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If you\u2019ve been keeping up with Mark\u2019s Daily Apple, you know that standup paddling is a longtime favorite pastime of mine. And though I was into it before it was \u201ccool,\u201d I\u2019m certainly not the first. Fishermen have been paddling their water vessels from a standing position for thousands of years and pre-contact Hawaiian surfers employed long paddles to reach the best waves on their 3-5 meter-long boards. In the mid-20th century, Oahu surf instructors would lead classes atop longboards with paddles, but it wasn\u2019t until Laird Hamilton and Dave Kalama started standup paddling (and being filmed doing it) that the sport gained broad \u201csport\u201d status and board makers began producing dedicated SUP boards. So, a lot of people have asked: why do I love paddle boarding so much?

(This Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson, and is narrated by Brock Armstrong)