Current Ultimate Water and Starboard team rider, Zane Schweitzer, has taken out the 2019 USA National Championship Titles in both the SUP Surf & Tech Surf Race disciplines. The 2 x USA SUP National Champion gives us a recap of how the weekend’s events went down:
Day 2 – 2019 Surfing America Nationational Championship – SUP Technical Racing & Team Trials
“The morning of the tech beach race day it was dark with the classic California fog and some small cold beach breaks surf. With waves around knee high the technical surf race in and out of the beach break was still exciting and a lot of fun. I decided to ride the Starboard Sprint 14 x 21.5 to have some extra speed through the flats on the outside. I ride this board a lot on Maui for training and racing and have learned to manage it quite well through the surf and find it to be exceptionally faster most of the time especially in the clean water outside the waves.”
Coming into the final I found myself up against California’s Tyler Basher where we had a big battle for the line. I knew he was in good form as he was the runner up against Danny Ching in the distance race yesterday, and now he and I were battling for top 2 in the tech race. On the last beach run and lap through the surf I decided to give it my all on the way out through the waves, allowing me to break away slightly before the outside. After turning the buoy I continued to extend my lead in the flats. After the last turn in through the waves and into the beach finish I was able to get in early on a nice wave and run through the finish claiming the title as 2019 Surfing America‘s National Champion in surf racing, along with earning a position on team USA to the 2019 ISA SUP World Championships!”
Day 3 – 2019 Surfing America Nationational Championship – SUP Surfing & Team Trials
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