Check out the mad sprint at the start of the RiverRocks SUP race in Chattanooga on the weekend. Winner of the Elite Race, Chase Kosterlitz, gets off to a flyer.

This was a 6 mile race but it looks like most paddlers are sprinting flat out. They probably are; with flat water races there’s always a lot of jockeying at the beginning to keep up with the pace setters and not miss out on the draft trains.