By Chase Kosterlitz

This spring, Candice Appleby, Dave Boehne, CD Kinley, Anthony Vela and Slater Trout went on a soul surfing adventure to the far east, exploring the exotic setups and culture of Taiwan. Check out the full photo essay in the Summer issue of SUP magazine, which hits newsstands June 12, 2012.

It’s been a fun ride, to say the least. Chris Aguilar has given us one excellent adventure for our Field Notes series. In this, the final episode, Gillian Gibree and Morgan Hoesterey take in the sights and surf of San Francisco. Enjoy….

Morgan and Gillian continue their adventure through California, ringing every little piece of surf they can out of Santa Cruz while taking time to cross-train on traditional paddleboards. Click here for Part III.

Even if they can’t find waves, we still think Gillian Gibree’s and Morgan Hoesterey’s California Road Trip rules. Windy Jalama, placid Monterey Bay, Pebble Beach. The ladies continue to meet new SUP characters that enhance our viewing pleasure–-all backed up by a stellar soundtrack. And they actually make small waves look kinda’ fun on standup [...]

Morgan Hoesterey’s and Gillian Gibree’s California road trip continues with a tour of Santa Barbara County. Needless to say, the surf wasn’t firin’. But this is where the “trip” in “road trip” comes in. Here, with filmmaker Chris Aguilar, the girls highlight the beauty of fall in California, and introduce us to a couple of [...]

This fall, accompanied by SUP Award-winning filmmaker Chris Aguilar, standup paddlers Morgan Hoesterey and Gillian Gibree set out on a California road trip in search of waves. While they didn’t find pumping swell, they did find fun in the proverbial journey, exploring the Golden State during the best season to explore the Golden State. And [...]

It was a wet night and the river was moving more deliberately than yesterday’s meandering pace. The sky also had a heavier gloom, the rain more frequent and chances of seeing some sun today looked slim. Either way, we were back to life on the river. With the low ceiling of clouds and dim light, [...]

When we got to the campsite, we found Josh already had a fire going.  Which was great because it was dark and we were still wet.  Josh had decided to meet back up with us to ask if he could join us on the 20 mile paddle to the Klamath River mouth as part of [...]

Delivering the prayer bundle to Josh from the Karuk Indian Tribe and the sharing of river stones had an elating effect on me. Being a first time prayer bundle courier between tribal elders, I felt very honored but also relieved to get it into the right hands. The plan for the remaining couple of hours [...]