Sophie Witter - SUP LEJOG, Fundraising World First, Living with Anxiety + Avocado + Coriander

I am so thrilled to welcome Sophie Witter to The Joy of SUP Podcast. 

Sophie is one half of SUP It and Sea UK, the first pair to paddleboard from Land's End to John O'Groats in 2021. Sophie and her partner Dave are now hiking back to Land's End! 

Sophie is a Celebrant and Mumma to her Cat + Teddy Bears.

Having spent many years living a life that didn’t feel like hers and struggling with her anxiety and depression, Sophie is on a journey to take on the adventures she has always dreamed of as well as fulfil dreams she never knew she harboured, whilst still learning how to manage her mental health. 

Sophie aims to remain open and honest about her mental health especially the challenges they present on expeditions and hopes that by sharing her journey she can encourage, support and inspire others to give their adventure or dream a go. 

We all need a reminder including Sophie that you don’t have to be superhuman, a superstar athlete or 100% ready (is there such a thing) to have an adventure or fulfil your dreams. 

• Donation Link* - https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/supitandsea
• Wilderness Foundation - https://wildernessfoundation.org.uk/
• RNLI - https://www.frontlinechildren.org/
• Frontline Children - https://www.frontlinechildren.org

Equipment

• Board - Sic Maui Bullet 14ft by 30in 
• Paddles - Blackfish Salish and Andaman sourced from Gareth at Get on the Water who helped replace our boards
• Steve at Fusion Repairs who fixed our hardboard 

SUP community & Support

• Thames Challenge with Julia Kala from SUPERA and Mike Smith from SUPPlanetearth
• Jordan Wylie Expedition and Community Patron + Alex Alley PM and Navigation Advisor
• Dave Brown from WSA helped organise training and introduced us to Sam Starkie. Sam runs Newquay Watersports Centre  with his team went above and beyond showing us how to fix our boards and helping with kit
• Support Crew - Mandy, Mike, Joe, John, Liz, Kevin and Martin 
• Paula Reid who although not officially part of our team was a great help  giving us the belief to go and do it. https://www.paulareid.com/
• Sponsors - SUP Scrub and Fullgreen 

Find Sophie:
Website: www.supitandsea.uk
Instagram: @supitandseauk
Instagram: @sophiew1508

Thank you to Bluefin SUP for sponsoring Season 3 of the podcast.

I hope you enjoyed the episode!

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