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April 03, 2018
Most of us have had some experience that has changed our life. Sometimes it is someone or a particular experience but other times it is a skill that we learn. Erik Logan was exposed to SUP and his life has never been the same. As water lovers, we understand finding something that we love to do, that is a great workout, and that also includes being on the water. Who could ask for more?
CORE COMMENTARY: ERIK LOGAN
By SUP Magazine
Age: 47
Erik Logan, president of the Oprah Winfrey Network and former radio executive, was a brand new paddler when he found himself alone in an elevator with Laird Hamilton at a work event. "I look back at that and think how one moment can change the course of everything," Logan says. He and Hamilton spoke for two hours that night and it ignited what would become Logan's standup paddling passion. Here, the husband and father of two discusses intention, personal growth and making time to get on the water.-WT
I did a couple lessons with Laird before he said, "What you really need to do is meet this friend of mine." It was Dave Kalama. He was my second instructor.
Dave saw me getting frustrated because I kept falling. He said, "Listen, I'll be disappointed if you don't fall. If you're not falling, you're not trying." And what I know about myself and about business and life is if you're not operating on that periphery, you're not being innovative, you're not pushing, you're not improving.
I'll have as much fun loading up, driving down, hanging out on the beach, watching it be one foot and blown out as I do surfing. A lot of people grew up with this (lifestyle). I grew up in Oklahoma. This is my sixth or seventh year at it. I'm like a seven-year-old kid.
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