Reid Hyle, Rob Mirlenbrink, Andy Gerber at Shark Bite Challenge

Stellar sponsored paddler Reid Hyle broke his own record by setting a new course record at the Shark Bite Race put on by Rob and Karen Mirlenbrink.  Andy Gerber, a longtime paddler on the Florida, had a good race! Photos by 1440 photography.

Stellar Small Wing

Newly Modified Stellar Paddle
-All Carbon, very light
-Not much twist so very user friendly
-Cam lock connector, so ultra secure, and on water adjustment in seconds.
-Oval tapered shaft.
-Size blade appropiate for most paddlers.
-10 Centimeter overall adjustments

Sakonnet River, Portsmouth, RI

This is my home training grounds, McCorrie Point Beach on the Sakonnet River. Take a right and paddle 6 miles and you will be in the Ocean but before you get there, the River gets wider and wider (3 miles) with tide, current, swells, refractory waves that make it a wonderful place to train. Today it is flat!

Take a left and paddle 3 miles up River and the water gets flatter until you reach the Sakonnet River Bridge where there is more current than any other place in Rhode Island. Remember Rhode Island is the Ocean State!!

Newest Stellar: 18R, Next Generation Performance Sea Kayak

I paddled the brilliantly designed 18R for the 1st time last week for 10.8 miles on one of my time trial courses. My last 5.5 miles downwind and with current was at 7.026 mph. That is screaming fast in a sea kayak and an excellent time even compared to some of my skis on this course. I have done this course 243 times mostly in skis. This was after paddling upwind for 5.5 miles. I was at 84% of Heart Rate for the entire 11 miles. This was my first time in a sea kayak for over a year so as I get it dialed in I will be even faster. For the New England paddlers that want to break 3 hours in the Blackburn and not be in a ski, this maybe your best option. More to come. Exciting! Further time trials will tell, but I believe this will be the fastest performance sea kayak on the market. This boat is the Excel layup(32lbs). More to come!