Clean Sweep Of Podium Positions for Team Starboard at APP 2018 Paris SUP Open

Sunday, 9th November saw the highly anticipated APP World Tour stop in Paris for the APP 2018 Paris SUP Open take place where Dream Team riders took home a clean sweep of podium positions for Team Starboard. Micheal Booth finished in first, with teammates Connor Baxter in 2nd and Leo Nika in 3rd.

 

Paddling together in a pack, the 3 men broke everyone else the field in the final stages of the race with Boothy out paddling his teammates to take home the overall win.

 

 

Watch the APP World Tour 2018 Paris SUP Open Distance Race Highlights Reel:

 

 

 

? Michael Booth (Australia) – 2019 Sprint 14 x 21.5

 

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Couldn’t be happier to take out the last SUP race of the season here in Paris! ☃️???

A post shared by Michael Booth (@_michaelbooth) on Dec 9, 2018 at 3:20am PST

 

?Connor Baxter (USA) – 2019 Sprint 14 x 21.5

 

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Definitely the best place to finish off a long season of paddling! ?: @georgiasphoto

A post shared by Connor Baxter (@conbax) on Dec 9, 2018 at 3:16am PST

 

?Leonard Nika (Italy) – 2019 Sprint 14 x 21.5

 

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Has been cloudy and raining in Paris today but when we passed the Eiffel Tower the sky cleared up just for us!!! Happy to be back on the podium after a long hard work… 3rd place for me with the best paddlers on earth attending here today! Very well done to @_michaelbooth for taking the win and @conbax the second! 1-2-3 @starboardsup on the podium ✅ ___________________________________________________ @garminmarine_italy @quantares_official @blackprojectsup @indoboarditalia @appworldtour ………………………………………………………………….. #standuppaddle #appworldtour #livethetikilife #supracing #sup #paris

A post shared by Leonard Nika (@leonardnika) on Dec 9, 2018 at 3:54am PST

 

 

Photo gallery from the 2018 Paris SUP Open. All pics by Georgia Schofield