StandUP Paddle Planet

The Punta Sayulita resort community formally announces the dates for the 3rd Annual Punta Sayulita Longboard & Stand-Up Paddle Classic to be held on March 9 – 11, 2012 in the beautiful surfside village of Sayulita, Mexico, along Mexico’s Riviera Nayarit.

(PRWeb November 30, 2011)

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The 1st Annual Punta Sayulita Longboard & Stand-Up Paddle Classic (“the Classic”) is set to take place on April 17-18 in beautiful Sayulita, Mexico. The international field of professional surfers from the United States and Mexico is led by Honorary Ambassadors James Pribram of Laguna Beach, CA, renowned Mexican big wave surfer, Carlos “Coco” Nogales of Puerto Escondido and Mexico’s current national longboard champion, Patricio Gonzalez of Sayulita. The field will be limited to 30 competitors made up of both professional invitees and amateurs competing in various age group divisions as well as in the “open” contest for the longboard and stand-up paddle surfing categories.

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