SUP with Mike

Specialties

Stand-​up paddleboard instruction and tours on the Monterey Peninsula. Group lessons and private instruction available. Professional, quality gear included. We are focused on safety and FUN!

A paddleboarder for 10 years, a surfer for over twenty years and a lifetime ocean kid, Mike offers group and individual paddleboarding instruction and tours in and around Monterey. Learn proper SUP technique in safe, calm water. Mike is accredited by the PSUPA – Professional Stand Up Paddle Association – and holds current CPR/​AED and First Aid certificates.

History

Established in 2013.

After 11 years as the director for Las Olas and running five star surf safaris in Mexico, Mike brings his passion for paddleboarding and the ocean home to Monterey.

Meet the Business Owner

Mike M.

Business Owner

I have been passionate about being in the ocean for as long as I can remember. My dad would literally have to drag me out of the waves as a kid, even when I was shivering and turning blue. I never wanted to get out.

As an adult, I became a surfer, and then a competitive paddleboard racer. In 2002, I ditched an office job to become the director for Las Olas Surf Safaris for Women, a five star surf/​vacation experience in mainland Mexico. I thought I would do that job for a year or two. Over a decade later I was still doing it. I loved being outside and in the water, and getting stoked on our guests’ experience learning to surf. I really enjoy exposing people to the magic of the ocean and the waves. I believe it is what keeps me feeling young.