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Ten Things You Need to Know About the ISA World StandUp Paddle and Paddleboard Championship

posted 2/4/2012 7:20:27 AM

SA World StandUp Paddle and Paddleboard Championship
February 19 to 25, 2012
Miraflores, Lima, Peru

The first edition of the ISA World StandUp Paddle (SUP) and Paddleboard Championship will take place February 19-25, 2012 on the beaches of Miraflores, Lima, Peru - home to the famous Waikiki Surf Club and the cradle of modern Peruvian surfing.

The ISA decided to host the inaugural SUP and Paddleboard World Championship to further support the development of both disciplines all over the world. "We're thrilled to announce the holding of an important ISA World Championship," said ISA President, Fernando Aguerre. "StandUp Paddle surfing and racing are truly global sports and the ISA wants to support them with this yearly competition. The event also includes Paddleboarding, a classic discipline practiced by paddling prone over a board. The combination of the two, SUP and Paddleboarding, in an event in one of the world's most important surf cities, Lima, will give us an amazing competition that we all look forward to."

The ten things you need to know about this historic ISA event are:

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