Freestyle stand up paddleboarding.
Freestyle stand up paddleboarding.

Stand up paddleboarding isn’t much of an extreme sport. Generally it’s seen as a leisure activity on lakes or the ocean, or taken down gentle streams for a nice day on the water. But like almost every other sport, someone always finds a way to make it more intense or creative.

There’s stand up paddle surfing and river stand up paddleboarding, both of which can get pretty intense. Pavel Kochanov takes it to another level of creativity, adding rock jump starts and wild stances to the sport. It really is some next level stuff.

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Nolan Deck is a writer for Unofficial Networks, covering skiing and outdoor adventure. After growing up and skiing in Maine, he moved to the Denver area for college where he continues to live and work...