Episode #61
61: Peter Hall: The Origins of Hala Gear & Whitewater SUP
Sep 16, 202549 minS0
<p>Peter Hall’s journey into river stand-up paddleboarding (SUP) began with a restless curiosity. Early on, he wanted to take paddleboarding into whitewater—a place where traditional boards didn’t work. That challenge sparked the creation of Hala, an inflatable-only paddleboard company based in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. From the outset, Hall’s mission was to design boards that made river SUP not only possible, but exciting.</p><p>From backyard experiments in Steamboat to game-changing innovations like the StompBox retractable fin, Peter Hall and Hala Gear have rewritten what’s possible in river stand-up paddleboarding.</p><p><br /></p>
