Ben Friberg paddleboards on the Yukon River in Canada.Vote onlineBen Friberg’s Yukon River trip has been is one of the five adventures nominated for top stand-up paddleboard expedition of 2012 by SUP Magazine. The winner will be determined by an online reader vote. To vote for Friberg’s trip, go online to http://tinyurl.com/c94ftsw
To say that Ben Friberg is going places would be an understatement.
Over a 24-hour period in late June, the Chattanooga native traveled farther on a stand-up paddleboard than anyone has gone before — an eye-poping 238 miles down the Yukon River in northwestern Canada.
Friberg is in the process of having his trip certified as a world record by Guinness World Records, surpassing the previous official record of 60 miles, which was done in the open ocean.
Friberg took to stand-up paddleboarding about three years ago after more than 20 years of kayaking on the Ocoee River and other whitewater rivers in the region. After learning about stand-up paddleboarding, he began running the Ocoee rapids on a paddleboard and saw the sport as a new challenge.