Unfortunately, Thomas Oschwald had to stop his first attempt to paddle 5000 km on a Tahoe Zephyr SUP after just one week due to health problems. We had contact with him on Thursday, and he was already feeling unwell. Here is what he told us.
Category: Tours – fresh water(Page 2 of 3)
Bobby Thatcher, Mark Slater and Richard Morton (finished 2nd at London Indoor SUP Challenge), some of the fastest paddlers of the UK, were missed in St. Maxime, but they had something more noble to do on their May bank holiday. They Stand Up paddled the 215 miles of the River Thames from Source to Sea to raise money for injured servicemen and their families.
I had briefly paddled on the 2011 Tahoe Bliss during the SUP Night Race at Surf World Cup in Podersdorf in really windy, choppy conditions but I felt I still the brand new board a proper Maiden Voyage and I had something special in mind.
A small river in Bavaria. Carsten calls it his “Bavarian Amazonas”.
Petra Offermanns (SUP-guide.com) and Etienne Stander (Munich Stand Up Paddling) went to paddle the tour Carsten Kurmis had showed them once more on a sunny October afternoon.
Thomas Oschwald has an amazing plan. Beginning of June he will go on a fascinating SUP adventure. He will attempt to paddle from his home in Mollis, Switzerland to the Atlantic Ocean – and back. 5000 km in total. This would be world record. The current official record is held by Tom Jones who standup paddled the length of California from Oregon to Mexico (1,250 Miles in 90 consecutive days).
Thomas Oschwald has an amazing plan. Beginning of June he will go on a fascinating SUP adventure. He will attempt to paddle from his home in Mollis, Switzerland to the Atlantic Ocean – and back. 5000 km in total. This would be world record. The current official record is held by Tom Jones who standup paddled the length of California from Oregon to Mexico (1,250 Miles in 90 consecutive days). After a lot of tests and research he found the right board for this amazing adventure. “The Tahoe Zephyr SUP is super light, fast and perfect for my purpose” says Thomas.
Isar – A beautiful turquoise green river on a grey day at low water. Yes, it would have been gorgeous, if it wasn’t for all the litter.
It was getting warmer in Munich, we had sun and almost 15° Celsius in Munich, so Petra (sup-guide.de), Etienne (munichstanduppaddling.com) and Carsten (imaginesurfboards.com) decided to head for a sunset paddle and BBQ on yet another Bavarian mountain lake.
The Munich SUP Crew likes to go to places where no man has paddled before. So, while everybody else was celebrating fasching (carnival) or curing the fasching hangover, they decided to paddle to the place where Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, sometimes also called “Mad King Ludwig” was born in 1864: Palace Nymphenburg.