Может я сильно сказал про направление (хотя не уверен), может это просто новый тип досок, типа появления Go в свое время. Но они завоевывают мир. Вот примеры.
USA
http://www.usatoday.com/money/smallb...dle-surf_N.htm


В приложении кусок немецкой газеты про триатлон.
Pierce Brosnan ( James Bond) будет участвовать в дилеской конференции в СШАю


Uk
Here you have 60 SUP dealers paddling down Avon River in the UK.







UK Estimated sales volume for 09 = 2000 units and for 010 = 4000 ...

Бразилия
We have no wind here since last weekend. All over the week we received
> customers for rent our SUPs, so, a couple of days ago I invited the guys
> for a SUP race in the match racing format.
>
> Today we had 33 degrees celsius and absolutely no wind all over the
> day. It could be a lost Saturday (usually the best day of the week) but we
> had 20 sailors racing on the SUP contest and over 50 other people watching
> and enjoying the afternoon (with some "feijoada" and "caipirinhas" too).
>
> For my surprise, 6 people will start Windsurfing lessons tomorrow and
> the movement at the shop was very good for the day. I have no doubt that
> people would look for some other place to go today instead to come to our
> windsurfing club. The SUPs brought them here!!!!
>
> Tomorrow we have a good wind forecast again.
>
> All the best
> Marcello
>
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