2024 SCHEDULE 

Fri, Sept 13 • Crown Plaza Annapolis

Early packet pick up for racers, 4-7pm 

Crown Plaza Hotel in Annapolis. 

173 Jennifer Road, Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Sat, Sept 14 • Sandy Point State Park (East Beach race site)

PRO CLINICS (To book your clinic, add it to your race registration. If previously registered, email Carleen at ches.sup.peake@gmail.com to reserve your spot). CLINIC PRICING: $110

SUP Race Clinic with Pro Kim Barnes | 8:30-10a

Optimize Your Race Stroke for Speed,  Endurance & Efficiency  — for all levels of paddlers, beginner to experienced

FOCUS:

• Foundational elements to the stroke for efficiency and fluid speed

• Core activation during the stroke

• How to improve upper body rotation

• Hip drive and how to optimize timing to increase your cadence during the stroke

• Race strategy and your mental game

• Board is not included. Please have your board and gear ready before the clinic starts.

Sufski Race Clinic with Julia Gismondi | 9:30-11a

ACA L2 SUP, Kayak and Surfski Instructor

Sharpen Your Stroke Technique, Performance and Efficiency  — for all levels of paddlers, beginner to experienced

On Land

• We’ll discuss boat and blade fitting. Posture. Injury prevention. 

• Forward Stroke Tuning. Focusing on timing and efficient muscle recruitment.

• Discuss footboard set-up, gentle bend in knees to keep center of gravity low with room to still rotate fully.

On the Water

• We’ll practice timing, force appliance, recovery. We’ll also go over remounts and bracing and use of your boat to control it in addition to rudder. 

• Surfski is not included. Please have your boat and gear ready before clinic starts. 

• Contact Jules if you need a boat for the clinic. 

Outrigger Canoe Race Clinic with April Zilg | 10-11:30a

Improve Your Stroke, Power & Speed — for all levels of paddlers, beginner to experienced

FOCUS:

• Getting a Great Catch

• Effective Body Position

• Using Your Big Muscles

• The Tahitian Hinge

• On-water paddling feedback

• Question/Answer Session 

• Paddlers should bring their paddle, gear, and canoe for water skills coaching, and have all equipment set up prior to class. If you don’t have a canoe, please contact your instructor to coordinate gear for the clinic

INSTRUCTOR BIOS

April Zilg - Outrigger

April Zilg is a 4x gold medalist, winning the Va'a World Championships with her Women's OC6 team Aug ‘23, then collecting two separate sprint titles in the SUP World Championships hosted by both the International Surfing Association and the International Canoe Federation, and a gold in the Pan American Surfing Games SUP technical race. April also holds a World Championship Title for the Association of Paddlesurf Professionals world tour. She is an International Va'a Federation V1 Sprint Silver Medalist, Gorge Downwind OC1 Champion, WPA SUP World Champion. After training and competing for the better part of the last decade, all of her hard work learning how to train and properly fuel finally paid off and now she wishes to share all she's learned on her route to success through her businesses PaddleTraining.com and TheAthleteAgenda.com. aprilzilg.com/about-april

Kim Barnes - SUP

Pro Team RIder for Flying Fish Board Co., Physical Education Teacher, SUP Racer, 100 Ton Motor Yacht Captain, Ocean Athlete (surfer, kiteboarder, wakeboarder, scuba diver), avid runner and mom

• Carolina Cup Champion ‘23; Runner up ‘22 & ‘21

• Chattajack Champion ‘22 & ‘21

• Bay Bridge Paddle Champion ‘22 & ‘21

• ICF Stand Up Paddling World Cup Champion Long Distance ‘22

• Crossing for CF Team Champion ‘21-‘23

• Canadian East Coast Championship Champion ‘22

• Belle Isle Champion ‘22 & ‘23

• Key West Paddle Classic Champion ‘20-‘22

• Treasure Coast Paddle Battle Champion ‘21-‘23

Julia Gismondi - Surfski

Jules has been a surfski, SUP and sea kayak coach, instructor and guide for over 20 years. She also races a lot, she likes to go fast! Some of her favorite places to paddle are under the Golden Gate Bridge, when there is surf and lots of wind, on her home rivers in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the ocean. Any ocean. She loves open water paddling. She has also done some unsupported expeditions on a paddleboard: A solo circumnavigation of Long Island and later she and 2 friends paddled from NYC to Miami in 2016. Since then, one of her crazy, sufferfest ideas has been to podium Chattajack in ALL categories. The latest on the bucket list is to paddle from Annapolis to Baltimore. To read more about her, click here.

• Sea Trek Regatta Fastest Woman '17, '19, '23 

• Chattajack podiums on various crafts '16, '17, '18, '19 and Five Year Buckle ;)

• Seventy48 in under 15 hours '21 

• Double Tahoe Crossing '21

• Tahoe Crossing '17, '18

• Battle of The Bay '17, '23

• Around The Cape Paddle '23 

Sun, Sept 15 • Sandy Point State Park (race site)

7:15AM – 8:00AM – PACKET PICK-UP/CHECK-IN*

7:30AM  – 8:00AM – RENTAL BOARD PICK-UP

8:00AM – 8:20AM – RACER BRIEFING

8:30AM – THE SPAN (9 MILE COURSE) – OC-6 START

8:35AM – THE SPAN (9 MILE COURSE) – KAYAK, SURFSKI, OC-1, OC-2, COASTAL ROWING START

8:40AM – THE SPAN (9 MILE COURSE) – STAND UP PADDLE AND PRONE PADDLE START

8:50AM – THE STEAMER (5K COURSE) – KAYAKS AND KAYAK DOUBLE START

8:55AM – THE STEAMER (5K COURSE) – STAND UP PADDLE START

9:05AM – THE SOFT SHELL (1 MILE) – KAYAKS START

9:10AM – THE SOFT SHELL (1 MILE) – SUPS START

12:00PM – AWARDS AT THE MAIN STAGE

1:00PM – EVENT ENDS

*9/13 - Early packet pick up Fri 4-7pm at Crown Plaza Hotel in Annapolis. 

173 Jennifer Road, Annapolis, Maryland 21401