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Our Third Free Fun Stand Up Paddle Board Race was the biggest yet. with 47 racers last Friday evening at Donner Lake's West End Beach! Come out and join us this week, and don't forget to sign up for our SUP Yoga and Fitness Class Starting at 4:30 before the race! Free racing starts at 5:30, free demo boards are first-come, first serve, so bring your board if you have one.

Update: In stock now!

The Blizzard Bonafide has been one of our hottest sellers, and a staff favorite, for good reason. This award-winning all-mountain ski sold out last year by January here at the Start Haus, so this year we want to make sure you don't miss out.

Just send your name, number, email address and what length 2014 Blizzard Bonafide you're interested in to online@starthaus.com, and we'll add you to a list of the first people to be notified when they arrive at the store.

Read our tester's review here, or watch the video on the snow review from Jim and Jim below:

We're also taking names for other skis we expect to go fast this coming season, like the 2014 Blizzard Brahma, which we reviewed here. So if there's a ski you have you're heart set on for next season and don't want to miss out, send us an email at online@starthaus.com

Our first Free Fun Stand Up Paddle Board Race at the West End Beach on Donner Lake was a huge success! Thanks to everybody who made it out, and we look forward to seeing even more of you this coming Friday evening, and throughout the summer.

Jared, our stand up paddle boarding expert, takes us through the Boga Stand Up Paddle Board lineup, perfect for anyone from beginning paddlers to advanced tourers and racers.

Boga Tsunami

As the Start Haus continues to become the spot for paddling sports in the summer, we've brought in a few great choices from LiquidLogic - the LiquidLogic Deuce Coupe XP, LiquidLogic Versa Board and the LiquidLogic Inuit Kayak.

LiquidLogic Deuce Coupe Xp

Our web editor took a little break from skis, stand up paddle boards and kayaks to head down the Eastern Sierra between Lone Pine and Yosemite, here's a few shots from along the way:

The Start Haus and the Truckee Donner Recreation & Park District will host free stand up paddle board race on Friday, May 24 to kick off a summer of community paddling events.

We're starting of stand up paddle boarding season with a bang, offering big discounts on two great boards, the Ohana 10'6" TR and the Ohana 14' TR. These made-in-the-USA boards are some of the best we've seen, and at clearance prices, they'll be gone in a hurry.

Start Haus owner Jim Schaffner took out his new Boga Stand Up Paddle Boards on Boca Reservoir, north of Truckee this week. Here's a few photos - it's time to start thinking about SUP for the summer!

We've got four great deals on Marker Bindings we ended up with overstock on - the Marker Jester and Marker Jester Pro for frontside skiers, and the Marker Tour F10 and F12 for those who want to head into the backcountry.

The Marker Jester is a DIN 6-16 binding with serious rigidity and power for driving wide, long or stiff skis over big terrain. Normally $359 - now $249

With rules changing on race skis almost yearly, it's hard to know when you can save big on end of the season race ski sales, or when you've got to wait for the latest and greatest to show up at the Start Haus.

This year, Sierra Jim breaks down where you can save, and wear you should wait, in this video:

Basically, if you race FIS, GS skis have a new radius, but if you don't race FIS or are looking for Super G or SL skis, we've got screaming deals worth checking out.

Click here to shop our race ski sale, or call the shop at (530) 582-5781 to find out what 2014 race skis are available now.