Paddle Path:Winter Downwind Paddling in the PNW
December 27, 2022
Staring out my window on Budd Inlet, I can’t help but recall the fully immersive experience of downwind paddling. Budd Inlet has a great enough fetch, roughly 10 miles, and has the desired geography to create suitable…
SEVENTY48 by SUP: Team SEASTR’s Race Odyssey
June 16, 2022
SEVENTY48 is a 70-mile race with a 48-hour time limit from Tacoma to Port Townsend with intentionally few rules: no motors, no support, and no wind. Human power only, pedal, paddle, or row. This was my second time…

Shelby Mass and the author at the Seventy48…
Paddling under the bridge at…
Coming home from school one day at age 16,…