An avid numbers and stats geek , he also produced the infamous Paddle League , a series platform way ahead of its time for the sport . Chris was also one of the founders of The Euro Tour , quite possibly the most exciting set of races in beautiful iconic locations . Got the picture ? What this man doesn ’ t know about SUP racing and the athletes taking part isn ’ t worth talking about .
He also greatly inspired us here at Supjunkie , and having followed him for many years , we were lucky to meet and interview him on the island of Jersey for the Round Jersey Challenge , a gnarly 33-mile endurance race . Having personally never been interested in endurance racing whilst seeing its appeal to many , the irony is this is what I
49 s t a n d u p p a d d l e m a g u k would like to chat to him about . Chris is smitten by endurance brought about by the infamous Yukon River Quest , a 715 km race starting in the wilderness of Canada , in which he also took part . He recently mentioned that he believed the endurance races had interesting and incredible stories attached to them in a live Facebook show .
It was this that would capture the media ’ s attention to SUP and not necessarily the winners of the 10km flatwater races . It may be controversial , but Chris has always spoken his mind – he ’ s a bit ‘ marmite ’ because of this outspokenness that is not for everybody , but we love it and so do many others . So here we go , let ’ s chat with him about endurance racing !