by Carolyn | Aug 22, 2017 | Plastic Bottle SUP, Plastic Pollution, SUP Marathon
When we came up with the idea to paddle marathons on our plastic bottle SUP back in March, the first person to contact us after we released our video was Thodoris Tzoumas from Skiathos, Greece. We had met 7 years ago at a very good friend’s wedding (on my first...
by Carolyn | Aug 20, 2017 | Plastic Bottle SUP, Plastic Pollution, SUP Marathon
By Carlos De Sousa We arrived in Croatia to paddle our 6th marathon on the River Neretva. Our first plan and ideal was to start in Bosnia, 10km from the border with Croatia and finish in the Baćina lakes. That would have been precisely 42km but unfortunately after we...
by Carolyn | Aug 19, 2017 | Plastic Bottle SUP, Plastic Pollution, SUP Marathon
by Carlos De Sousa We left our campsite in Noli on a scorching hot day and headed to Slovenia. On our way we noticed the change in the nature – a beautiful place surrounded by green forest and much cooler temperatures, much to our relief! Our last marathon in...
by Carolyn | Jul 24, 2017 | Plastic Bottle SUP, Plastic Pollution, SUP Marathon
River to the Sea Having completed one marathon on a river (with significant current helping us) and another on a reservoir (with winds severely hindering us) we thought it was time to try out the sea! However, with the pains of Madrid still fresh in our minds, we...
by Carolyn | Jun 23, 2017 | Plastic Bottle SUP, Plastic Pollution, SUP Marathon
On World Ocean’s Day (8th June 2017) Carlos and I became the first people to complete a marathon on a SUP made out of plastic bottles in the absolutely stunning setting of the Dordogne River in France. See the highlights of our day on our photo gallery here. The Route...
