Despite heavy winds and rain, the 1^st Annual South­east SUP Cham­pi­onships went off yes­ter­day.  The bad weather couldn’t dampen the par­tic­i­pants’ spir­its as over 50 pad­dlers pad­dled the race.  Rac­ers from Hawaii, Cal­i­for­nia, Florida and Vir­ginia joined local pad­dlers all in search of the crown.  Jeremy Riggs ended up claim­ing the title, “SOUTHEAST SUP CHAMPION”, fin­ish­ing with a time of 41.18 min­utes.  The tem­per­a­tures were low, but just like the winds dur­ing the race, the stoke remained high through­out the day.

Rac­ers of all ages and abil­i­ties showed up in many dif­fer­ent race attire

Rac­ers gath­ered for last minute course debrief­ing before head­ing out to the start line of the 3.5 mile course

The US Coast Guard was there, not for the enter­tain­ment, to make sure safety was the num­ber one priority.

Your 1^st Annual South­east SUP Cham­pion, Jeremy Riggs