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PPP Episode 48: Growing Surfski through the American Canoe Association with Matt Drayer

PPP Episode 48: Growing Surfski through the American Canoe Association with Matt Drayer

In this episode we catch up with Matt Drayer on all the latest and greatest from the Ocean Racing Committee.

Matt continues to work tirelessly promoting surfski paddling in the United States through his role in the ACA and his website: www.usasurfski.com

In this podcast we discuss this year’s National Championship, which took place in July in the NE as part of the very historic Blackburn Challenge. The Blackburn is a 20+ mile circumnavigation with a big mix of conditions. In additional to recapping this year’s race, we also cover the process for any race director to bid on hosting the nationals.

Matt raced the Gorge Downwind Champs this year in all time epic conditions. We get a full report on this experiece there.

Wrapping things up we discuss the upcoming Molokabra in Forteleza, Brasil as well as the World Championship coming up in October in Spain. If you have any interest in racing internationally, Matt should be your first point of contact. He will set you on the right path.

I hope you enjoy and appreciate all the great work Matt is doing as much as I do!

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