Siren Kristy Murphy Featured in SUP the Mag....

*Sigh*  It seems like only yesterday that we discovered the surf and SUP talent that would come to be the Kristy Murphy of acclaim and renown that we all know today.  Here's a great piece by Supthemag.com detailing her globe-trotting exploits, and how you can get in on the action adventure, Siren Surf Adventures style:

Primal Standup Paddle Boards

As much as we members of the modern world would like to believe that standup paddle boarding is something new, there is actually plenty of evidence to the contrary.  For instance:

This particular example of primal paddle craft looks to fit "unlimited class" specifications; and most interestingly it appears to be provisioned for night racing.  The text reads, "A fisherman works with his commorants...."

Siren Kristy Murphy takes 2nd in WindanSea Butch Van Artsdalen Memorial Paddle

In a heroic move, Kristy opted to race in WindanSea's Butch Van Artsdalen Memorial paddle race in the SUP stock class on an 11 footer. If you aren't hip to the racing scene yet, the stock class typically consists of boards that are 12'6" in length. The longer the board, the faster it goes, so 2nd place would surely have been a 1st had she not been a glutton for punishment -- or maybe she rode the 11' just to make it fair ;) !
Here's a picture of Kristy with the goods:


Kristy credits her Siren SUP, Athleta Swim Shirt, Kialoa Paddle and Costa del Mar Sunglasses for helping her dominate (most of) the field.

Siren Surf Adventures Feature on Jetty Girl

Kristy Murphy's Siren Surf Adventures has a nice feature on Jetty Girl this month. Be sure to check it out.

If you're looking for a great instructor to help you learn to surf, or improve on the skills you already have, 2005 Womens World Longboard Champion Kristy Murphy is the girl!

A quick excerpt:

"After many years of traveling, surfing and teaching, Kristy reveals her favorite surf spots and local eateries to share with you during her weeklong surf and Stand Up Paddle retreats.

Guided by Kristy and her staff of professional water women, novice participants will learn how-to-surf basics, while experienced surfers improve their skills with advanced techniques taught in a fun, nurturing, non-competitive atmosphere...."

Be sure to check out the SUP adventure coming up soon!

Congrats Jen K. of Bend, OR., Winner of the Latest Siren Giveaway!

Jen won the giveaway! Burlap Boho bag, Siren '70s Vintage Tee, lip balm, skin creme, stickers and tea towel.

If YOU haven't already become a Facebook fan or joined our email list, be sure to do it before June 21! We'll be giving away more great Siren stuff to get you ready for summer.

Siren R&D: New Space-Age Coating Now Available

Chroma-Tech coatings create a super fast matte
finish that is unparalleled for beauty, as this perfect
Orange to Yellow fade illustrates.

Siren's SUP construction methods set the industry standard for durability, performance, and beauty. We achieve this through the use of super-fused EPS cores, super tough epoxy resin, double 6-oz fiberglass top and bottom and most importantly double over-laps for maximum strength and durability where the rail endures the brunt of all punishment from your paddle.
Now we have discovered something completely new, and we are very proud to be unveiling it just in time for summer (in the Southern Hemisphere, anyway).
The basic construction method remains the same. But rather than applying color to the board by airbrushing the foam core, we apply a new super-toughened, space-age coating to the finished fiberglassed board at the end of the construction process. This opens up a whole new world of vibrant, race-car quality color work. After the color goes on, we apply a clear matte overcoat to further protect the surface of the board. This matte clear-coat finish has the added benefit of moving very efficiently through the water--much in the same way that the America's Cup Yachts employ a fine-sanded matte finish to their hulls for maximum "slippage" through the water.

Called Chroma-Tech, we are very proud to be able to add this new option to our SUP line that not only makes the boards faster, but also more beautiful. Boards built with our new technology cost $50-$150 more (depending on the complexity of the color work), and because the color is on the surface of the board, one should use appropriate care not to drag the board through the sand or drop it on rocky surfaces. And you probably already know to NEVER clean ANY surfboard or SUP with Acetone--use gasoline or "green" citrus-based cleaners which are safer for you and your board.

Available by custom order only as of November 2009. Click here to send us an email to start one rolling.

First 10'0 Siren SUPs Launched!

As announced a few weeks ago, our new 10'0 version of the now iconic Siren SUP has hit the Siren Shop. Available in light blue with an ice yellow deck, and mint green with an ice yellow deck.

What makes our SUP so special? We've incorporated some tricks to make the board narrower, lighter and more maneuverable than any other, and at the same time much more stable. A step along the rail line creates a "pontoon" effect for stability. A rounded pintail allows for easy direction changes, whether in waves or flat water. Conservative rocker curve yields a forgiving feel in the water, creating a sure-footed feeling. Finally, the blunt nose shape allows us to keep the outline more parallel, which further enhances the board's stability and speed.

Ciao!

Siren Kristy Murphy Wins Dempsey Contest; Raises Coastal Preservation Awareness

Kristy Murphy not only won the women's longboard division, but also upset the men-dominated SUP division by placing 5th overall! In the end, it was all for fun and to raise awareness of WiLDCOAST's initiative to preserve the native beauty of our coastline.

From the press release:

"With more than 180 participants, the 6th Annual WiLDCOAST Dempsey Holder Memorial Ocean Festival and Surf Contest was the largest surfing competition ever held in South San Diego County. On Sunday October 18 on the south side of the Imperial Beach Pier, more than 500 spectators lined the beach to watch surfers from all over San Diego County surf beautiful 2-4 waves.

This year the Dempsey highlighted the progress that has been made along the U.S.-Mexico border to clean up the coast. With a new sewage treatment plant under construction on the U.S. side of the border, three new sewage plants operating in the Tijuana-Rosarito Beach region, and the signing of legislation by Governor Schwarzenegger to fund cleaning up Tijuana, the WiLDCOAST “Clean Water Now” campaign has made a significant contribution to protecting our coast and ocean."

Congrats to all who participated! See you next year!

Kristy Murphy's Siren Surf Adventures Website is Live!

Siren is proud to announce that the Kristy Murphy's Siren Surf Adventures website is live! To celebrate, and say thanks for signing up on such late notice, we're offering a $400.00 discount on our November 4-10 Zihuatanejo retreat! Don't miss your chance to stay at the luxurious, yet eco-smart, Casa Viva Resort while honing your surfing skills with 2005 Womens World Longboard Champion Kristy Murphy. A seasoned veteran in the surf retreat world for over 10 years, no one knows how to pair surfing and luxury like Kristy.
We donate a portion of all proceeds from the Adventure to WiLDCOAST in order to ensure that our Zihuatanejo playground stays wild, undeveloped and uncrowded. Check it all out here.

Thanks for Coming to the "Ride My Board" Jule Collection Event!

We just wrapped up the Jule Collection and Siren Surfboards "Ride My Board Day" in Oceanside this weekend (October 3). We lucked out with awesome weather which helped get everyone out to the beach for some fun in the sun! Keep-A-Breast came out to support and represent for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Our hostess Julie Cox was demo-ing her line of Jule Collection surfboards in the waves while I had the SUP boards going on demo runs around Oceanside Harbor. I had never paddled the harbor before, it was awesome. There is a dock where all the seals hang out and swim. I was able to paddle right over and get a great birds eye view of them swimming from the Stand Up Paddle board. Later it was back to the beach to fire up the grill and another Oceanside surf session!

Thanks to you all who came out and gave the boards a try! As always a big thanks to our awesome sponsors for helping us make the weekend possible! Siren Surfboards, Kialoa Paddles, Costa Del Mar Sunglasses, Wildcoast, Jule Surfboards and Keep-A-Breast.


A special thanks to the Jule Collection for inviting us to participate in the event.

See you all at the next demo in Imperial Beach on Oct.18. We will be holding the demo alongside the Wildcoast/Dempsey Holder Ocean Festival and Surf Contest. By the way, there are still slots available if you would like to participate in the SUP Open Division. It's only $25 to enter, but the bragging rights for winning are priceless!

Bye!-Kristy

Rainbow Sandals' Battle of the Paddle

We work with Kevin Shaughnessy over at Channin for all of our surfboard and SUP R&D exploits. It's rare to find someone in the industry that is not only adept at translating desired function into form, but also has a hands-on, in the water understanding of how boards work.
Unfortunately, no board is immune to an angry, rocky coastline at high tide, so when a rogue wave swallowed up and crushed his race board just days before the race, he had no choice but to borrow my 11'0 Siren SUP. As a rule, the longer the board, the faster it paddles, so in a race full of 12'6 boards, he definitely had his work cut out for him. After 5 grueling miles, he came in a respectable 71st out of 100+ racers. Not bad considering he was under-gunned by a foot and a half.
It was really cool to see a Siren board in the race! Next year, I think we Siren girls are going to give it a go! There were actually quite a few women battling it out for their shot at the $5500 purse; very inspiring. Stay tuned for the Siren Racing SUP!

Check Out the New Siren Gallery Page!

Picasa is a great way to publish your photos to the web and share your adventures with your friends. We thought it would be cool to have our Gallery page automatically update and link to our Picasa Web Albums (it's also a lot easier than manually updating the Gallery!). After cracking the whip on the Siren Web Dev Team, we're happy to announce the new and improved Gallery portion of the site. Click the "Gallery" button at the top of this page to view (or you can click here) . You will see an assortment of photo albums that we've created--click on any of them to view all the photos.

Kialoa Paddles: Now in Metal Flake!

Metal flake, more commonly referred to as glitter, has been a staple in the Siren Surfboards line since the beginning. In fact, Channin, the factory that builds our boards, actually pioneered its use for the open-molded wet-layup lamination technique (the technical name for how custom surfboards are glassed) many years ago. Now if only someone would make a metal flake clad paddle....


Enter Kialoa Paddles, who have just introduced metal flake as on option on their paddles. Here I am at Rainbow Sandal's Battle of the Paddle checking it out first hand. Kialoa's motto, "Technology and Tradition Together on the Water," is really apparent in everything they do. And with a great team to test the equipment and provide feedback, it's no wonder why they are able to build one of the best paddles out there.

SUP by Boat

A girl and her boat, a match made in heaven!

From Kristy Murphy's Blog:

I miss Florida, well I don't miss the flat spells, but with a SUP and a boat everyday is an adventure no matter what size the surf is. Although my last 2 days visiting my family in Jupiter where blessed with 2 ft. peelers, for the most part there were no waves to be found. So, my friend Lindsey and I took the boat out to look for some new paddle spots and adventures. The boat took us to some cool mangrove canals and out in the ocean we found a manta ray to paddle with. The boat is an added plus, but really all you need is your board, paddle and sunscreen to have some really good fun!

The parental crew, floating around.

Paddling the mangrove canals along the Intercoastal Waterway.

We got to check out this feeding manta ray from our SUP boards.

By Popular Demand: The Siren 10' SUP

We knew this would happen--as the SUP community evolves, and our skills grow, what once seemed unattainable now seems so easy that we wonder why we didn't see it from the get go. Remember a few years ago when all the SUPs out there were like 12'6" long by 34" wide? The Siren 11'0 seemed so tiny! It has been a trip seeing people who thought they could never manage anything smaller than the 11' effortlessly scoot around the lakes, rivers and waterways on our 9'0. So as more and more interest shifts to the 9'0, we've been getting a lot of requests for something that bridges the gap between the 11' and 9' Siren SUP--a balance between the manuverability of the 9'0 and the stability of the 11'0. And so with all of that in mind, and prompted by our loyal SUP devotees, we proudly introduce the 10'0 Siren SUP.
We should have a couple in stock by next week!

Reminder: "Ride My Board" Demo Tomorrow, Oceanside Harbor!

Hope to See you there!

Siren Krisy Murphy to Guest-Host "Ride My Board" Days

Julie Cox's famed "Ride My Board" Days are going off again this Saturday, October 3, from 8am-1pm at Oceanside Harbor. We're super stoked to have been invited to demo the Siren SUPs! Don't miss this opportunity to check out all the surfboard models from the Jule Collection and try your hand at stand-up paddleboarding Siren style. And don't forget to bring your appetite--BBQ fires up around 1:00!

I *Heart* NY: 2nd Annual Montauk Surf & SUP Retreat

Just wrapped up our second annual Montauk Sessions in Montauk, NY with an awesome group of ladies. The northeast dished out lots of rain, then finally on Sunday came SUNSHINE! The waves went from challenging to fun, and despite the crazy weather it was a blast. When the waves were too choppy and big, we went Stand Up Paddling on Lake Montauk. The lake offered a protected bay out of the wind, where we could get the hang of the the SUP boards and practice paddling techniques. After the paddle we hit up the famous Surf Lodge for awesome food and mojitos! On Sunday, the surf was perfect for everyone to really push their surfing skills to the next level. Everyone conquered fears, perfected turtle rolls and got some awesome rides! The sun and perfect little peeler waves lasted through Monday and Tuesday, so the ladies scored some super ultra mellow days.

Big, Big shout-out to all our sponsors who helped make the Montauk Sessions a wild success!

Siren Surfboards by Channin, Costa Del Mar Sunglasses, Keep -A-Breast, Wildcoast and special thanks to our good friends Cat Lippincott and Steve White for all the great local knowledge!

Siren Demo Rocks Tidelands Park

Class in session

Today's Siren SUP Demo at Tidelands Park was a huge hit. SUP enthusiasts came from near and far to take the Siren line of SUPs for a spin under the Coronado Bridge. Plenty of good weather, good friends, and good fun. This time around was especially awesome as we had quite a few paddlers that had NO prior SUP or surfing experience, yet effortlessly found their stride on the water. Now that's what we call a success! So cool to be a part of helping someone discover a new passion.

Lots more pictures available here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/sirensurf.com/SirenSUPDemoAtTidelandsParkCoronado

Selecting the right height paddle.

Venturing out.

Pre-paddle-out pointers.

Pure stoke!

Bay-side cruising.

Thanks to everyone who came down and helped to make our Demo so successful! Thanks Mr. S for the great burgers and sausages! And, of course, a very special thanks to our sponsors, Kialoa Paddles, Costa del Mar Sunglasses, Surf Hut Surf Shop, and Wild Coast!

August 8 Demo Back On, But 5 Min. North: The Drama's Never Over

Actually, the drama is over, and we are officially back on up the road at Tidelands Park, right under the Coronado side of the Coronado Bridge. If you are in the area, please stop by and say hello! Plenty of boards on hand for an impromptu SUP Demo. Hosted by 2005 Womens longboard Champ Kristy Murphy, there's always loads of free stuff on offer from our generous sponsors: Kialoa Paddles, Costa Del Mar Sunglasses, Surf Hut Surf Shop and of course Siren. And be sure to check out the eco-sensible work being done by WildCoast, our newest partner in environmental consciousness.