All expected participants arrived at the start this morning. Mr Veltman, Municipal councilor of the city Sloten performed the start of the second day of the Mistral SUP 11-City Tour. The heat is on! A genuine competition is developing in this tour where both solo competition and team competition make a lively arena on the Frisian lakes and canals. 7 teams, 14 solo and 13 tour sports men and women are out there to give their best. The official break half way on the 2nd day was in the City of Stavoren. Xavie and Bart arrived after 2 hours and 47 minutes, followed by Erwin Janssen 5 minutes later. A lot of joy is also experienced at the SUP clinic locations. Today approximately 50 children took the change to become familiar with the new sport. It seems the ice-skating-loving Frisians have a warm connection with the Stand UP Paddle sport; their support is overwhelming.  The Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Balk took the opportunity to applaud to the participants. Today the heat was really on the numbers Xavie and Bart who are first and second. After 4 hours

paddling they misinterpreted a route sign and got 9 km (4.8 mile) off track. Erwin Janssen chooses the right track 7 minutes later and takes over pole position. Erwin wins the 2nd day in less then 6 hours. A real die-hard today was Esther from team The Wahinis battled for more then 9 hours and reached the finish in time. The Red Bull party Hummer and Corona were present again to take care for a good atmosphere. Annamarie Thomas, professional Dutch ice skater, will
participate coming Sunday. She will paddle the last day of the event.

Follow the tour

For all of you overseas, you can feel that sensation when following the tour (or re-play the tour). Go to www.supholland.com and click on “follow the tour live”. All paddlers will carry a Mylaps GPS tracking device, so you can follow your favorite contestant every minute. See what happened on day two after 4 hours and 8 minutes.

Free SUP lessons will be offered to everyone at the end of each day, where the athletes will cross the finish line. Starboard and Naish present their SUP boards and demonstrate ‘how to SUP’

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Donations: The Mistral SUP 11-City supports Right to Play. www.righttoplay.com Right to play improves lives of children in less privileged places in the world through sport and play. We gather donations through our event website www.supholland.com (there you can see the total amount being donated) Half of these donations go to Right to Play. The other half will go to the price money for the athletes who battle 5 days – and 220 kilometers long to be crowned the champion.