Ron John Beach ‘N Boards Fest featured paddle board races. Water Wellness members joined the 5K race hosted by Http://www.paddling paradise.com and Http://www.paddle sports league.com. What a great day! It started out to be one of the coldest days we have had this year in Florida, but that didn’t stop us! We each beat our own time from the last races we were in, and met some great athletes. There were several members of Team USA in the race. It was so awesome to meet them and learn about their new adventures with South East Paddle Sports, an organization started to increase paddle sports for all paddlers (canoe, kayak, SUP, etc.)
Ron John Beach ‘N Boards Fest was a great venue in Cocoa Beach with multiple activities such as surfing contests, beach yoga, skateboard, beach volleyball, wakeboarding, etc. They also had many events in the store as well as demos. The food venues were also on point. Thank you to Ron John for putting this event on. This was a really fun and a great way for people to see what water sports are available. Athletes of all types had venue to showcase their talents. The Cocoa Beach Country Club is an ideal place to launch our paddle boards. The water, protected by mangroves, stopped the high winds that were present. During the race we were even able to check out the resident manatee. The park itself was clean and had a great facility for all the racers with bathrooms and pavillions.
If you are interested in joining Water Wellness in training for these fun races you can sign up at eventbrite for one of our classes. Also check out our facebook page to keep up with events such as this one. Our next race will be in Navarre Beach and is for a great cause turtle research!!
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