For the 1st time ever, TotalSUP comes to Hood River, Oregon for (one of) the biggest downwind races on the planet!
To watch Saturday’s Double-Downwinder and Sunday’s Technical Course Race, go to:
www.facebook.com/totalsupofficial
On Saturday, we will follow the Men’s Elite Downwind Run #1 at 12.00 pm and the Women’s Elite Downwind Run #2 at 2 pm.
Expected international going-live times:Â
11.45 am Hood River, Or
Hawaii: 8.45 am
USA – East Coast: 2.45 pm
UK: 7.45 pm
France: 8.45 pm
Tokyo: Sun 3.45 am
Gold Coast: Sun 4.45 am
On Sunday, we will follow every Elite course race heat and final.
SIC MAUI WEEKÂ
SIC Maui, one of the main sponsors of the Columbia Gorge Paddle Challenge has invited Mr TotalSUP aka Mathieu Astier in the SIC House along the full international SIC team and post photos, videos, interviews and stories all week.
It’s all happening on our 2 main social media pages:
www.instagram.com/totalsup
www.facebook.com/totalsupofficial
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