How much time have you spent watching windsurfing wave sailing slalom races or tow - in surfing footage?

Now, what are we going to do with SUPs? They are 'racing' in regattas for big prize money. According to Forbes magazine the SUP industry will hit 6B this year.

How do surfers endure wipeouts in seventy foot + waves in Europe and survive without a race committee?:-)?

They use flotation vests and jet skis.

They are at home in the sea; that's for sure.