Our Athletes
Maris Galenieks
Discipline: Technical race, Marathon, Dragon
EO equipment: NEBULA 14.0x22, JUNO 14.0x23, FORTIS-C 95
Co-founder and main production specialist. He is the person promising to stop at the next gas station during a road trip. Some-how “next gas station“ is usually 3 hours away.
4th place 2018 SUP Dragon World Championship
3rd place 2019 SUP Dragon World Championship
1st place 2024 SUP King Marathon (100km) - Salaca 100
Chris Jones
Discipline: Touring, All-round
EO equipment: NEBULA 14.0x23, OTI 90, FORTIS 90, FORTIS 95
Chris is the data geek at SUP My Race. He also is the guy who sometimes forgets to take the board with because it is all about the GPS watch! And he will try to get you to paddle an extra km with him before uploading his data.
8th place in 2019 Swedish National series
1st place overall in 2021 Scandinavian SUP league
Young guns
Maris Galenieks Jr.
Discipline: All-round, Dragon
Background: Kayak sprint
Chief Snack Officer (CSO), Snack Acquisition Lead, Head of Product (Snack) Management.
1st place 2019 SUP Dragon World Championship
1st place 2021 Latvian Junior Championships in K2 class (kayak sprint)
5th place 2021 Olympic hopes regatta (kayak sprint)
Marcis Galenieks a.k.a. “MC“
Discipline: All-round
Background: Kayak sprint
This is that guy, who will be asking right after the race: “How was this sport called, again?“.
1st place 2019 Latvian Open SUP Championship in U16 Technical Race
1st place 2021 Latvian Junior Championships in K2 class (kayak sprint)
5th place 2021 Olympic hopes regatta (kayak sprint)
Our Technical Staff
Artis Strazdins
Co-founder. Our engineer and mechanics freak (we also call him “ze brain”). If you can’t find him, he is probably working on new projects.
Arturs Strazdins
Co-founder. Our marketing and communications guy. Funny, always positive and eager to help out. Does Copy&Paste with mouse clicks.