Another great year at the Punta Sayulita Classic, a spectacular showing of some of the worlds best SUP’ers, an opportunity to learn from the very best, and step up our game!
Congratulations to all the Team Pacific Paddle athletes for keeping a pile of trophies here in Mexico!!! Veronica Nava takes home the Women’s Masters Elite race Victory, and wins the 2.2km race, Adam Finer for wins the 2.2km race, Felipe Rodriguez 4 place in the 10km race, Sergio Gonzalez 2nd place in the longboard division, Patricio Gonzalez 3rd place longboard division. Way to go team!
Check out the photos taken by our team photographer “Nacho” Davalos, and come and check out our great inventory of rental SUP’s and the biggest inventory of new paddle boards for sale in Mexico. Pacific Paddle has three locations with SUP’s for rent and for sale in Nayarit – Bucerias, Punta Mita, and now in Sayulita with the Sayulia Surf School.
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Adam & Vero Finer of Pacific Paddle surf in Mexico victorious in Sayulita! 
Competition Results
2012 MEN’S SUP SURF
(1) Zane Schweitzer (HAW)
(2) Kai Lenny (HAW)
(3) Ryan Helm (MEX)
(4) Tigre Cadena (MEX)
2012 WOMEN’S SUP SURF
(1) Candice Appleby (USA)
(2) Vanina Walsh (HAW)
(3) Jen Lee (HAW)
(4) Jenny Kalmbach (HAW)
2012 MEN’S LONGBOARD DIVISION
(1) Darren Eudaly (USA)
(2) Sergio Gonzalez (MEX) Team Pacific Paddle!!
(3) Patricio Gonzalez (MEX) Team Pacific Paddle!!
(4) Trae Candy (USA)
2012 WOMEN’S LONGBOARD DIVISION
(1) Karina Rozunko (USA)
(2) Mary Osborne (USA)
(3) Jen Lee (HAW)
(4) Candice Appleby (USA)
SUP RACE COMPETITIONS
ELITE RACE TOP 20
MEN
*1 CONNOR BAXTER 41 min. 58 sec.
*2 KAI LENNY 42 min. 03 sec.
*3 RYAN HELM 42min. 48 sec.
4 ZANE SCHWEITZER 43 min. 03 sec.
5 FERNANDO STALLA 44 min. 23 sec.
6 MATT BECKER 44 min. 28 sec.
7 AARON NAPOLEON 45 min. 06 sec.
8 BRENNAN ROSE 45 min. 37 sec.
9 HECTOR GONZALEZ 46 min. 09 sec.
10 RIGGS NAPOLEON 46 min. 21 sec.
11 FELIPE RODRIGUEZ 46 min. 58 sec. Team Pacific Paddle!!
12 ANTHONY VELA 49 min. 38 sec.
13 ALFRED VAN GIESEL 50 min. 46 sec.
14 JIM TERREL 51 min. 24 sec.
15 ADAM FINER 53 min. 35 sec.Team Pacific Paddle!!
16 GERRY LOPEZ 54 min. 13 sec.
17 DIEGO MARTINEZ 55 min. 03 sec.
18 STEVEN WINIARSKI 55 min. 29 sec.
19 KEVIN ROBERTS 59 min. 41sec.
20 JONATHAN HOLLIES 1 hr. 02 min. 43 sec.
WOMEN
*1 CANDICE APPLEBY 48 min. 28 sec.
*2 JENNY KALMBACH 50 min. 07 sec.
*3 TALIA GIANGINI 50 min. 08 sec.
WOMEN MASTERS DIVISION
*1 VERONICA NAVA – Team Pacific Paddle!!
10K – PUNTA a PUNTA SUP RACE
MEN
*1 CONNOR BAXTER 1 hr. 14 min. 42 sec.
*2 RYAN HELM 1 hr. 16 min. 32 sec.
*3 KAI LENNY 1 hr. 17 min. 07 sec.
4 FELIPE RODRIGUEZ 1 hr. 18 min. 39 sec. Team Pacific Paddle!!
5 ANTONHY VELA 1 hr. 15 min. 27 sec.
6 JIM TERREL 1 hr. 16 min. 54 sec.
1WOMEN
*1 JENNY KALMBACH 1 hr. 24 min. 19 sec.
*2 BRITT OLIPHANT 1 hr. 40 min. 26 sec.
*3 SOFIA DE WOLF 1 hr. 43 min. 40 sec.
2.2K SAYULITA FUN RACE
MEN
*1 ADAM FINER 19 min. 37 sec. Team Pacific Paddle!!
*2 DAVID ANDRADE 21 min. 05 sec.
*3 CHUCK PATTERSON (with a kid on his board) 22 min. 06 sec.
WOMEN
*1 VERONICA NAVA 23 min. 17sec. Team Pacific Paddle!!
*2 ALEJANDRA FERRIS 26 min. 26 sec.
*3 MARTHA DIAZ 29 min. 47 sec