The 2013 Santa Monica Pier Paddle Festival made a big splash (pun!) yesterday, with hundreds of competitors tackling some solid surf for a full day of racing and festivities.

Now you can see how it all went down with this awesome same-day edit of the event, thanks to Quickblade Paddles and film-maker Chris Aguilar. When you put SUP race boards up against serious waves, you always end up with some great looking carnage…

UPDATE: Check out the 2013 Santa Monica Pier Paddle RESULTS