Kerie showed me how to do standup paddling on the Deschutes River in Bend. This is where you stand up on an ordinary surfboard (or in our case windsurfing board) with a long paddle on flat water. For the first 5 seconds I was desperately trying not to fall off and wanted to return to shore immediately; for the next 90 seconds I continued to focus all my energy on staying upright. Then I started to sort of feel like I was getting the hang of it.