Meddelande från Maui:

“Congratulations Kai Lenny, for winning the 2011 SUP Athlete of the Year AWSI Award at Surf Expo this past weekend. Kai is the defending World SUP Surf Champion and a well-spoken ambassador of the sport. He is a fearless athlete and fierce competitor in both surf and flatwater competitions and is truly deserving of this title. Congratulations Kai!

Surf Expo, held from September 7-10th in Orlando, FL is the industry’s largest and longest running trade show with nearly 4,000 lines of board sports, beach and vacation-related merchandise and boutique fashions. New for this year was the first AWSI (Association of Wind and Water Sports Industries) awards for various categories including AWSI SUP athlete of the year, AWSI Windsurfing Athlete of the year, AWSI Kiteboarding Athlete of the year – just to name a few.

Naish took top honors in winning three of the categories:

2011 AWSI SUP Athlete of the year: Kai Lenny
2011 AWSI Windsurfing Athlete of the year: Nathan Mershon
2011 AWSI SUP brand of the year: Naish (as voted by AWSI SUP retailers)

We are honored to be voted so highly by US industry leaders. Thank you to the AWSI and thanks to all of you who ride our boards and paddle our paddles. It is your passion for SUP that fuels us to keep doing what we do.

Aloha all!”