Paddlers of all ages and skill levels will take to the water on Saturday, June 12, for the 8th Annual Back to the Chattahoochee River Race and Festival. [Read more...]

Mark your calendar for the best party with a purpose! Please help Paddle Anywhere sell at least 10 tickets for Riverkeeper. (Paddle Anywhere has donated a stand up paddleboard. Come and bid for it!) [Read more...]

The Surfrider Foundation Atlanta Chapter will be having a movie night on Tuesday 7pm, March 2, 2010 at Twisted Taco Midtown.  Come see “A Broke Down Melody,” a film by Chris and Emmett Malloy.

A Brokedown Melody follows swell through South America, Polynesia and Jamaica. Documenting in 16mm film the surfing of Kelly Slater, Gerry Lopez, Jack Johnson, Mike Todd, Mark Cunningham, C.J. Hobgood, The Wilmots, The Malloys and Rob Machado. Check out the trailer.

When: March 2 at 7:00 p.m.

Where: Twisted Taco Midtown.

Registration: THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THIS EVENT BUT ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. REGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE.

Parking: The lot directly across 12th Street is now reserved for guests of Twisted Taco.

Additional Details: This event is made possible by permissions obtained by Surfrider Foundation.

Host: Special thanks to Twisted Taco Midtown for hosting the event.

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Come out for a meet and greet with fellow Surfrider members. (DON’T FORGET TO REGISTER! SEE LINK BELOW). Artist Pam Longobardi will speak about her Drifters project, a series of installations and public works that address the interconnectedness of the land and sea, between humans and the ocean biosphere.

When: Oct 1, 2009, 7:00 p.m. Where: Buckhead Bar and Grill (formerly Loco’s), 3167 Peachtree Rd, Atlanta, GA 30305. Registration: Please register HERE so we will know how many people are coming. IT’S NOT REQUIRED, BUT PLEASE SUPPORT OUR HOST BY BUYING FOOD AND BEVERAGES.

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Paddle Anywhere is heading to Seaside, Florida with the Surfrider Foundation Atlanta Chapter and the Atlanta Surf Posse for a Stand Up Paddle Race and Celebration (Sponsored by YOLO)  on September 19. Details are HERE. The campsite is booked. Click the image to see our campsite location. We can paddle or hike to the beach.

The Surfrider Foundation Atlanta Chapter and Emerald Coast Chapter will also have a beach cleanup. Surfrider Foundation has partnered with the Walton County Tourist Development Council and Ocean Conservancy to help make this cleanup happen. Bags, gloves and water will be provided. Participants will each receive a T shirt. We may have a van shoe giveaway for each site. Come out and clean the beach for yourself. summer is over, at least what we clean may stay that way. If we get the plastic off the beach, it won’t wind up in our ocean over the winter!

Here is the general schedule–

• Friday Afternoon–Leave Atlanta at or near end of business day.
• Friday Night–Camping at Grayton Beach
• Saturday Morning–Stand Up Paddle Board Race (and/or surf)
• Saturday Afternoon–Beach Cleanup (and/or surf)
• Saturday Evening–YOLO’s Beach Celebration / Camping
• Sunday Morning–Stand up paddle and/or surf
• Sunday Afternoon–Return to Atlanta.

The events are all optional. All skill levels are welcome. We will have 3 or 4 stand up paddle boards and extra surfboards to use. The only cost will be to chip in on gas and the campsite. (There is a separate registration fee of $35 if you want to enter the Stand Up Paddleboard Race on Saturday morning.) Let us know if you are willing to drive a car. Please register HERE if you want to go on the trip.

UPDATE:  Check out the gallery HERE.

Atlanta Surf Posse is hosting a stand up paddle event with Tom from YOLO.  All skill levels are welcome. It’s free.

You can RSVP at the Atlanta Surf Posse Meetup.com page here if interested. You can also contact me via the Contact page on this site if you have questions.

UPDATE: The photo gallery is posted HERE.

Come out to the Atlanta Chapter Meeting of the Surfrider Foundation. Members and non-members are welcome. Surfrider will be showing a surf movie with an environmental theme and some surfing, stand up paddle, tow-in, hydrofoil, and bodysurfing footage. Laird Hamilton takes on huge waves on his SUP. You can see more meeting details here. Don’t forget to register so we will know you are coming. It’s free!

It’s also Steve’s birthday so we are planning a night out in the Virginia Highland neighborhood after the meeting.

On July 25, Paddle Anywhere will be taking on the Chattahoochee River again for the National Park Service Second Annual Summer Splash (Details).

UPDATE: We had a great trip. Steve, Sean, and Karen took two epoxy YOLO stand up paddleboards and one YOLOyak down the river. The water was clear and running with a litlle  current. We saw turtles, blue heron, and carp. We also paddled by just in time to see a a guy in a boat catch a big striper. The only shoals we had trouble with were at the very end at Cochran Shoals (pictured below). It was no trouble to get around the rocks by walking or finding an alternate course on the river. We all took a little spill at some point on the shoals but it was nice to cool off at the end of the 6-mile trip.

This July 12 trip turned into a real adventure. Steve, Sean, Joe, and Dan started at Buford Dam and planned to paddle to Lake Lanier Resort. Dan was visiting from Florida, happened to see the Stone Mountain website, and got in touch. Joe is a surfer from Dahlonega and a member of the Atlanta Surf Posse. We may not have pegged the adventure meter on this one, but we got it into the red.

We paddled over 8 miles  roundtrip. We had some beers and food at Lake Lanier resort and all appeared to be going well. Unfortunately, a not so little storm popped up, and the trip home turned into a beast of a paddle straight into wind and white caps. We made it back to the dam about about 930pm. Check out the historical wind report here. The wind maxed out at 25 mph with gusts over 30mph. You get the idea.

We had a great laugh about it once we got back to the cars. We got the boards strapped down right before the storm unleashed.