Date – Place-  Time-  Class Type-  Availability

12-Aug Klave’s Marine, Pinckney 4pm Beginner Full 5pm Beginner Full

13-Aug Brighton Rec Area 6pm Beginner Open 6pm SUP Yoga Open

14-Aug Hell Noon Adventure 2 boards available Sleepy Hollow SP 4pm Beginner 2 boards available Sleepy Hollow SP 6pm Beginner Full

15-Aug Spring Lake, MI 10am Beginner Full Pentwater 4pm Beginner 4 boards available

16-Aug Platte River 10am Beginner 2 boards available Empire 2pm Adventure 2 boards available Lake Leelanau 6pm SUP Yoga 2 boards available

17-Aug Leland 10am Adventure 2 boards available Glen Arbor 2pm Adventure 2 boards available Traverse City 6pm Adventure Full

18-Aug Traverse City 7am TC Waterman Race EXPO

19-Aug Boyne City 10am Beginner 3 boards available Trout Lake 20-Aug Whitefish Point 10am Adventure 2 boards available Tahquamenon Falls Adventure Tahquamenon River Adventure

21-Aug Munising/Pictured Rocks Adventure

22-Aug Travel Day

23-Aug Novi 5pm Beginner Full 6pm Beginner Full

24-Aug Island Lake 10am Beginner Open Pinckney Rec Area 6pm Beginner Open 7:30 SUP Yoga/SUPilates Open

25-Aug Howell 10am Full Argentine 1pm Beginner/Rental 3 boards

26-Aug Brighton Rec Area 10am Beginner 5 boards available

810-626-8923 or paddlethemitten@gmail.com

SUP Michigan is a division of Paddle the Mitten, LLC.  Specializing in Stand Up Paddling (SUP) and adventures!  SUP Michigan is on their second year of outfitting and guiding in Northern Lower Michigan and the Upper Peninsula.

Linda Brown, Owner of Paddle the Mitten, has worked in the surf industry with Surftech and has been trained by the some of the best SUP’rs because of her work in Santa Cruz, California and Hawaii.  Pioneering the way of SUPing throughout inland Michigan, Linda has spread the “Stoke” to many people since moving back to her hometown 3 years ago.

With a Bachelor’s Degree specializing in Michigan Geography and Geology, Linda’s educational background helps mold her unique SUP Adventures.  Equipped with a Master’s in Environmental Studies in Landscape Preservation and Secondary Education her passions shine through.  Teaching at the Outdoor Youth Science Institute in the Santa Cruz Mountains engaged Linda’s passion for outdoor education and guiding.

Linda’s family is a founding family of the local community, where they own a well-known business.  It was working from a young age in the family business that Linda became knowledgable and enamoured with Michigan’s beauty.  At as 10, she backpacked the Copper Harbor area and Isle Royal National Park.  And in her teens she spent her summers working and exploring South Manitou Island and Leelanau Peninsula area.  Her family business lent for an unusually active childhood wrapped around water.  As the largest business in their industry, they worked in all of the State Parks in the 70s & 80s.  An added plus for SUP Michigan.

Along with being an avid action-sports fanatic, traveler, naturalist and foodie, Linda brings only the equally measured passionate people onto her team.  In the near future, SUP Michigan will be announcing several exciting partnerships.

What is SUP Michigan About?

In 2010 & 2011, SUP Michigan explored with their clients many off-the-beaten path inland lakes and waterways.  Our 2nd Annual Fletcher’s Pond Excursion is planned for the May.  With a renowned waterfowl guide joining our group, the first trip of the season is sure to be a great one. We have scheduled SUP adventures on the calendar and they are filling up – so check back to find one right for you.

We pride ourselves with friendly, knowledgable guides and personal service, they have the been touted by clients as the “SUP Adventure Specialists” in Michigan.  Our shop/office and warehouse is between the county-seat of Livingston County and the Heart of Michigan.  But, our fully dedicated traveling “SUP studio” with Paddle the Mitten is always on the move.  We are the largest full-service SUP company in the area.

2012 will be the first year for our shop on the Detroit River, servicing clients that are in the Macomb, Wayne and St. Clair Counties…and our Canadian SUP friends.

SUP Michigan believes in quality designed product and expects nothing but the best from any product that we sell.  We fully educate our clients in order for them to safely enjoy a lifetime of stand up paddleboarding.

Joining together for safety on the Great and Inland Lakes

Paddle the Mitten~SUP Michigan, Michigan’s premier inland stand up paddle resource, is proud to announce their partnership with Bob Pratt from the GLSRP.  Together with their years of water experience, knowledge of safety and passion for surf & stand up paddling  they make a great team to advocate and promote the importance of water safety education.

Great things will be happening  during the 2012 summer surf and SUP season.   Events and workshops are scheduled for board rescue training.  Dates and locations to be announced.  Meanwhile, check the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project and Paddle the Mitten out this weekend at Michigan State University in East Lansing  for the 17^th Annual Quiet Water Symposium.

http://www.quietwatersymposium.org/