Sponsors

Paddle Grand Prix is proud to recognize the following companies or individuals for their generous sponsorship donations. Help us thank our sponsors by supporting their businesses!

Wanna know the #1 Top Ninja Secret to faster racing for a lifetime, after you’re all trained up, geared up and wired up to be “all that”? It’s good nutrition! And for that reason we’re way, WAY proud to announce Paddle Grand Prix’s latest sponsor: Barlean’s Organic Oils! This local, family-owned, quality-based company specializes in organic flax seed and Omega-3 fish oils, and has a HUGE (and growing) following in the Pacific NW and across the nation. Barlean’s will be providing us with a few custom-designed “Racer’s Toolkit” of their high-performing, nutritionally excellent products for raffle winner! Thanks Barleans. Stoked as ever to have you on board! 

www.MtBaker.us — What could be a better compliment to summer SUP paddling than some winter mountain-shredding at Mt. Baker Ski Area near Bellingham?! We’ll be handing out several sets of donated lift tickets to lucky Paddle Grand Prix raffle winners, so be sure to be there and get YOURS!

www.Kialoa.com — We’re proud to announce Kialoa Paddles, based in Bend, OR, has become the latest sponsor of the Paddle Grand Prix!
We’ve been using Kialoa stand-up and outrigger paddles for the past year exclusively — and during the 2006 and 2007 Molokai Ho’e OC-6 World Championships –  and are HUGE fans of these GREAT paddles!

www.RubyCreekBoathouse.com — We are stoked to announce Bill Walker and Ruby Creek Boathouse as Paddle Grand Prix’s newest sponsor!
Ruby Creek Boathouse will be donating a Bending Branches SUP paddle to the raffle!  

BellinghamSUP.com — Dealer of Starboard SUP boards and NW ambassadors for the sport, and kiteboarding too! The BellinghamSUP crew will be on hand at Paddle Grand Prix with SUP demos for the whole family.

 NWWayofLife.com — “Every Adventure Begins at Home!” Affiliated with RE/MAX Whatcom County, Paddle Grand Prix co-organizer Brandon Nelson is proud to donate some NW Way of Life schwag and prize money.

 Paddle Grand Prix invites sponsorship from your company! Whether you’d like to volunteer on race day, contribute race schwag or prize money, we’d love to hear from you! Contact heather@chargelife.com to discuss a win/win sponsorship arrangement.

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