Standup Journal - Spring 2013

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Nobody and Everybody Owns Sup Guest Editorial by Stuart Murray I love that standup paddling is not a surfing sport, though surfing is one of the things you can choose to do. It’s not canoeing. It’s not kayaking. And that’s the buzz: Sup is unique and universal.
I look into the future and dare to dream… 5 years, then 10, then 20, then 50, then 100… then 200 years. I have a vision. This sport is standup paddling and it stands the test of time. It is the sum of great activities yet is not exclusively any one of them. It’s not racing. It’s not competition. It is the joy of sharing the water. It is sup.
Today, people are standing on a sup board for the first time, and they are falling in love right now. It’s out of our hands. And when 200 years have gone by, the crazy will still be crazy and the love will still be love. And the core of the sport—the heart of the sport—will still beat to the rhythm of the oceans, rivers, lakes, bays. I have a vision. We… are standup paddling. -Stuart, Northern Beaches, Sydney, Australia