SPANISH ULTRA SUP RACE

2023

JUNE 17 th

RIBEIRA BEACH. BAIONA

Last Saturday, June 17th, Baiona hosted a new edition of the Spanish SUP Race Resistance Championship, one of the most demanding Stand Up Paddle competitions in our country. And the Galician SUP Race Championship and a test of the Spanish Cup of the Spanish Surf Federation were also held.

From early in the morning, with the epicenter of the event at Praia de la Riberia, riders from all over Galicia and also from the Cantabrian coast, Catalonia and Portugal, among other places, attended. The children’s categories, from SUB 10 to SUB 14, were the first to jump into the water, with races made so that they could enjoy a pleasant tour in complete safety; paddling between 1.5km and 3km, depending on the category. There was no lack of encouragement from the beach, since they are the base of the Galician SUP Race and they are acquiring more experience in each event they attend.

Around 3:00 p.m., the races for the rest of the categories began, with the eyes on those who participated in the Resistance modality, with more than 21 km. of competition and where anything can happen. The starts were spectacular, as were the first kilometres of the route established for all of them in front of Baiona, towards the Ladeira beach and back to the event area. A route of about 5.5km that the SUB 16 and Amateur categories did, highlighting the great results of Paloma Porta and Pelayo Blanco.

The Elite category completed 2 laps of the course, where the Galician Laura Gil and Miquel Roigé were the first to complete that distance, ahead of Nicolás Barreiro and Tomás Sánchez in the men’s category; and with Ana Marta Pérez and Marta Abruñedo the girls SUPers. Regarding the SUB 18s, the participants Pablo Blanco and Xavier Castro climbed to the top of the podium.

Also highlight the great effort made by Borja Fernández and Eusebio Rodríguez, being winners of the Master and Kahuna categories correspondingly. Minerva Méndez climbed to the top of the podium in the women’s Master, like Paula Rodriguez but in the Kahuna category.

The competition did not end here, since the riders who signed up for the Spanish SUP Race Resistance Championship had to do twice as many laps around the course to show who was the most resistant. As the hours passed, some athletes who found the competition very hard, even though they are prepared with drink and all kinds of food to withstand this type of race, withdrew. This races also have its psychological side. The weather did not vary much throughout the afternoon, but the change of tide and the currents that originated along its route did have a bit of an influence.

One of the great favourites for this event, Miquel Roigé, remained very strong from the start and took first place in the men’s category after more than two and a half hours rowing, ahead of Tomás Sánchez who climbed the ranks as he the race was going on. And the young rider Iván Puente achieved the third position and showed once again the great level that he has at this time of the year.

And the young rider Iván Puente got the third position and showed once again the great level he has at this time of the year. The female category was no less! The Galician Marta Abruñedo had to retire in the 3rd lap and the Catalan Desiree Sánchez crossed the finish line after a spectacular competition. She was followed by the asturian Minerva Méndez in the second position.

From the first to the last, they were very well received with applause and hugs; valuing the great effort that each of the athletes have made after the degree of demand that they have had to work during the more than 21km rowed. The event closed with the corresponding awards ceremony, and the presence of local entities and collaborators.

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