Fifty two hope for world record on stand up paddleboard

 

A group of 52 stand-up paddleboarders from Auckland are waiting to be confirmed as Guinness World Record holders.

The record attempt for the most people on a stand-up paddleboard happened last Saturday at the On Water Boat Show in Auckland's Viaduct Harbour.

Charles Winstone, general manager of Lancer Industries, came up with the idea as a way to demonstrate the stability and durability of their Airodock.

With Winstone's strong ties to the Child Cancer Foundation it quickly became a fundraiser with four children from the foundation taking their place at the front of the board.

Winstone then approached Troy Huston, the ...more