Mo Freitas' Top 10 SUP Event Picks For 2015 ~ Starting with a Clean Crate

Playak News Flash - January 3, 2016
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News Watch Headlines Mo Freitas' Top 10 SUP Event Picks For 2015 SUP Connect - 2015 was a stand out year for the young Mo Freitas. Mo traveled across the globe and was a top performing athlete in practically every race in which he participated. To get the perspective from a top stand up paddle professional athlete on the best SUP events in the world we called up Mo and talked to him about his top SUP event picks for 2015 and his reasoning behind his picks. Top 5 Moments from the 2015 #SUWT Waterman League - As we look forward to a brand new year just around the corner, let's take a look back at the 2015 Season. The level of competition has gone through the roof in 2015 as we saw both Male & Female tours raise the bar for professional Stand Up Paddling. Starting with a Clean Crate Trash Paddler - Kicked off 2016 (aka Trashpaddling Year 9) yesterday morning on the lower Sudbury River in Concord where conditions had both the look and feel of winter. Standup for Our Sea Protecting The Environment on Paddleboards SUP Magazine - A 240-mile journey is finally complete. Though this may not seem like a long distance with some modes of transportation, it's not exactly a cake walk on a paddleboard. Especially considering this SUP journey took place during wintertime in upstate New York. This feat is precisely what Christian Shaw and Gordon Middleton of the environmental nonprofit, Plastic Tides, completed on November 19th, 2015. Last SUP Surf Session of 2015 Atlantic Paddle Surfing - Jesse, Scott and I played around on the small thigh high waves. Waves picked up as the tide flooded over the sand bar. SUPPIN' on the Starboard Hyper Nut. The board worked well in the small waves now we need to see some sizable surf.   The boyz waving bye to 2015, saying hello to 2016 .  Meet Jeremy Cass J.Cass From South Berwick, Me Distressed Mullet - I split my time between running the Kennebec and West branch of the Penobscot Rivers, and surfing in York and Ogunquit beaches which are right down the street from where I live. I also like to travel to other rivers around New England (or anywhere) to run whitewater and surf. SUP'S Top Pros Share Their Resolutions for 2016 SUP Magazine - It's New Year's Eve 2015 the final day of what can only be described as an epic year for the sport of standup paddleboarding. We saw outstanding performances in all sectors of SUP from Travis Grant and Sonni Hönscheid toughing out wins i n grueling Molokai conditions, to Kelly Margetts turning back the clock at the Columbia Gorge Challenge, to Izzi Gomez and Caio Vaz claiming SUP surfing world titles , to Candice Appleby and Connor Baxter's dominant displays at the inaugural Pacific Paddle Games. But as we turn the pages of our calendars and look forward to a new year, it's plain to see: 2016 is going to be even better. Ej'S Boating Plans for 2016- Whitewater, Exploration, and Fishing Jackson Kayak - You don't need to paddle a variety of waters, or a variety of boats to have a great time and explore new places but why not? This year I am fired up to keep pushing my personal boundaries and see new places, and see what I can accomplish in the name of fun in my kayaks. Top Five Fishing Moments of 2015 Jackson Kayak - The year of 2015 was a great one, but extremely busy and hard to get some fishing action in. With multiple record storms for the state of Texas, a plethora of school work from college, and hit or miss fishing weather due to unusual weather, anytime I could even get onto the water was well worth it whether I caught fish or not. Without further wait, here are my top five moments from the year of 2015. Kayak Club Leaders' Training Day on Tidal Thames – 27th February 2016 Canoe London - If your club needs advice and guidance on safely kayaking and navigating the tidal Thames an event is being planned to improve the knowledge base of kayak club leaders who take groups on the Tideway, or clubs planning to do so and requiring information. Paddleboarder goes missing in the panhandle Distressed Mullet - The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is continuing to do checks of the shoreline along Okaloosa Island in hopes of finding a Fort Walton Beach man who disappeared while paddleboarding yesterday morning behind the Boardwalk on Okaloosa Island. Stinson Neck in the Snow Sea Kayak Stonington - We had an amazing run of warm-for-December weather, and well, I guess it had to end sometime. We've been paddling in 40 and even 50-degree weather not a lot of big trips- mostly afternoon jaunts out to the nearby islands. Immersed TV to Air Live Webcast of the Pipeline Invitational SUP Examiner - Immersed TV is partnering with the Waterman League to air a live webcast of the 2016 Pipeline Invitational. Ten Hawaii born athletes have been selected to take part in the prestigious SUP Invitational to take place at Pipeline as a part of the 2016 Shootout in Memory of Duke Kahanamoku. With a dramatic forecast in place, the performance level promises to be extraordinary, with Keali'i Mamala and 4x World Champion Kai Lenny and other top athletes named to the elite line up.

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