White Water SUP – Changing The Sport with Cohen Atkins

SUP PAUL: For years, river sup has been a sport where people survive rapids on a board by simply squatting and holding on. Cohen Atkins is changing that. In this video at the Whitewater Center in Charlotte and on rivers throughout the Apalatchia and Costa Rica, we see Cohen not merely survive but thrive. He changes his stance within rapids. He is dynamic. He’s playful. And he paddles boards smaller than the gold standard 9’6. In this case, it’s the Hala 8’6 he’s paddling.