Sup will be at the Olympics

That is if the organisers of racers, supporters and organisers of the Silverblades Regatta have anything to do with it. This type of Sup racing format is believed to meet many of the criteria for selection as an Olympic event.

Stand Up Paddlers were invited to be part of the Silverblades Regatta which was held during the USA Canoe Kayak Junior and Senior National Team Olympic Trials. The event which was held at the Olympic training center in Chula Vista, San Diego.

The format included a 200 metre sprint, a 2000 metre distance race and a mixed relay. The races were fiercely contested and hugely entertaining.

Suplove's Kristin Thomas on the Suplove Stingray had an amazing day winning the 200 metre sprint in a time of 01:18.284 about three seconds ahead of the rest of the field while also taking fourth in the distance race.

Dan and Michele Shoemaker from San Diego switched to Suplove Stingray's after their heats. Both racers shaving 4 seconds from their time over 200 metres. Seriously, these boards are crazy fast and everyone at the Olympic training centre could see it ...

For all the results and times go to http://www.sdckt.net/usa-sprint-team-trialssilver-blade.html.

Adapt you are right on that point.

I am curious to know what the inclusion rules are regarding numbers of participants and number of country's.

Does anyone know?

Suplove said...

Sup will be at the Olympics

That is if the organisers of racers, supporters and organisers of the Silverblades Regatta have anything to do with it. This type of Sup racing format is believed to meet many of the criteria for selection as an Olympic event.

Stand Up Paddlers were invited to be part of the Silverblades Regatta which was held during the USA Canoe Kayak Junior and Senior National Team Olympic Trials. The event which was held at the Olympic training center in Chula Vista, San Diego.

The format included a 200 metre sprint, a 2000 metre distance race and a mixed relay. The races were fiercely contested and hugely entertaining.

Suplove's Kristin Thomas on the Suplove Stingray had an amazing day winning the 200 metre sprint in a time of 01:18.284 about three seconds ahead of the rest of the field while also taking fourth in the distance race.

Dan and Michele Shoemaker from San Diego switched to Suplove Stingray's after their heats. Both racers shaving 4 seconds from their time over 200 metres. Seriously, these boards are crazy fast and everyone at the Olympic training centre could see it ...

For all the results and times go to http://www.sdckt.net/usa-sprint-team-trialssilver-blade.html.

that's pretty impressive. 4 secs over that distance

no chance ever IMO

latman said...

no chance ever IMO

agree x 100

Agree, not for 20 years anyways. Should have seen the hoops Slalom canoeing had to go through - a sport that has a 70 year history and was huge in Europe and North America at the time. Some of the Olympic sports are a joke as it is.

Wouldnt any sport in the olympics need to have sone kind of global appeal? Wouldn't it also need to have formalized organizations in each respective country? It sounds like a grey event at the canoe course and maybe a more logical step would be for a peak body to be formed and recognized at a government level in the USA due to it. Following that the same could be done in other countries including Australia.

This is dealing with sporting beuracrasy and in competition with every other far more developed and organised sport in the world competing for the same thing.

In short if it ever happened there is a whole lot more to be done over many years. Even shorter there is no chance.

Casso said...

To be accepted as an Olympic event, a sport must have its own international federation, with official qualification events in 75 different countries on four separate continents.

A long way off yet - I reckon.

Anyone who starts trying to get this thing up and running now will be too old to compete at the sport's first Olympics.

That's what I was trying to say. Thanks Casso.

i wonder if tucking under the arm of canoe and kayak would speed things up.

not saying its right or wrong

these sprint races are only a part of sup anyway

it will never happen in my life time.
think of all the sports that have been trying to get into the games for the past 25 -35 years and have not gotten there.

rollo90 said...

it will never happen in my life time.
think of all the sports that have been trying to get into the games for the past 25 -35 years and have not gotten there.

Surfing for example......

It has all of requirments in place, not to rude to anyone but I think I'd rather watch Kelly Slater vs Joel or Mick than a 200m sprint. I have been to quite a few sprint paddling events they are not that exciting. If modern culture was to dictate Olympic inclusions from now on you will see other sports far more progressed and exciting to the viewer included first.

SUP racing is only big if you are inside of the bubble and looking out. Most people even involved in other paddle disciplines don't even know it exists.