Stand Up Paddleboarding is now one of the most popular outdoor activities for summer time! The relaxing feeling of paddling atop the water and the free ability to sit, stand, or even handstand if you want to, have made SUPs a very popular item. SUPs may seem like a pretty new item, but did you know that they have a 3,000 year history? SUPs were originally used by Ancient Peruvians for hunting. Their SUPs were made of reeds and their paddles were bamboo. They would straddle the reed floats like many people use them to this day. They would go fishing and were actually said to have ridden the waves back into shore like modern day surfers. Turns out SUPs and Surfboards have been fun for us humans for thousands of years!

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