Top 5 SUP Stories - 3/4/2014
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Welcome to the Supconnect Weekly Recap, our countdown of the Top 5 biggest news, reviews, interviews and features surrounding the world of Stand Up Paddleboarding. If you’ve got anything newsworthy, weird or worth reading about, don’t be shy to share the scoop with us via e-mail.
5. Remembering Dr. Bob Risner
Heat Score - 65
We were deeply saddened to hear news of Bob Risner's passing. Putting this kind of sadness into words is a difficult task that gets steamrolled by a flood of memories and questions. Leslie Kolovich from the SUP Radio Show published this fine tribute to him, along with a touching podcast you can listed to here.
Read the full tribute to Dr. Risner here.
4. SUP in Arkansas
Heat Score - 71
Bad Fish team rider, Claire Chappell has been taking advantage of some great inland river waves during her college years in the midwest, uncovering some gems along the way. Recently, she took a trip to the newly finished Siloam SPrings Whitewater Park in Arkansas and took down some notes for readers out there wanting to find out more about it.
Click here to read the full story.
3. Naish 2014 'Glide' Series
Heat Score - 75
Naish have just released their 2014 'Glide' range of touring, fitness training and racing boards. These multi-functional machines are set to rock the SUP world this year, offering paddlers an all-in-one board that suits all conditions and disciplines.
Click here to read our see the product video and read what people are saying about the Glide series.
2. Crocodile Clears WA Beach
Heat Score - 80
Last month the first of many sharks was killed during a highly controversial four month period of 'culling' that is currently underway in Western Australia. This course of action was put into play by the state government after eleven fatal attacks in ten years moved them to take drastic action. A few weeks later, a 13 foot predator made its way into the lineup at another WA beach, clearing the water yet again - only this time it was a crocodile. According to reports, it wasn't the first time it's been spotted. The croc stuck around for the afternoon, before pushing off again without a fuss. You've got to love the untamed and wild natural environment Down Under.
1. SUP Fishing With Crocs
Heat Score - 88
After a seemingly endless road trip, which included road blocks, storms and eventually cutting through the back roads of the Yucatan Peninsula, Trapper Rudd found his way to the Atoll of Banca Chinchorro - the largest of its kind in the Northern Hemisphere. It was a pretty far way to go off the grid for a SUP fly fishing trip, but Trapper is an interesting guy who likes a challenge - especially if the juice is worth the squeeze.
Click here to see the video of Trapper sharing lagoons and waterways with some large fresh water crocodiles and a few ghostly nomadic sharks.
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