SUP Radio Show Host Leslie Kolovich

Leslie Kolovich talks with Bob Blair founder of Speedboard USA, about their recent partnership with Zurn Yacht Design and  high performance SUP boards. Speedboard USA designs and builds all their SUP Board in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Massachusetts has a long proud boat building tradition. Bob built his first canoe when he was 14 years old and has a variety of experience from white water paddling, to flat water racing. He is a professional mariner, and has been in the fiberglass boat manufacturing business for just under 10 years. He looks at the SUP business from the performance sports and fitness side of things. The partnership with Zurn Yacht Design brings technology with computer modeling to look closely at hull forms to dial in exactly what performance athletes will need when speed is the issue. Doug Zurn’s hallmark is super efficient hull shapes. New England, and the East coast  area has a lot of Olympic Paddlers, which they are talking with to find out what they need to have the competitive edge. Record pace in Bob’s opinion is all going to happen in the unlimited class. Bob talks about the “glide” being everything, the energy that is between strokes makes a difference. Speedboard USA has boards from 14′-20′. Look for some more really amazing things from Speedboard USA in the near future. ‘The bar will be raised, get ready!”

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