What a week it has been in Hvide Sande, Denmark! The European Stand Up Paddle Championships under the governance of the European Surfing Federation came back four years after EUROSUP 2018 Sardinia to deliver an absolute world-class SUP Surf and SUP Race competition over 8 days on the West coast of Denmark under an astonishingly radiant blue sky (we were told to prepare for the worst weather-wise before the event!). Organized by the Danish SUP & Surf Federation – please note the addition of the acronym ‘SUP’ in the official Danish Federation name which will hopefully inspire other federations to do the same – and integrated within the annual Hvide Sande watersports festival known as Waterz, EUROSUP 22 had more than 200 competitors representing 16 countries (10 more than in 2018) in 4 individual disciplines and 1 team event.
The competition started on Saturday August 27 with a 3-day SUP surf competition which crowned the very first European champions on Monday 29th. Followed 5 days of SUP racing with a much deserved lay-day on the Thursday: Sprints on Tuesday, Long Distance on Wednesday and Technical Race on Friday. The last day, Saturday September 3rd closed the event with a team relay race.
It has to be noted that the big novelty of EUROSUP 22 DENMARK is the addition for the very first time in EUROSUP history of the Juniors (1 girl, 1 boy per event) in all disciplines. The juniors made their first appearance on an event governed by an international-surfing federation in 2018 at the ISA Worlds, also in 2019, but only in the Technical Race event. This brought many new faces and already some world-class performances, the strongest of which being that of the Italian junior girl Cecilia Pampinella who was unbeatable in all individual junior racing disciplines and won 3 gold medals, the only athlete to do so, all categories combined.
Under the captainship of 3-time world champion Titouan Puyo, who collected his 4th and 5th European titles in Hvide Sande in the Long Distance and in the Technical Race, Team France took an early lead from Day 1 and commanded the nation rankings until the very last day, when they finished their competition in style with another gold medal in the relay race with a team made of 2 junior boys (Vaïc Garioud & Simon Ackerman) and 2 women. On Saturday morning, France was crowned European Champions for the 4th consecutive time in as many EUROSUP competitions (2016, 2017, 2018 and 2022). The battle for 2nd place had to wait until the Technical Race day on Friday and a very solid Spanish Tormenta ended also for the 4th time on the EUROSUP podium. Italy (3rd) make their first appearance in a EUROSUP top 4, beating Team Denmark (4th) who were 2nd in 2018.
>>All Podiums and Livestream Replays below!
EUROSUP 22 Denmark – European Nation Podium
1. France
2. Spain
3. Italy
4. Denmark
EUROSUP 22 Denmark – SUP Surf Results
Junior Girls’ SUP Surf Podium
1. Tiphaine Maillard – FRA
2. Joana Andrade – POR
3. Annabel Page – ENG
4. Marina Loyaza – ESP
Junior Boys’ SUP Surf Podium
1. Noa Stender – DEN
2. Titouan Pajot – FRA
3. Guilherme Olim – POR
4. Benjamin Kohl – GER
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