We got off the plane in Geneva and jumped on a train to Rolle, where Neil had arranged us to stay with a fellow paddler, Pascal, until we met the next day in Rolle for the International Surfing Day SUP event. Pascal was organizing the event and we were put straight to work. Well, sort of. The first stop was to the local winery where the grapes on their property are made into wine. We traveled up from the lake in to the vineyards to do some wine tasting at 10 in the morning! What a great way to start our trip, this place is beautiful. The rest of the day was spent helping set up for the event and organize things from the event ‘base’ which was Pascal’s mom’s house. It was a beautiful house overlooking their vineyards and Lake Geneva. In the evening we visited a small village with Pascal and had some delicious perch straight from the lake and local wine.

The next day we spent at the event helping out Neil and Rita, who are the distributors for the brand C4, teach people to SUP on their boards. There were 6 other brands present and was a big test day with lots of people trying out SUP in front of the Rolle Castle. What a backdrop and even despite the clouds and colder temps over 150 people got out on the water. I even did a couple 20 minute SUP Fit classes for people to join in.