UPDATE: Kalama just posted the reasons why on his blog. Sounds like he’s going to be experimenting with his own shapes (and sounds like it was also a pretty friendly split).

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Dave Kalama, one of the most well known faces in stand up paddling (and one of the SUP racers of the year) has left Naish International.

Naish without Kalama seems a bit strange; it’s hard to imagine one without the other and it’ll be interesting to see what direction each of them take from here.

For a bit more info, read the (extremely brief) media release announcing the split. No real reason has been given for the split (though there’s a thread on the Zone with a bit more info), but it seems they simply just grew apart (or had different goals for the future of SUP).

I think Mr. Sadwavey sums up the feeling of Naish fanboys worldwide…