 5 minutes. All thru the event the amazing Margo Pellagrino the long distance outrigger canoe paddler and environmentalist kept watch to make sure all participants were making it around safe. Google her name if you want to see a true endurance mad woman who wants to protect our seas. We had a great crowd at the wonder bar welcoming all the paddlers and I must thank the owners the Denafo's who were gracious to allow us to use their place as the start off and finish this year. It was better than Margate Pier!!!!!. As I watched the rest of the paddlers finish it was great to see John Forkin finish and the young guys Schwegman and Callahan and my old catcher Sean Duffy. Mike Tkacz who worked all night and still paddled. Of course the Peltonen brothers who if they got off those shitty boards would have been at the front of the pack . Our stand up paddlers Kristine and Jim who braved a tough course. I know money will continue to come in after the event but for me it is always the reminder of the people like Dean who continue to do battle and those like my father who lost the good fight. There are great pictures on the web site Local Swell and I'm sure we'll get more ink on the event in the future. We more than tripled the participants this year I would like to see us double it next year and really make it a race, besides somebody has to kick Todds ass next year I'm getting too old as my friend Jon Coen keeps pointing out.
Thanks everyone for a great day"
Mike May
Longport Hammer Paddle & Row
Longport Hammer Paddle - August 21, 2008
Tony's Big Thing - 19+ Miles Around Ocean City
Dean Randazzo Paddle for a Cause Around Atlantic City - June 12, 2011 - 5.4 Miles: Prone: 1st Graham Parker, 2nd Billy Webster, 3rd Bill Auty; SUP Men: 1st Mark Temme, 2nd Billy Mehl, 3rd Sean Duffy; SUP Women: 1st Margo Pellegrino, 2nd Stephanie Shideler - CLICK FOR FULL STORY
Battle of the Buoys - June 11, 2010 - 5.4 Miles: 1st Bruckner Chase, 2nd Billy Auty, 3rd Tony Mehalic, 4th Josh Thompson
Dean Randazzo Paddle For a Cause - June 6, 2010 - 21.5 Miles: 1st Andy Carter, 2nd David Funk, 3rd Graham Parker, 4th Billy Webster, 5th Bruckner Chase, 6th Billy Auty, 7th Todd Desatnik {See the Facebook page for full race report and photos}
Deuville Paddle & Row - July 20, 2009 - 5 Miles: Unofficial - 1st Graham Parker, U; 2nd Dan Callahan, Stock; 3rd Tony Mehalic, Stock
Independence Bay Paddle - June 26, 2009 - 2 Miles: Unofficial - 1st Bruckner Chase, U; 2nd Graham Parker, U; 3rd Bill Dorney, Stock; 4th Paul Mangen, Stock; 5th Tony Mehalic, Stock
2009 Battle of the Buoys - Race cancelled due to weather
Paddle For A Cause Around Atlantic City - 22 Miles, May 31, 2009
Report from Race Organizer, Mike May
"First chance I had to write a small note to finalize what really was a great day for the Paddle For a Cause since getting home to California.
First I want to thank everyone involved who has made this event more than I ever could have anticipated, but especially my wife Kate who really does so much of the prep work and reminds me to come back when I go out on my long paddles. The day started out with me paddling my board over to the wonder bar seeing two paddlers Reade Ware and Joe Destafano getting ready to leave an hour earlier to make the tides at the inlet in Longport. Soon paddlers started to show up including the members of the Board of Trustees who planned to paddle stand up as a relay team with the assistance of a few beers to help the cause. We all gathered together to gives thanks for the day in a traditional Hawaiian circle and then we were off. It soon became apparent that Todd Desatnick my friend from Cape May wanted to make a race of it this year and he was joined by Ryan Griffin from Cape May and David Funk who most people know as a champion rower. They eventually caught the two early paddlers and finished the 21 miles in a blazing 4 hours and 40 minutes. I was lucky to have a couple young guys paddle with me for the whole 21 miles Matt Conover and Andy Carter and we came in at a respectable 5 hours and 5 minutes. All thru the event the amazing Margo Pellagrino the long distance outrigger canoe paddler and environmentalist kept watch to make sure all participants were making it around safe. Google her name if you want to see a true endurance mad woman who wants to protect our seas. We had a great crowd at the wonder bar welcoming all the paddlers and I must thank the owners the Denafo's who were gracious to allow us to use their place as the start off and finish this year. It was better than Margate Pier!!!!!. As I watched the rest of the paddlers finish it was great to see John Forkin finish and the young guys Schwegman and Callahan and my old catcher Sean Duffy. Mike Tkacz who worked all night and still paddled. Of course the Peltonen brothers who if they got off those shitty boards would have been at the front of the pack . Our stand up paddlers Kristine and Jim who braved a tough course. I know money will continue to come in after the event but for me it is always the reminder of the people like Dean who continue to do battle and those like my father who lost the good fight. There are great pictures on the web site Local Swell and I'm sure we'll get more ink on the event in the future. We more than tripled the participants this year I would like to see us double it next year and really make it a race, besides somebody has to kick Todds ass next year I'm getting too old as my friend Jon Coen keeps pointing out.
Thanks everyone for a great day"
Mike May
Longport Hammer Paddle & Row
Longport Hammer Paddle - August 21, 2008
Tony's Big Thing - 19+ Miles Around Ocean City
Tony Mehalic & Bruckner Chase, with support from members of Graham
Parker, Wendy Wallace,
Kacey McCafery, Bill Dorney & Michelle
Evans-Chase, took advantage of ideal weather and ocean conditions to
complete a 19+ Mile paddle around Ocean City in 4:44:06. Starting from
the 1st Street Lifeguard station we took advantage of calm seas and a
light North wind on our clockwise trip around the island. We were
joined on sections by members of Team Dorney and were refueled along at
Corson's Inlet and 17th Street Lagoon. An amazing paddle that could
evolve into a premier paddleboard race on the East Coast.
Sea Isle Island Paddle - Sunday, Oct 12 - 17.3 Miles
After the success of last week's paddle and thanks to the incredible fall weather Graham and I decided to loop Sea Isle. The ocean was a bit rougher this week, and we had a more intense than expected incoming tide heading back up to the Deauville, but despite a small navigational error we completed the paddle in 4:46. Ludlum Bay was shallower than expected, but the bay was amazingly clear and calm. (Which helped since we had to walk a couple hundred yards across the shallows.) This is going to be a great swim in the spring as a next step to swimming around all the South Jersey Islands.
After the success of last week's paddle and thanks to the incredible fall weather Graham and I decided to loop Sea Isle. The ocean was a bit rougher this week, and we had a more intense than expected incoming tide heading back up to the Deauville, but despite a small navigational error we completed the paddle in 4:46. Ludlum Bay was shallower than expected, but the bay was amazingly clear and calm. (Which helped since we had to walk a couple hundred yards across the shallows.) This is going to be a great swim in the spring as a next step to swimming around all the South Jersey Islands.
