Are you looking for the LIVE FEED of the BCN SUP WORLD FEST in Barcelona on Saturday, May 18? You are at the right place! Along Nico Dinovo of Spanish SUP mag Up Suping and Victor from Surfing.es, our very own Mr TotalSUP, Mathieu Astier, will be co-commentating the most stacked long distance race of the season for the 1st edition of the Barcelona SUP World Fest, stop #4 of the 2024 Euro Tour. With 15,000€ of Prize Money at stake on the 12 km long distance, the start list is huge and the big question is not who is there, but who is not?
Saturday May 18 – Long Distance – 12 KM
Men’s start: 10 am / Women’s start: 11.30 am
Women’s top names (at the publishing date): Esperanza Barreras, Maricarmen Rivera, Duna Gordillo, Sey Chelle, Alba Frey, Iona Rivet, Anais Guyomarch, Erica Revil, Tarryn King, Susak Molinero, Rika Okuaki, Cecilia Pampinella, Claudia Postiglione, Laura Quetglas, Holly Pye, Camille Houron… Watch out for these impressive up and coming juniors: Sveva Sabato, Noemi Bashai, Lisa Venturelli, Alexia Soto, Velia Pisanelli,…
Men’s top names: Michael Booth, Shuri Araki, Titouan Puyo, Donato Freens, Aaron Sanchez, Rai Taguchi, Daniel Hasulyo, Eri Tenorio, Christian Andersen, Fernando Perez Serra, Johnny Hagan, David Leao, Linus Karlson, Ludovic Teulade, Antonio Morillo, Clément Colmas, David Alpino, Ethan Bry, Itzel Delgado, Filippo Alberti, Ollie Houghton, Blue Ewer, Vaïc Garioud, Paolo Marconi, Santino Basaldella, Tomas Lacerda, Filippo Mercuriali, Cameron Tripney, Sergio Cantoral, Filippo Alberti, Ivan de Frutos, Tomas Lelovits etc…
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