SIC Dominates The 2014 M2O And Breaks World Record Time

SAN CLEMENTE, California - July 30th, 2014 - This past Sunday was the Molokai to Oahu Paddle Board World Championships. The conditions were extremely challenging for the over 200 competitors in the stretch of water between Molokai and Oahu known as the “Channel of Bones.” After 32 miles of paddling, it was an SIC Bullet 17 that came across the line first, with the time of 4:08:08. This broke the current record set on the exact same Bullet 17 three years prior.

 

 

“It is very flattering that the best paddlers in the world leave their sponsors boards to paddle SIC boards for all the open ocean and downwind races,” said Braly Joy, SIC Director of >Marketing. “To be at the pule' (Hawaiian Prayer) in the morning of a race like M2O and see that almost every competitor is on an SIC board at the most prestigious paddle event in the world, is something that all of us at SIC are all very proud of."

 

 

Along with the Bullet 17 setting the new world record, all but two of the top 10 men were on Bullet 17’s. It was not just the men that were ahead of all the competition. All of the top finishing women were paddling on SIC Bullets; Sonni Honshied, Jenny Kalenbach and Penelope Strickland finished first, second and third respectively. The rest of the top 10 finishing women were also on SIC boards.

SIC is a division of FLOW SPORTS, Inc. headquartered in San Clemente CA. FLOW Sports Inc. acquired SIC in July of 2012 and is now distributing the brand globally.

 

 

ABOUT SIC (Sandwich Islands Composites)

SIC “Sandwich Islands Composites” is the vision of master shaper/designer - Mark Raaphorst. Mark has more than 20 years experience building surfboards, windsurfers and outrigger canoes. He is credited as being one of the pioneers of SUP, the first to integrate an Active Steering System into and SUP and for creating some of the most winning race boards in the world. Their speed and agility, sleek styling and piercing waterlines, quality craftsmanship and attention to details, have also earned SIC the reputation of being the “Ferrari of SUP boards”. SIC makes boards for intermediate to elite paddlers looking for the best in race, fitness/touring and surf. For more information visit:www.sicmaui.com

Flow Sports is an innovative branding and global distribution company specializing in action-sports equipment and consumer goods. Best known as the creator of “Flow Snowboarding”, Flow Sports continues to add cutting-edge and complementary brands to its portfolio, leveraging synergies within the action-sports channel, transcending borders and offering unique value to both channel partners and active consumers. For more information on Flow brands, visit: www.flow.com, www.nxtz.com, www.sicmaui.com