Cancer Survivor Empowerment SUP

If you’d like to help empower cancer survivors through the positivity of SUP, please join us tonight at 6.00 at Riverbend Park for a stand up paddle picnic.

Members of the DEFEATcancer Young Adult Survivors Network are trying SUP for the first time tonight. We’re supplying the boards. Would you like to help supply the stoke? We encourage our friends in the SUP community to come along and share paddling tips, meet new friends and, most importantly, have fun.

DEFEATcancer is a cancer survivorship empowerment program that encourages positive, life-affirming physical activity amongst its members.

DEFEATcancer is sponsored by St. Charles Medical Center and the Lance Armstrong Foundation.

Event Details:
WHEN: Tonight, Monday, August 23rd, at 6.00p.m.
WHERE: Riverbend Park, (779 SW Columbia)
ADDITIONAL DETAILS: BYO picnic and blanket if you'd like to picnic with the group.

Results of the Second King & Queen of the Lake Race

Thanks to everyone who turned out forthe second race in the King & Queen of the Lake Race series at Elk Lake last Sunday. Click here to see the results.

We look forward to seeing you again at the final race on September 26th. Click here for further information or email Race Director Randall Barna at Randall@Footform.com.

2010 Ta-Hoe Nalu Paddle Festival this Weekend!

The 4th Annual Ta-hoe Nalu Paddle Festival takes place this weekend, August 21 & 22 at King's Beach in North Lake Tahoe. The two-day event features races for all ages and skill levels as well live concerts, a luau, and plenty of aloha spirit. The size and scope of the festival is testimony to the phenomenal rise in popularity of stand up paddling. Whereas the first Tahoe-Nalu race in 2007 included only 34 participants, organizers anticipate up to 600 paritcipants and over 3000 spectators to attend this year. $20,000 in cash prizes will be awarded. Click here for more details.

King & Queen of the Lake Race

You still have a chance to become race royalty...

The second race in the King and Queen of the Lake paddle race series takes place this Sunday, August 15th, at Elk Lake. Registration begins at 9.30a.m. The race starts at 10.30a.m.

This race series offers fun for everyone. There's a short course for paddlers who are new to racing and a longer course for those who are ready for more challenge.

The best two scores of the three races will be combined to determine overall winners - so even if you missed the first race, you still have a shot at being named King or Queen!

The final race in the series takes place on September 26th and coincides with Elk Lake Lodge's 90th year celebration luau.

For further information, check out the flyer, or email Race Director Randall Barna at Randall@Footform.com.

The King & Queen of the Lake Race series is sponsored by:

Pilates & SUP!

The Pilates Connection & Stand Up Paddle Bend have joined forces to bring you a workout that is fun, exciting, and effective...

WHAT: 45 minute outdoor Pilates mat class followed by 45 minute stand up paddle.

WHERE: Riverbend Park (779 SW Columbia Street)

WHEN: Thursdays at 5.30 p.m., starting August 5th.

COST: $25 including board rental. $15 if you bring your own board.

Sign up by calling 541-639-2655 or emailing Info@StandUpPaddleBend.com.

What do you get when you combine two of the most efficient, feel-good workouts on the planet?

Let's find out together!

Experience what SHAPE Magazine calls, "a calorie-torching workout!"

"In ten sessions you will see the difference, in twenty you will see the difference, and in thirty you will have a whole new body." - Joseph H. Pilates

"I must be right. Never an aspirin. Never injured a day in my life. The whole country, the whole world should be doing my exercises. They'd be happier." - Joseph H. Pilates