Woman Takes Down Men In Pro Stand Up Paddle Event: Candice Appleby Wins Pro and Women’s Events
HONOLULU - (August 23, 2008) - In another first for the sport of stand-up paddle (SUP) surfing, the major honors for the C4 Waterman/Honolua Surf Co competition, presented by Blue Planet, went to a woman today. Waikiki’s Candice Appleby out-performed a field of world-class SUP surfers to win both the pro division and the women’s category. Among Appleby’s casualties in the pro ranks were Brian Keaulana (Makaha), Noland Martin (Makaha), and Noah Shimabukuro (Kula, Maui).
It was also a day of double victories for 13-year-old Maui stand-up paddler Slater Trout. Trout won the highest scoring heat of all the finals - the men’s amateur division against surfers more than twice his age - as well as the 12-mile C4 Waterman/Honolua Surf Co paddleboard race from Hawaii Kai to Duke’s Restaurant, Waikiki, held earlier in the day.
The winner of the junior SUP surfing division was Kai Lenny (Paia, Maui). Like Trout, Lenny and three of his fellow finalists - Brendan Bradley (Honolulu), Micah Liana and Connor Baxter — contested the 12-mile paddleboard race earlier in the day. The youngest of all was 10-year-old Liana.
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By: Stand Up Paddle Surfing Magazine
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