Developing a passion for paddling

SANTA ANA, California - Tyler Bashor has no problem admitting he was afraid of the water.

Just getting past the surf break on a stand-up paddleboard was no easy feat, with a coach having to coax him along the jetty in the calm water at California's Doheny State Beach during his first few weeks after joining The Paddle Academy.

His mom, Andrea, thought "there wasn't an athletic bone in his body", she admits.