SUP Mag UK August 2016 issue 10 | Page 36

Alex Murray profile Road to When the ISA confirmed the SUP Worlds were going to take place in Fiji (Nov 12-20) everyone picked to represent their country took a collective gasp, pinched themselves and re-read the announcement. Paddling in paradiscal bliss, with only your fellow c o m p e t i t o r s i n t h e wa t e r, w h a t c o u l d b e b e t t e r ? Fo l l o w i n g t h e news reality then bit. It’s all very well being on the team but t h e n t h e h a rd s l o g o f f i n a n c i n g t h e t r i p s t a r t s . A s p a r t o f Te a m G B Alex Murray is on that path and hoping to be among the action in Fiji. We hit Alex up to get the goss from the Cornish ripper and see how things have been going. s t a n d u p p a d d l e m a g u k 36