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Weekly Recap 9/19/2017

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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. Dragon World Championships Announces Prize Purse

 

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Heat Score - 63

Red Paddle Co have announced a $6,000 USD prize purse for the Dragon World Championships. The event will be the first of its kind and the first ever dedicated, global team race event. Learn more HERE.

 

 

 

 

 

4. Greece Hosts First-Ever SUP Surf Event

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Heat Score - 70

As a new but quickly growing sport in Greece, SUP surfing had its first event, the SUP Style Challenge by Nixon, organized by WBSF, on July 28 this year. The competition took place at beautiful Falassarna Beach in Northern Crete, offering a full day of waves and wind for competitors. More details HERE.

 

3. Stecher Twins Shred Whitewater Rapids In Germany

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Heat Score - 74

Twin brothers Mario and Manuel Stecher explored new SUP territories in the famous Augsburg Eiskanal, an artificial whitewater river in southern Germany and the first of its kind ever created. Watch the video HERE.

 

2. 5 Moderate SUP Yoga Poses For Intermediate Paddlers

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Heat Score - 82

Once you learn and get comfortable with beginner yoga poses, you should now be ready to take it up a notch and learn some intermediate poses. In this feature, Dashama goes over a few different moderate yoga poses to help you progress. Learn more HERE.

1. Why They Won: Supconnect Editor’s Awards 2017

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Heat Score - 95

With the 8th Annual Supconnect Editor’s Choice wrapped up and the winners announced we here at Supconnect wanted to give you a bit of insight on the deciding factors that led to the choosing of this year’s winners. See why we chose our winners HERE.

Photo Of The Week

photo of the week 9 19 2017

Photo via: Agnes Varga

Description: Grosser Brombachsee - just paddling :-)

If you'd like to be selected for Photo Of The Week, enter via the Supconnect Photo of the Year Contest. 

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