Tim Oliver - Stand Up Paddle Board (SUP) Racing

 Local Blue Mountains (Thornbury) resident, Tim Oliver, is continuing the pursuit of his passion this year, stand up paddle board (SUP) racing. 

He recently competed  in the Hawaii M2O paddling race, from the island of Molokai to the island of Oahu, across 52 km of open Pacific ocean. The Kaiwi Channel where the race takes place is notorious for strong winds, large swells and strong currents. The M2O race is considered to be the toughest paddle board race in the world. Tim completed the 52-km course in a time of 5 hours, 50 minutes, which gained him first place among all SUP categories (board length, male and female, all ages) . His time was also 6th fastest overall for all competitors (male and female, all ages, prone and SUP, solo and relay team).

Tim’s training is ongoing as he has another unique international race coming up September 10-14 in the Netherlands. The ultra long distance race is called the "11 Cities Tour SUP Race", and traverses some of the historic waterways of Friesland, Holland, passing through 11 iconic Dutch towns over a distance of approximately 220 km. 

These same canals and waterways were home to long-distance Winter speed-skating events held in the region over many decades.

Good luck to Tim as he continues to represent the Blue Mountains, Ontario and Canada in the sport of SUP racing