In our latest excerpt from the series of SUP SAFETY books written by Bill Dawes,  National Safety Officer for stand up paddleboarding in New Zealand, we’re going to look at another paddleboarding emergency scenario and how to deal with it, utilising and building upon the processes covered in the previous blog articles in this series.

Dealing with an injury

The previous articles in this series can be accessed here  The article finished with a challenge - have a go at thinking through how the process would work in the event of a physical problem.  Something has gone wrong with you.  How would you deal with it? 

So here goes…

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