SUP Mag UK August 2017 issue 14 | Page 16

Respect for the sea Almost everyone I’ve talked too since wants to paddle out there. And that raises some good questions, and a reminder of our responsibilities when glamourizing something like this. A good friend and member of the island RNLI expressed his unease at the idea of people being out there on boards without a safety boat, and shared some concerns about ‘the message’ such a trip might give off. To be fair, on reflection, we all share those concerns. Despite being somewhat underprepared