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Welcome to my blog. I document my adventures in travel, style, and food. Hope you have a nice stay!
Q: What’s “SUP”?
A: Stand up Paddleboard
Q: Is this suitable for beginners?
A: ABSOLUTELY! We all have to start somewhere!
Classes begin on land before moving onto the board, always beginning on knees, and then practicing basic paddle strokes. Yoga poses and fitness exercises will include modifications and extensions to suit the range and experience of all participants in class!
NOTE: the boards in my fleet are extremely stable and wider than an average board. You will have your “sea legs” in no time!
Being nervous to try something new is absolutely natural - embrace that, and it will be converted to enthusiasm during your experience!
Q: What are the instructor’s qualifications?
A: Kendra is a WPA certified Paddleboard Instructor, certified SUP Yoga instructor, E-RYT500 with Yoga Alliance, a group fitness instructor of many formats, CPR certified by the American Red Cross, and has a masters degree in education.
This mix of training and teaching experience empowers her to offer you a safe and accessible class, in which unnecessary environmental dangers are prevented and thorough movement options are mindfully offered to allow all levels of participants to enjoy success, to be appropriately challenged, and to accommodate differences in anatomy within yoga postures.
Q: What if I don’t have a paddleboard (SUP)?
A: SUP, paddle, and life vest rental are included in the cost of your class. These 3 pieces of equipment will be provided for you, as will various anchoring systems for SUP Yoga and excursions.
Q: What if I have my own SUP?
A: RAD!!! Bring it! If you supply your own operable SUP, paddle, and life vest, you score 50% off of classes and discounts on events!
You MUST, however, bring all 3 of these pieces of equipment to class, and your board must have attachment points at nose and tail and carabiners to connect to class anchoring rigs.
When signing up, be sure to select the BYOBoard option.
Note: SUP413 is a mobile business - there is no extra gear on hand for classes. Be sure to arrive to class *READY* to walk onto the water.
Q: Do I have to wear a life vest during class/yoga?
A: Per MA state law, you must have a life vest *on board*. You will strap it under your deck bungees as we get on the water, and you may wear it - or not - as you please throughout our time together.
Participants under age 16 must wear their PFDs at all times while paddling.
From September 15 - May 15, however, state law requires ALL to WEAR the vest at all times.
You are welcome to bring your own, if you have one you prefer for increased comfort when wearing is required.
Q: What should I bring to class?
A: Sunscreen, sunglasses, a towel, a bottle of water, and your sense of adventure!
* Please apply sunscreen/insect repellant prior to class and not on the boards - this will create a slippery layer on the deck pad beneath your hands and feet. (We can accommodate reapplication during longer excursions.)
* I recommend leaving valuables in your vehicle, unless you have a waterproof bag, which you may clip to the deck bungees during class.
* SUP413 is not responsible for any lost personal items during your experience.
Q: When/where are your classes, and how do I sign up?
A: Classes will be offered frequently during summer months! Dates and times will be posted on our Facebook page weekly, if not more often.
You can check times and sign up via the SUP413 Schedule.
YOU MUST SIGN UP IN ADVANCE.
You will receive an email 8-12 hours before class with location, reminders.
An electronic waiver that must be FULLY completed at least 24 hours prior to class in order to participate.
(You only need to fill out this waiver one time for the 2022 season - it will pop up when your booking is confirmed.)
Payment is required at time of sign-up to reserve your space. Cancellations less than 24 hours before class will result in being charged for class.
Cancellations more than 24 hours prior to class will be offered a re-booking for a class or event of the same price, within the same season.
Refunds will only be offered if SUP413 cancels your class.
The SUP413 floating studio is mobile, so class locations may vary - most classes will occur in Hampshire County, MA.
Likewise, I am eager to travel to teach, so contact me personally to book private group classes for family and friends!
Q: What about the weather???
A: We will paddle in the light to moderate rain.
We will NOT paddle in thunder/lightning, heavy downpours, or severe winds.
Occasionally, there may be slight location changes, based on the forecast or environmental concerns - they will be announced in advance and will not be drastic enough to alter your drive time to class.
For Immediate Release - September 14, 2012
BOSTON – Friday, September 14, 2012 – As air and water temperatures throughout New England are beginning to cool, Colonel Aaron Gross, Director of the Massachusetts Environmental Police, is urging all canoe and kayak enthusiasts to use lifejackets when out on waterways across the Commonwealth.
“Paddle smart from the start – wear your lifejacket,” said Colonel Gross. “Drowning is the number one cause of boating related fatalities, occurring when boats capsize or victims fall overboard. Of those who drowned, 80 percent of them are not wearing lifejackets. Environmental Police officers will be patrolling rivers, lakes and coastal waters across the Commonwealth throughout the season to enforce state and federal recreational boating laws.”
Massachusetts law (323 CMR 2.00) requires that all persons aboard canoes and kayaks from September 15 through May 15 shall wear at all times a Coast Guard approved Type I, II, or III lifejacket. Lifejacket wear throughout the year is smart boating, and a recommended standard practice by the Environmental Police, but not until September 15 does it become required for canoeists and kayakers due to dropping air and water temperatures.
Throughout the year and regardless of boat type, children under 12 are required to wear their lifejacket anytime they are underway and above deck.
Water temperatures in coastal waters and rivers and lakes at this time of year can be as cool as 40 degrees - a temperature that can cause hypothermia and offset even a strong swimmer's ability to swim safely to shore. Paddlers are the target of this special requirement because of the much greater chance of their craft capsizing.
Lifejackets will not prevent hypothermia. But a lifejacket will give the victim one less significant thing to worry about: staying afloat.
All boaters are encouraged to take a state approved boating safety course to learn the latest on safe operation and equipment requirements. Visit the Massachusetts Environmental Police website for links to our boating safety course schedule and other approved course providers in addition to links to state boating law.
All boating accidents must be reported to the Massachusetts Environmental Police at (800) 632-8075.
The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs’ Office of Law Enforcement – known also as the Massachusetts Environmental Police (MEP) – is the primary agency responsible for enforcing the Commonwealth’s fish and game and boating and recreational vehicle laws. MEP officers, while authorized to enforce all general laws, focus on laws and regulations related to the protection of natural resources and public parks and land; boat and recreation(al) vehicle use; and hazardous waste disposal. MEP officers serve as stewards of the state’s natural resources, patrolling forests, parks, inland waterways and coastal waters throughout the Commonwealth.