Canadians steal the show in Surf to Sound Challenge
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC – Some Canadians led a big paddle board race this weekend in Wrightsville Beach.
Organizers say it was the 5th Annual North Carolina Surf to Sound Challenge. Races covered 18-miles, including the elite 6.5-mile Surf to Sound Challenge, the 4-mile Harbor Island Outer Loop, the 7-mile Blockade Runner Flatwater Championship, and a Kids’ Race.
Canadians Tommy Buday, Larry Cain, and Gab Beauchesne-Sevigny swept the men’s competition in both the North Carolina Surf to Sound Challenge and Blockade Runner Flatwater Championship in Wrightsville Beach.
April Zilg and Stephanie Shideler of the USA, and Tracey Finlay of Canada won the top three spots in the women’s division.
Weather played a role in the weekend’s events.
“Yesterday I was wearing my bikini, today I’m wearing four layers,” women’s champion April Zilg, of Wilmington said.
All races started and ended at the host hotel, Blockade Runner Beach Resort on November 7-8, 2015. The Challenge was presented by the Wrightsville Beach Paddle Club, organizers of the prestigious Carolina Cup, and sanctioned by the World Paddle Association.
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