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Ukhuphiswano lwam lokuqala lokumisa isikhephe (kunye nexesha lesihlanu kwibhodi yokutshixa — phezulu) yayiyiRedddle Co's Dragon World Championship eTailoise, eLake Annecy, eFrance. (Idibeneyo: Isikhokelo saBaqalayo sokuma kwiPaddleboarding)

Ukuba oko kuvakala ngathi, ewe, aubuntshatsheli behlabathi, yi. Abantu abasuka kwihlabathi jikelele (abantu abali-120 abavela kumazwe ali-15 ahlukeneyo) bayaziqeqesha ukuze bafumane indawo eqongeni kwindawo yamadoda, yabasetyhini kunye nobushushu obuxubeneyo — okanye, abenzi njalo. Kuyavela ukuba uqeqesho aluyomfuneko kangako: Iqela elinye latyikitya ngaloo ntsasa xa inkungu yaphazamisa izicwangciso zabo zokunyuka etyeni kwaye elinye laqalisa ukuzilolonga kwiiveki nje ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokhuphiswano.

Andithandi ukuthi 'ukhuphiswano,' ndiyathanda ukuthi 'isiganeko,' kuba ukubheqa akukhona nje ukubukela abantu abaphumeleleyo bekhuphisana-kukwakha uluntu, "utsho uMartin Letourneur, umbhexeli oqeqeshiweyo kunye nomdlali we-Nike Swim.

ULetourneur uthi zihlala zintathu iindidi zembaleki kwi-SUP-ahem—isiganeko: Abaphumeleleyo, abakhuphisana ngemali yebhaso; i-amateurs, eziqeqesha kodwa zikwanemisebenzi esisigxina ngaphandle kwe-SUP; kunye nabaqalayo, abathatha izifundo ngexesha lomsitho kwaye bakhuphisane kukhuphiswano oluncinci ukuze bazive bezemidlalo kwindawo enoxinzelelo oluphantsi. "Wonke umsitho uzama ukutsala abaqalayo ngandlela thile kuba abaqalayo babalulekile kubude bemidlalo."

Iyasebenza: Baninzi abantu abathatha inxaxheba kwimidlalo yokubheqa kunangaphambili. Malunga nabantu abangama-537,000 abaphakathi kweminyaka eli-18 nengama-24 ubudala bathi ba-SUP'd ngo-2017, ngokwe-Outdoor Industry AssociationINgxelo yokuThatha iNxaxheba yaNgaphandle, kunye nezigidi ezithathu zabantu baseMelika bathathe inxaxheba kwimidlalo yokubheqa (ebandakanya imidlalo efana ne-kayaking kunye nephenyane) ngo-2014 kunokuba benzayo ngo-2010, ngokwe-Outdoor Industry AssociationIngxelo ekhethekileyo kwiPaddlesports. Abasetyhini ikakhulu banoxanduva lo mkhwa: Ingxelo efanayo ibonisa ukuba abasetyhini benza ama-68 eepesenti abantu abaza kuba ngabashenxi phakathi kweminyaka eyi-18 nengama-24 ubudala.

UNoriko Okay, umguquleli oneminyaka engama-46 ubudala kunye nomdlali obheqayo okwisiXeko saseNew York, uyasiqonda isizathu. Iminyhadala yokuxhoma izinto zixhasa kakhulu kwaye ziphantsi, utshilo. "Mhlawumbi kungenxa yokuba umdlalo usemncinci, kodwa unokufunda njengoko usiya kwaye akufuneki ulungiselele kakhulu." (Kwakhona, iziganeko ezininzi zinika izifundo kwibala!) "Ayifani ne-triathlon okanye naluphi na uhlanga onokucinga ngalo." Ubhalisele umsitho wakhe wokuqala nabahlobo abambalwa kwiminyaka emine eyadlulayo kwaye akakhange ajonge ngasemva ukusukela ngoko. (Funda ngokugqithisileyo: Ngaba i-SUP Ngokwenene ibalwa njengoMsebenzi?)

"Ndicinga ukuba ukukhula kokubheqa kulandela le ndlela yezemidlalo yangaphandle-njengokuhamba, ukuhamba, ukuqubha, ukuhamba ngebhayisikili-kufikeleleka ngakumbi," wongeza uLetourneur. "Ngaphezu koko, ngumdlalo olula kakhulu ukuwufunda."

Oko bekukuhle kakhulu ukusuka kwam kwi-Dragon Board World Championship. Ndiqale uqeqesho kusuku olungaphambili (hee, bekusoloko kuxakekile ehlotyeni) -kodwa waluchola ngokukhawuleza. Kwaye nangona abanye ababhexeshi babekhona kuyo ukuze bayiphumelele, uninzi lwabo lwalukhona ukunxiba nabahlobo babo (cinga: iitutus kunye neetati zethutyana), hlala kwamanye amaqela, kwaye usele kancinci kakhulu kwangaphambi kwepati.

Uhlobo lweqela lwalo msitho lukhetheke ngokukodwa (iBhodi yeDragoni ingamamitha angama-22 ubude kwaye ibambe iqela labantu abane), kodwa uyakufumana vibes ezixhasayo nakwezinye iziganeko zokubheqa. Nabakhuphisana nabo bayakuvuyela ngexesha lomdyarho, utshilo uNoriko.

Eminye iminyhadala ye-SUP yokuzama kweli hlobo:

I-Subaru Ta-Hoe Nalu Paddle Festival: iLake Tahoe, CA

Agasti 10 - 11, 2019

Ababheqi bawo onke amanqanaba banokuthatha inxaxheba kugqatso lweemayile ezi-2, iimayile ezi-5, kunye neekhilomitha ezili-10, kodwa abaqalayo baya kuxabisa ngakumbi izifundo kunye nokhenketho lweTahoe olungakhuphisaniyo impelaveki yonke. ($ 100 yeziganeko ezingenamda, tahoenalu.com)

IBay Parade: eSan Francisco, CA

Nge-11 ka-Agasti ka-2019

Amanzi acocekileyo angenzi nzuzo iSan Francisco Baykeeper ibamba umcimbi we-2-mile SUP kwi-SF Bay (kunye ne-6.5-mile yokudada kunye ne-2-mile kayak) ukuxhasa amanzi acocekileyo. ($75, baykeeper.org)

Umnyhadala weLwandle oluLwandle oluLwandle oluMkhulu: iMuskegon, MI

Nge-17 ka-Agasti ka-2019

Inkampini elunxwemeni, vuyela ukubheqa, kwaye uthathe iindibano zocweyo ze-SUP ukuze ulole izakhono zakho. Ungayixuba kunye ne-kayaking. ($40 kuzo zonke izifundo, greatlakessurffestival.com)

Umceli mngeni we-SIC Gorge Paddle: IHood River, OKANYE

Nge-17 Agasti 18, 2019

Ipaddle malunga neekhilomitha ezintathu kuMlambo i-Columbia, i-Mecca yezemidlalo yamanzi. Onke amanqanaba amkelekile kwiklasi "evulekileyo", kodwa zilungiselele umngeni: Indawo yaziwa ngokuba nomoya. ($ 60, gorgepaddlechallenge.com)

I-SUP yaseNew York ivuliwe: I-Long Beach, NY

Nge-23 ka-Agasti-Septemba 7, 2019

Vala ihlobo eNew York SUP evulekileyo, apho uza kuthatha khona izifundo ze-SUP kunye neeklasi zeyoga, kwaye ukhuphisane kukhuphiswano lwama-amateur ukuba uziva ukhuphisana. ($ 40, appworldtour.com)

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