Episode 33
World Championship Competititor, SUP Teacher and Enviromentalist - Maddi Leblanc
Canadian national paddler Maddi Leblanc's incredible enthusiasm for the sport shines through in every word of this interview.
A talented paddler, she was asked in 2018 to join the Canada team at the ISA Championships in China following her domination of events across her native Ontario.
In this episode she shares her infectious enthusiasm for stand-up paddleboarding, her unfinished business on the international race scene and how she first came to discover the sport.
Maddi has not only competed at the highest level, but does much more to develop the sport and it's benefits.
She supports and teaches the SUPkids programme spreading the stoke to the younger generation, she has established annual fundraisers and is currently studying the effect that stand-up paddling has had on environmental attitudes and awareness.
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