Join our monthly social paddle every 2nd Sunday at Encinal Beach to welcome new members and introduce yourself. This is an all levels event, bring your pastries and other treats for sharing when we get off the water.
Get fully stoked on the Alameda Islander full circumnavigation, a 15.5 mile paddle starting and ending at Encinal Beach (rest stop at Grand Street Marina). We’ll have a half Islander option of 7 miles as well.
If you’re considering this event, check out the practice paddles we’ve set up to help prepare:
Lead: Michael Richards
Requirements:
Provide your own gear: paddle, board, and PFD. All can be rented from Mike’s Paddle, call 415-295-2925 or use online form to reserve.
Ohana Club Members: ACA membership waiver on file
Non-members: purchase a one-time $20 event guest pass and complete an ACA waiver.
45th annual fundraiser for the Oakland Firefighters and Alameda Food Bank
Join us for this 2nd of 2 practice paddles in preparation for December’s Alameda Islander! Build your distance practice and learn more about the full circumnavigation on this “half island” paddle. We’ll paddle from Mike’s Paddle, around the Eastern end of Alameda Island, up the Oakland Estuary, around Coast Guard Island, ending at Grand Marina for a total of 8 miles. The route can be shortened to 6.5 miles by skipping the Coast Guard Island loop.
See the event flyer for details.
Be sure to check out the Dec. 11 Alameda Islander full circumnavigation event!
Lead: Michael Richards
Requirements:
Ohana members only
Provide your own gear: paddle, board, and PFD
Ohana Club Members: ACA membership waiver on file
Join our monthly welcome paddle every 2nd Sunday to greet new members and introduce yourself. This is a great way to connect, learn more about the club, and make plans to paddle together socially or at one of our practices.
For this Sunday we will be meeting at Mike’s Paddle at the Redwood City location.
Lead: TBD
Requirements:
Provide your own gear: paddle, board, and PFD. All can be rented from Mike’s Paddle, call 415-295-2925 or use online form to reserve.
Ohana Club Members: ACA membership waiver on file
Non-members: purchase a one-time $20 event guest pass and complete an ACA waiver.
Join us for this 1st of 2 practice paddles in preparation for December’s Alameda Islander! This is a great opportunity to build your distance practice and learn more about the full circumnavigation. We’ll be paddling from Encinal Beach to Bay Farm Island and back, 7 miles round trip. There will also be an early turn around option to complete a 5 mile round trip.
See the event flyer for more information.
Be sure to check out these related events coming up:
Lead: Michael Richards
Requirements:
Ohana members only
Provide your own gear: paddle, board, and PFD
Ohana Club Members: ACA membership waiver on file
Join the Ohana Club, friends, and other witches (and wizards!) on the water nationwide who are taking to the waves on Halloween! Bring your costume and props for this fun paddle parade around Ballena Isle in Alameda.
Read the details here.
You’ll need to provide your own gear: paddle, board, and PFD. All can be rented from Mike’s Paddle, call 415-295-2925 or use online form to reserve.
Come join us for a Paddleathon at Encinal Beach in Alameda on October 30th at 10 AM. Bring your stand up paddle board, kayak, outrigger or whatever you want to paddle around for the day. The purpose of this is to have the participants spread the word to their friends, family and co-workers to “sponsor” them at the Paddleathon by donating to Blue Terra Clean Up’s Gofundme page so that Blue Terra can do even more and even bigger beach and near shore clean ups of plastic and trash. The money pays for things like truck rental, dump fees, supplies, and the costs of running Blue Terra.
There is really no set distance or amount of time you have to paddle. You don’t have to have done it before either, see the links below to rent and/or take lessons.
If you want to join, some people will be doing a tour around Ballena Island (distance of about 2 miles). Start time for this is 10 AM.
Help us put out the word, by sharing our GoFundMe link!
More information and sign up here.
Our evening race league practice is hosted by coach Mike Wang of Mike’s Paddles with practice in Ballena Bay and beyond (conditions allowing).
This event is CANCELED but Tuesday Night Race League Practice will resume in the spring with longer daylight hours! Please be sure to subscribe to our email list to receive updates about this and all our other activities.
Sunday race league practice is hosted by rotating coaches and club assistants who bring a wide range of expertise. Warm up and practice inside the rockwall off Encinal Beach then head out to the Bay (conditions allowing). You don’t need to be a competitive SUP racer to join, L2-L3 recommended, and all will learn something.
Coach: TBD
Requirements:
Provide your own gear: paddle, board, and PFD. All can be rented from Mike’s Paddle, call 415-295-2925 or use online form to reserve.
Ohana Club Members: ACA membership waiver on file
Non-members: purchase a one-time $20 event guest pass and complete an ACA waiver.
Our evening race league practice is hosted by coach Mike Wang of Mike’s Paddles. Warm up and practice in Ballena Bay then head out to the Bay (conditions allowing). You don’t need to be a competitive SUP racer to join, L2-L3 recommended, and all will learn something.
Coach: Mike Wang
Requirements:
Provide your own gear: paddle, board, and PFD. All can be rented from Mike’s Paddle, call 415-295-2925 or use online form to reserve.
Ohana Club Members: ACA membership waiver on file
Non-members: purchase a one-time $20 event guest pass and complete an ACA waiver.
Join our monthly welcome paddle every 2nd Sunday at Encinal Beach to greet new members and introduce yourself. This is a great way to connect, learn more about the club, and make plans to paddle together socially or at one of our practices.
Lead: TBD
Requirements:
Provide your own gear: paddle, board, and PFD. All can be rented from Mike’s Paddle, call 415-295-2925 or use online form to reserve.
Ohana Club Members: ACA membership waiver on file
Non-members: purchase a one-time $20 event guest pass and complete an ACA waiver.
Our evening race league practice is hosted by coach Mike Wang of Mike’s Paddles. Warm up and practice in Ballena Bay then head out to the Bay (conditions allowing). You don’t need to be a competitive SUP racer to join, L2-L3 recommended, and all will learn something.
Coach: Mike Wang
Requirements:
Provide your own gear: paddle, board, and PFD. All can be rented from Mike’s Paddle, call 415-295-2925 or use online form to reserve.
Ohana Club Members: ACA membership waiver on file
Non-members: purchase a one-time $20 event guest pass and complete an ACA waiver.
Sunday race league practice is hosted by rotating coaches and club assistants who bring a wide range of expertise. Warm up and practice inside the rockwall off Encinal Beach then head out to the Bay (conditions allowing). You don’t need to be a competitive SUP racer to join, L2-L3 recommended, and all will learn something.
Coach: Jen Fuller
Requirements:
Provide your own gear: paddle, board, and PFD. All can be rented from Mike’s Paddle, call 415-295-2925 or use online form to reserve.
Ohana Club Members: ACA membership waiver on file
Non-members: purchase a one-time $20 event guest pass and complete an ACA waiver.
Our evening race league practice is hosted by coach Mike Wang of Mike’s Paddles. Warm up and practice in Ballena Bay then head out to the Bay (conditions allowing). You don’t need to be a competitive SUP racer to join, L2-L3 recommended, and all will learn something.
Coach: Mike Wang
Requirements:
Provide your own gear: paddle, board, and PFD. All can be rented from Mike’s Paddle, call 415-295-2925 or use online form to reserve.
Ohana Club Members: ACA membership waiver on file
Non-members: purchase a one-time $20 event guest pass and complete an ACA waiver.
Sunday race league practice is hosted by rotating coaches and club assistants who bring a wide range of expertise. Warm up and practice inside the rockwall off Encinal Beach then head out to the Bay (conditions allowing). You don’t need to be a competitive SUP racer to join, L2-L3 recommended, and all will learn something.
Coach: Chris Churilo
Requirements:
Provide your own gear: paddle, board, and PFD. All can be rented from Mike’s Paddle, call 415-295-2925 or use online form to reserve.
Ohana Club Members: ACA membership waiver on file
Non-members: purchase a one-time $20 event guest pass and complete an ACA waiver.
Our evening race league practice is hosted by coach Mike Wang of Mike’s Paddles. Warm up and practice in Ballena Bay then head out to the Bay (conditions allowing). You don’t need to be a competitive SUP racer to join, L2-L3 recommended, and all will learn something.
Coach: Mike Wang
Requirements:
Provide your own gear: paddle, board, and PFD. All can be rented from Mike’s Paddle, call 415-295-2925 or use online form to reserve.
Ohana Club Members: ACA membership waiver on file
Non-members: purchase a one-time $20 event guest pass and complete an ACA waiver.
Sunday race league practice is hosted by rotating coaches and club assistants who bring a wide range of expertise. Warm up and practice inside the rockwall off Encinal Beach then head out to the Bay (conditions allowing). You don’t need to be a competitive SUP racer to join, L2-L3 recommended, and all will learn something.
Coach: Chris Churilo
Requirements:
Provide your own gear: paddle, board, and PFD. All can be rented from Mike’s Paddle, call 415-295-2925 or use online form to reserve.
Ohana Club Members: ACA membership waiver on file
Non-members: purchase a one-time $20 event guest pass and complete an ACA waiver.
Our evening race league practice is hosted by coach Mike Wang of Mike’s Paddles. Warm up and practice in Ballena Bay then head out to the Bay (conditions allowing). You don’t need to be a competitive SUP racer to join, L2-L3 recommended, and all will learn something.
Coach: Mike Wang
Requirements:
Provide your own gear: paddle, board, and PFD. All can be rented from Mike’s Paddle, call 415-295-2925 or use online form to reserve.
Ohana Club Members: ACA membership waiver on file
Non-members: purchase a one-time $20 event guest pass and complete an ACA waiver.
Join our monthly welcome paddle every 2nd Sunday at Encinal Beach to greet new members and introduce yourself. This is a great way to connect, learn more about the club, and make plans to paddle together socially or at one of our practices.
Lead: TBD
Requirements:
Provide your own gear: paddle, board, and PFD. All can be rented from Mike’s Paddle, call 415-295-2925 or use online form to reserve.
Ohana Club Members: ACA membership waiver on file
Non-members: purchase a one-time $20 event guest pass and complete an ACA waiver.
Sunday race league practice is hosted by rotating coaches who bring a wide range of expertise. Warm up and practice inside the rockwall off Encinal Beach then head out to the Bay (conditions allowing). You don’t need to be a competitive SUP racer to join, L2-L3 recommended, and all will learn something.
Coach: John Hadley
Requirements:
Provide your own gear: paddle, board, and PFD. All can be rented from Mike’s Paddle, call 415-295-2925 or use online form to reserve.
Ohana Club Members: ACA membership waiver on file
Non-members: purchase a one-time $20 event guest pass and complete an ACA waiver.
The folks from Mike’s Paddle are hosting a demo event at Encinal Beach to showcase a variety of boards, paddles, and fins to try and possibly buy. Since it’s near the end of the summer season, this is a great time for them to close out inventory and for us to to get deals on used gear! This is also your chance to find out what the shop plans to stock in the future and how to learn more about SUP equipment and gear.
This event is open to everyone, bring a friend!
Our evening race league practice is hosted by coach Mike Wang of Mike’s Paddles. Warm up and practice in Ballena Bay then head out to the Bay (conditions allowing). You don’t need to be a competitive SUP racer to join, L2-L3 recommended, and all will learn something.
Coach: Mike Wang
Requirements:
Provide your own gear: paddle, board, and PFD. All can be rented from Mike’s Paddle, call 415-295-2925 or use online form to reserve.
Ohana Club Members: ACA membership waiver on file
Non-members: purchase a one-time $20 event guest pass and complete an ACA waiver.
Join us at Encinal Beach for a social paddle to meet other paddlers and enjoy the water as we wind down the summer. If you’re considering joining the Ohana Club, this is a great opportunity to meet us in person and learn more about club activities!
Lead: Chris Churilo
Requirements:
Provide your own gear: paddle, board, and PFD. All can be rented from Mike’s Paddle, call 415-295-2925 or use online form to reserve.
Ohana Club Members: ACA membership waiver on file
Non-members: purchase a one-time $20 event guest pass and complete an ACA waiver.
Sunday race league practice is hosted by rotating coaches who bring a wide range of expertise. Warm up and practice inside the rockwall off Encinal Beach then head out to the Bay (conditions allowing). You don’t need to be a competitive SUP racer to join, L2-L3 recommended, and all will learn something.
Coach: Mike Wang
Requirements:
Provide your own gear: paddle, board, and PFD. All can be rented from Mike’s Paddle, call 415-295-2925 or use online form to reserve.
Ohana Club Members: ACA membership waiver on file
Non-members: purchase a one-time $20 event guest pass and complete an ACA waiver.
Sunday race league practice is hosted by rotating coaches who bring a wide range of expertise. Warm up and practice inside the rockwall off Encinal Beach then head out to the Bay (conditions allowing). You don’t need to be a competitive SUP racer to join, L2-L3 recommended, and all will learn something.
Coach: John Hadley
Requirements:
Provide your own gear: paddle, board, and PFD. All can be rented from Mike’s Paddle, call 415-295-2925 or use online form to reserve.
Ohana Club Members: ACA membership waiver on file
Non-members: purchase a one-time $20 event guest pass and complete an ACA waiver.
Sunday race league practice is hosted by rotating coaches who bring a wide range of expertise. Warm up and practice inside the rockwall off Encinal Beach then head out to the Bay (conditions allowing). You don’t need to be a competitive SUP racer to join, L2-L3 recommended, and all will learn something.
Coach: Mike Wang
Requirements:
Provide your own gear: paddle, board, and PFD. All can be rented from Mike’s Paddle, call 415-295-2925 or use online form to reserve.
Ohana Club Members: ACA membership waiver on file
Non-members: purchase a one-time $20 event guest pass and complete an ACA waiver.
Come out on the water with us for a social paddle starting at Encinal Beach. The group will assess conditions and paddle goals, and decide together on a route. This is a great opportunity to get to know members, practice skills, and enjoy our gorgeous summer afternoons around Alameda.
Lead: Mike Wang
Requirements:
Provide your own gear: paddle, board, and PFD. All can be rented from Mike’s Paddle, call 415-295-2925 or use online form to reserve.
Ohana Club Members: ACA membership waiver on file
Non-members: purchase a one-time $20 event guest pass and complete the ACA waiver for this event.
Sunday race league practice is hosted by rotating coaches who bring a wide range of expertise. Warm up and practice inside the rockwall off Encinal Beach then head out to the Bay (conditions allowing). You don’t need to be a competitive SUP racer to join, L2-L3 recommended, and all will learn something.
Coach: Jenn Fuller
Requirements:
Provide your own gear: paddle, board, and PFD. All can be rented from Mike’s Paddle, call 415-295-2925 or use online form to reserve.
Ohana Club Members: ACA membership waiver on file
Non-members: purchase a one-time $20 event guest pass and complete an ACA waiver.
Sunday race league practice is hosted by rotating coaches who bring a wide range of expertise. Warm up and practice inside the rockwall off Encinal Beach then head out to the Bay (conditions allowing). You don’t need to be a competitive SUP racer to join, L2-L3 recommended, and all will learn something.
Coach: Mike Wang
Requirements:
Provide your own gear: paddle, board, and PFD. All can be rented from Mike’s Paddle, call 415-295-2925 or use online form to reserve.
Ohana Club Members: ACA membership waiver on file
Non-members: purchase a one-time $20 event guest pass and complete an ACA waiver.