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open race, and the elite race: a grueling 13.2-mile contest known as
The Graveyard.
Sonni Hönscheid of Germany and Michael Booth of Australia cap-tured
the women’s and men’s titles in the latter race, cementing the
Cup’s status as a truly international sporting event.
New this year, the Carolina Cup partnered with University of North
Carolina Wilmington’s human performance lab to get a scientific look
at how these athletes are performing. The goal is for UNCW to gather
data on some of the top athletes with the hopes of publishing studies
to further expand research on the benefits of SUP.
In addition to personifying the popularity of paddleboarding, the
event also provides an economic benefit.
“In the second year of the race, we brought in over half a million dollars
to the city,” Beausang says. “We haven’t run an economic impact race since
then, but I couldn’t imagine what it is today.”
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