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Walton Fire District Beach Safety Director finishes first in the 14’ division
for Team YOLO Board in the 22 mile Causeway to Causeway Stand-up Paddleboard
Race
Santa Rosa Beach, FL
(November 3, 2008) – Team YOLO announces that locally-adopted Australian-born
waterman, Gary Wise, placed first in the 14’ division in the Cocoa Beach Surf
Museum’s 2nd Annual Causeway to Causeway (C2C) Challenge Saturday,
October 18, 2008 at Lee Werner Park in Cocoa Beach, Fla. Wise was defending his
title from last year’s race and finished in 5:04:24. Team YOLO Board is a
division of YOLO Boards, a Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.-based stand-up paddleboard
manufacturer.
Gary serves as the South Walton
Fire District Beach Safety Director, and competes in
multiple annual standup paddleboard races, including the
internationally-celebrated long distance paddleboarding competition
QuiksilverEdition Molokai to Oahu Paddleboard Race in Hawaii. The C2C
Challenge covered 22 miles and began at Lee Werner
Park in Cocoa Beach. The course paralleled the
Intracoastal Waterway in the Indian River.
Gary’s finish
time for the C2C Challenge is his personal best for a 22 mile race.
“The C2C is a very challenging event. Any time you have a course that is 11 miles one direction and 11 miles back you know that one way is going to be tough,” said Wise. “My hats off to all the other Team YOLO guys for entering their first distance paddle and as we say in Australia “having a go.” Special mention must go to Jeff, Tom and Mitzi for supporting Team YOLO. Without them our newly formed travelling paddleboard team would not exist!”
In the 12' division, Team YOLO member Lindsey Whittaker of Orlando finished first with a time of 5:32:07. Other paddlers to participate for Team YOLO Board were Justin Cook, Ross Carter, Andy Scheid and Joe Serrato.
“We are so proud of Gary and all of the other Team YOLO members who competed in the race,” said Jeff Archer, co-founder of YOLO Board LLC. “Gary is a celebrated waterman and so committed to the South Walton community. I can’t imagine a better representative for Team YOLO Board.”
About YOLO Board
Founded by business partners Tom Losee and Jeff Archer in 2006, YOLO Board LLC is a locally owned hybrid-style stand-up paddle board (SUP) company based in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla. Aptly named for the mantra, “You Only Live Once,” the company has quickly gained the reputation along the Emerald Coast and beyond as the custom paddleboard of choice. The company manufactures four types of boards: the “Original YOLO,” the “YOLO Yak,” the “YOLO Express” and the “YOLO Explorer.” YOLO Board was voted “Best Toy” by the September/October 2008 issue of Garden & Gun magazine. Rentals, lessons, corporate and team building packages and a complete array of YOLO accessories are available. For more information, visit www.yoloboard.com or call 850.622.5760.
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