Paddlesplash is a 3 day SUP festival at Lake Natoma in Folsom, a city north of Sacramento, that will be held on July 22-24, 2022. It is the annual fundraiser for a GROM SUP group called NorCalSUP which is a dedicated kids SUP program in Folsom. There are several clinics at Paddlesplash with World Champion Paddle Boarder Candice Appleby as well as a 2, 5, and 8 mile race. The highlight however, is the 4 person relay, where each team of 4 uses one board and paddle to run the course 4 times. No rules for this one - feel free to edge out the competition by any means!
Several members of the Ohana Paddle Club will be participating in the various races and we will be working on race starts, conditioning, and race strategies during our Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday sessions in June and July. Even if you have no interest in the race, come to these sessions to improve your paddle technique or just hang out on the water with the team. The water is warm and the company is great, you won’t regret it. Check out the calendar for start times or in the Team Snap chat app.
For Paddlesplash, several of us will be staying at the Lake Natoma Inn in Folsom. If you are interested in making a reservation, please call and ask for the paddlesplash discount. We will secure a section for the club on the beach during the festival with tents, drinks and snacks. The water is flat and it gets real hot at Lake Natoma - a perfect place to practice those buoy turns! We will also be hosting a social paddle on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday that will be a super chill paddle. We will also be organising dinners on Friday and Saturday night so let us know if you will be joining!
Mahalo!
--chris churilo
Michael Richards photography by Patrick Alteri
Chris Spencer photography by Patrick Alteri