# Stand Up Paddleboarding **URL:** \ **Category:** Sports & Exercise\ **Tags:** dexcom, omnipod\ **Created:** [June 8, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/stand-up-paddleboarding/13881 "2023-06-08T21:47:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RollerGranny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@RollerGranny](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/RollerGranny)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/stand-up-paddleboarding/13881/1 "2023-06-08T21:47:05Z")
Hi! I want to take some paddleboard lessons! I’m looking for some suggestions for as to how to carry my stuff! I think I would only carry my Omnipod controller and some snacks. I’d want it to be waterproof and attached to me. Any suggestions! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![John58](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/john58/32/147_2.png) [@John58](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/John58)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/stand-up-paddleboarding/13881/2 "2023-06-09T00:35:31Z")
[Amazon.com : HEETA 2 Pack Waterproof Pouch, Screen Touch Sensitive Waterproof Dry Bag with Adjustable Waist Strap | Keep Your Phone and Valuables Dry | for Swimming Kayaking Boating Fishing Beach Diving Surfing : Sports & Outdoors](https://www.amazon.com/HEETA-Waterproof-Screen-Sensitive-Adjustable/dp/B07RR976QR/ref=sr_1_9?crid=3OH5EMJG0Q5HW&keywords=waterproof%2Bdry%2Bbag&qid=1686270541&sprefix=waterprrof%2Bdry%2Bbag%2Caps%2C170&sr=8-9&th=1) I have not tried this exact pouch but it looks like a good one. The other way to go is to clip a waterproof pouch to the board (which is tethered to your ankle) so it sits there high and dry when/if you fall in the water. Have fun! ---
**Author:** ![RollerGranny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@RollerGranny](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/RollerGranny)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/stand-up-paddleboarding/13881/5 "2023-06-10T15:26:59Z")
Thank you! Keeping things dry seems easy…watching it sink is the thing that scares me! ---
**Author:** ![RollerGranny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@RollerGranny](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/RollerGranny)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/stand-up-paddleboarding/13881/6 "2023-06-10T15:27:19Z")
Thank you so much! I will check that out! ---
**Author:** ![jbowler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@jbowler](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jbowler)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/stand-up-paddleboarding/13881/8 "2023-06-12T02:06:22Z")
> [@RollerGranny](#): > > I want to take some paddleboard lessons! I’m looking for some suggestions for as to how to carry my stuff! I think I would only carry my Omnipod controller and some snacks. It depends on the paddleboard. If you are expecting to be on the water from more than an hour then go for a scuba rated drybag (i.e. one you buy from a scuba store; they don’t actually work when scuba diving) and stick stuff in there. This is what I do when white water rafting, canyoning (a new experience, well worth it) and on a hobby cat if it’s going to go on for a day or more. That said unless you have a paddleboard with significant stowage space (the ones that are basically flat kayaks) you might want to just leave the controller at the shore. I don’t do that because my 'phone is my Dash controller but is also my Dexcom CGM receiver so I put the 'phone in a cellphone pouch (one I bought at a scuba store…) and hang it round my neck. I put glucose gel tubes into my pockets. This is what I did recently, a month or so ago, while rafting. That was a 3 hour or so trip. I didn’t need the glucose, everything was fine. The problem was that the Omnipod floated off, something to do with my 20 year old Columbia shorts (with the nice pockets) wardrobe-malfunctioning it. I didn’t notice (other things to pay attention to) until I got back and saw my ridiculously high BG. ---
**Author:** ![jeffsurfsncocktails](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jeffsurfsncocktails/32/8961_2.png) [@jeffsurfsncocktails](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jeffsurfsncocktails)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/stand-up-paddleboarding/13881/9 "2023-08-26T13:55:55Z")
I spend a lot of time on the water, usually surfing, and always leave my controller/phone on shore. I get my sugar to the 150-180 range and turn off all basal and try not to have any IOB. I always carry a glucose pack in my pocket just in case I am out longer than anticipated and feel a low coming on. Generally when I return my sugar is right around 100 to 110. Being active is always a balancing act with levels.