with all the paddling machines and contraptions around it got me thinking about a

sup paddling simulator- a paddling machine with sensors on the platform and the body and a big screen in front.


pick your board lenght- 12'6, 14' and open and maybe even brand.


pick a dw run anywhere in the world- maliko, molokai, that sa run, port phillip bay, all the tweed and gold coast runs etc. choose wind,swell, tide etc conditions.

setup so you actually have to catch the runs and if you over balance or get it wrong you 'fall off' via the sensors.

so say you do a snapper alley run. it would have all the usual good parts and the 'dead' spots. and you still have to surf in at the alley at say 4 ft. you could have the entire excel race right up to the boat shed


training programs for say molokai- real and simulated. dial in a race date for predicted tides and currents.

see how you are going against conner in training seeing as they paid him a bucket load of money to gps track his winning time.

technique efficiency system ie flow ratings, body stress points, heart rate, lactate readings and threshold etc


and so on