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TotalSUP have announced the winners of their inaugural SUP awards. Read on to find out the winners.
TotalSUP:
As a public voting initiative, these initial TotalSUP Awards inherently reflect a popularity contest within the stand-up paddling community. We know it, you know it, let’s embrace it! A big shoutout to the riders, event organizers and brands for playing the buzz game with us throughout December. You guys rocked the vote. We received a total of 154,398 unique votes in the 4 weeks of the voting period! Obviously, those with massive friends and followers networks, marketing resources, and creative PR stunts had a slight advantage over the competition. Overall though, the results are a pretty good reflection of what happened on the world’s SUP scene in 2023.
Best Female Rider of the Year: Juliette DuHaime
Best Male Rider of the Year: Donato Freens
Best Female Performance of the Year: Seychelle Webster’s Comeback Sprint World Title
Best Male Performance of the Year: John Knippers
International Female Rookie of the Year: Claudia Postiglione
International Male Rookie of the Year: Mikolaj Majdan
Best event of the Year: Yaka Paddle Festival
Best SUP Race brand of the Year: Starboard
Best Leisure / iSUP Brand of the Year: Starboard
Best SUP Surf Brand of the Year: Starboard
Best SUP Foil Brand of the Year: Starboard
Best Paddle Brand of the Year: Starboard
That is it for the 2023 TotalSUP Awards. Full results available on the voting page.
Make sure to follow the link to see the full breakdown of the results and accompanying words.