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Northwest Paddling Series Launches  
Five SUP Races Culminating in Championship Race
on Seafair Hydroplane Course - Press Release

Fastest paddleboarders in the Northwest to be crowned during Seafair
 Weekend with televised four-mile championship race 

Seattle – April 2015 - Seafair, long synonymous with summer in Seattle,
the thunder of the hydros and a celebration of watery life in the Northwest,
will now include one of the fastest growing sports on the water, one without
an engine. The Northwest Marine Trade Association (NMTA) is pleased to
announce the launch of the Northwest Paddling Series. A collaboration
between the NMTA (producers of the Seattle Boat Show and the Northwest
Paddling Festival) and Seafair, the series consists of five existing regional 
SUP races that will culminate in the inaugural Seafair Northwest Paddling
Championship on Saturday, Aug. 1. The four-mile championship race will
be SUP-er thrilling and will take place on the Seafair hydroplane race course
on Lake Washington, in front of tens of thousands of on-land and on-water spectators, and will be televised by KIRO TV. Competitors will be vying for the title and bragging rights of fastest SUP-er in the Northwest as well as cash, VIP Seafair experiences and other unique prizes.

Paddleboarders may enter as many of the five races as they want. The top three male and female finishers of each of the five races (both amateur and professional) will qualify to race in the championship race and one male and one female grand champion will be crowned.

The five races in the series are:






Each race brings a different dynamic to the series, with potential for boat wakes, currents, wind, and, in the case of the Alki Paddling Challenge, pirates storming the beach as it coincides with the Seafair Pirates Landing.

The Northwest Paddling Series benefits Paddle for Parkinson’s, a nonprofit dedicated to raising funds for Parkinson’s support and research through paddle sports.

For more information about the Northwest Paddling Series and the Seafair Championship Race, visit: http://www.nwpaddlingseries.com/faq/ 

About the Northwest Marine Trade Association

The NMTA is the nation’s largest regional marine association. It represents more than 700 companies in
the recreational boating industry, including boat dealers, boat brokers, marinas, boatyards, manufacturers,
retailers and suppliers of boating and paddling accessories and services. The NMTA’s mission is to promote
the growth of recreational boating in the Northwest. The NMTA produces the Seattle Boat Show, the West
Coast’s largest boat show and the Northwest Paddling Festival.


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