Stand up paddleboarding
EXTRA,  FEATURES,  July 2024

Guardian angel on a SUP

Lucy Young supports her friends’ swimming and gets a core workout from her stand-up paddle board

One of my favourite swimming activities for the summer is SUP – that’s stand-up paddle boarding – with my swimming friends. There is something very rhythmic about the gentle splash of a swimmer next to you in the water and you feel like a guardian angel.

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