Non stop action here in Lima Peru for the Nations Parade, where the Swiss Team did not go unnoticed with their handmade embroidered Swiss capes, flags attached to their paddles, lots of cowbell ringing and an on stage yoddle.

 

Representing Switzerland:

Steeve Fleury: 4.5km Technical Race Open / SUP Surfing
Jean-luc Malfroid: 4.5km Technical Race Open / SUP Marathon
Christophe Querri: SUP Surfing
Robert Etienne: SUP Marathon / Team Coach

Tough start for the Swiss team in the SUP Surfing contest but both Steeve Fleury and Christophe Querry battled hard in the qualifying rounds of the World Championships.
Even if they missed the qualification, they're both are happy to have been able to represent our "Heimat" wonderful Switzerland, a country with no coastline at this historical SUP Surf event.

​Fantastic day for the Swiss team who not only both qualified but place well in the finals competing against the worlds best check out Steeve Fleury amazing 15th place and Jean Luc Malffroid 22nd place on the results below:

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ISA World SUP & Paddleboard Championship Peru 2012
Official Men's SUP Racing Technical Results FINALS:
# name from place time
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45 Travis Grant AUS 1 (gold) 17:00
59 Jaime Mitchell AUS 2 (silver) 17:00
66 Paul Jackson NZL 3 (bronze) 17:39
52 Matt Becker USA 4 (copper) 17:44
61 Eric Terrien FRA 5 17:45
65 Jay Wild USA 6 17:59
67 Felipe Rodriguez MEX 7 18:00
47 Gaetan Sene FRA 8 18:03
64 Chris Bertish RSA 9 18:33
58 Roman Frejo SPN 10 18:46
53 Hector Gonzales MEX 11 18:47
46 Luiz Guido BRA 12 19:18
48 Gonzalo Miranda ARG 13 19:20
73 Belar Diaz SPN 14 19:29
68 Steeve Fleury SWI 15 19:39
72 Pietro Muscas ITA 16 20:49
63 Tamil Martino PER 17 21:01
71 Mark Slater GBR 18 21:04
57 John Harvey GBR 19 21:06
51 Greg Bertish RSA 20 21:28
62 Sebastian Borbero ARG 21 21:40
54 Jean-Luc Maffroid SWI 22 22:31
49 Jose Gomez PER 23 23:19
56 Ed O'Farrell IRE 24 23:32

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