I was talking a friend of mine today about Sup. He told me it was boring from what he had seen and told me about the god old days. He once represented WA as a cricketer and is now over 60 but his other passion was goat boating. He told me about a time when this champion came West and showed the surfers at Margaret River how to goat boat. He sat inside them on a big day and they were laughing that he was going to eat it. However he made the waves and could even do aerials. That was surfing he told me.

I said it sounds like the Goatman who now Sups too!

I then said I will look this dude up and you can see if he is the man. My mate told me it couldn't be him because he would be too old. I went to the pc and googled Dtm surf and then sponsored riders. We came up with his bio and my mate said " wow that is the Man". I played a clip and said is that the stand up you have seen and he said no, that is just like goat boating so no wonder he so good.

I don't know if there is a moral except if we want to improve we should Goat Boat too! The other moral is that while the mind is willing we need to keep playing.

Here is to the Goatman.

Yes he rips no doubt about it!

Great story but there still aint no way your gunna get me on a goat boat, that's just wrong.

There's an old wave ski movie called Goat mania I pretty sure can only get on VHS but goatman is ripping in it ... Full barrels and airs!!! A good watch if anyone got there hands on it..,

Also speaking of other craft goatman is really good on a boogie board to he loves it !!

a old mate used to be world champion goat boat rider - ended up not surfing for many years only kited until sup came along now he's fully into stand-up, his name Nicky Carstens.

dtm said...

There's an old wave ski movie called Goat mania I pretty sure can only get on VHS but goatman is ripping in it ... Full barrels and airs!!! A good watch if anyone got there hands on it..,

Also speaking of other craft goatman is really good on a boogie board to he loves it !!

C'mon Goatie you must have a copy post a couple of clips.

He has heaps of copies Rob everytime I go to his house it's on in the back ground somewhere ... Hahaha

Yeah come on John please share!!

Goatman it was good to get a bite from you. I have called my friend and told him of the post. Having checked the video i can see that there are some similarities between supping and goat boating. Interestingly I saw a video by Rambo on the Doctor race and ended up buying an epic ski. I discovered that the paddling principles are basically the same for all paddle sports and then started to understand sup paddling.

I ride a Laguna Bay and DC sup now, so i do support local manufacturers. I had a look at DTM and will bear them in mind in future.

Thanks for the response

I surf Nobbys before work on SUP regularly and always find the vibe friendy.More kneelos than anyone else these days.
I actually surfed the reef on the morning before the titles got under way.The ski riders are all very friendy as well.
Easily the best place to get out in Newey when the swells up.