One Week Left To Vote For Your SUP Favorites In 2016 Supconnect Editor’s Choice Awards

SAN DIEGO, California - The 7th Annual Supconnect Editor’s Choice Awards is underway and we’re getting so close to the finish line. With tens of thousands of interactions so far with the Awards this year, it’s exciting to see how many people are showing support for their favorite athletes, brands, shops, and more.

But, it isn’t over quite yet as we still have one week left in the voting period to gather more support and let your voice be heard! Be sure to express your opinions this year in the Supconnect Awards and support the athletes, brands, shops, reps and more who all work so hard to push the sport of stand up paddling towards a bigger and brighter future.

Categories to vote for are:

• Man of the Year 
• Woman of the Year 
• Grom of the Year 
• Brand of the Year 
• Shop of the Year 
• Blog of the Year 
• Sales Rep of the Year 
• Gear of the Year 

How the Winners Are Chosen

In following our criteria for choosing the winners (Ambassadorship, Involvement, Performance and Support), to help us decide the winners of these awards, we here at Supconnect go through an extremely rigorous process in selecting the winners. We consult and receive feedback from our advisory board, whose members are made up of those who are passionately involved in the sport of standup paddling and who have a unique take on the sport, we take into account the thousands of interactions with the Awards from fans and consumers, we add in our own feedback from our editorial board and we've also had extensive feedback and contact with retailers in the industry.

Winners will be announced in two seperate venues: at the Outdoor Retailer show in August and at the Surf Expo in September. Gear of the Year award winners will be announced at Outdoor Retailer and the remaining categories will be announced at the Supconnect/AWSI Awards Party during the Surf Expo.

To see more news on the Supconnect Awards, click HERE.