Anni Ridsdill Smith - Frangipani SUP, BSUPA, SUP Racing + Friendship

07/02/21 • 56 min

The Joy of SUP - The Paddleboarding Sunshine Podcast

I am so thrilled to welcome Anni Ridsdill Smith to the podcast today!
Anni is the owner of Frangipani SUP Limited, a long established and very popular British Stand Up Paddle Association (BSUPA) approved SUP school in Essex, with an experienced team of qualified instructors offering courses and certification for beginners, tourers and racers.

She is a Director of BSUPA and trains Instructors in Essex and around the UK, supported by a Masters Degree in Training and Performance Management and many years experience training airline and airport staff.

Anni is a passionate and successful SUP racer who competed at the UK's first ever women's invitational SUP race at the Southampton Boat Show in 2013 and she has competed regularly ever since.

She is a committee member of GBSUP and with members of her beloved Frangipani SUP Race team just loves travelling the county to race hard. She is an Ambassador for Mistral SUP in the UK and for #ThisGirlCan, for SUP in Essex.

In her non SUP time Anni is a Board Trustee at the Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trust and wife and mum to her super, fun family of tall men and pesky cats.

In this episode we talk about:
Anni's business:
www.FrangipaniSUP.com
www.Facebook.com/FrangipaniSUP
www.Twitter.com/FrangipaniSUP

SUP racing
GBSUP series
How to start and build a SUP business - things you need to know first!
BSUPA - who they are, what they do and why Anni loves their work and is on the Board
Mistral SUP and why she loves them
The friendships she has made and how wonderful the SUP racing community is in particular
Paddleboarding responsibly as a community
How to get SUP fit
Writing for SUP Mag UK

There is so much wisdom and experience in this podcast about paddleboarding technique and knowledge, running a business, the SUP community, friendship and being SUP fit. I really hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Do follow Anni to keep up to date with what she is doing!

If you have any questions, please get in touch on [email protected].
Instagram is @thejoyofsuppodcast_
Follow #thejoyofsuppodcast on Twitter and Instagram
Facebook The Joy of SUP Podcast
Website www.jomoseley.com
It would be fantastic if you could also rate and review us on Apple as it will help more people find our paddleboarding SUP sunshine!
Wishing you sunshine, thank you for listening, Jo x
Please always put safety first + get the right advice for your training + body.

Anni is a passionate and successful SUP racer who competed at the UK's first ever women's invitational SUP race at the Southampton Boat Show in 2013 and she has competed regularly ever since.

In her non SUP time Anni is a Board Trustee at the Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trust and wife and mum to her super, fun family of tall men and pesky cats.

In this episode we talk about:
Anni's business:
www.FrangipaniSUP.com
www.Facebook.com/FrangipaniSUP
www.Twitter.com/FrangipaniSUP

SUP racing
GBSUP series
How to start and build a SUP business - things you need to know first!
BSUPA - who they are, what they do and why Anni loves their work and is on the Board
Mistral SUP and why she loves them
The friendships she has made and how wonderful the SUP racing community is in particular
Paddleboarding responsibly as a community
How to get SUP fit
Writing for SUP Mag UK

Previous Episode

Evie Smith-Woolley - One Wave Sidmouth, Fluro Friday, Freedom and Tunnock Caramel Bars

I am so thrilled to welcome Evie to the podcast today!
Evie is a mental health nurse from Devon and co tribe leader of OneWave Sidmouth where she combines her love of the sea and paddle boarding with her passion for making blue therapy accessible to all.

She believes that everyone should have the chance to feel the benefits of the sea, talk openly about mental health and be part of a supportive community.

@OneWaveisallittakes is a non-profit surf community raising awareness of mental health with a simple recipe: salt water, surfing and wearing fluro to make an invisible issue visible.
Started in 2013 by Grant Trebilco in Australia, OneWave has spread all over the world with around 200 groups now taking part.

In 2019 Sidmouth joined the initiative and tribe leaders Evie and Charlotte now run frequent Fluro Friday sessions on the beach.

With thanks to the incredible guys at @FatStickBoards and very generous donations, OneWave Sidmouth provides opportunities for people to experience Paddleboarding and other water based activities depending on the sea conditions.
With thanks to a previous guest Becky Dickinson for introducing Evie to me! You can listen to Becky's podcast episode here.
I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I do! I'd love to hear your thoughts and do follow Evie and Charlotte at One Wave Sidmouth.
If you have any questions, please get in touch on [email protected].
Instagram is @thejoyofsuppodcast_
Follow #thejoyofsuppodcast on Twitter and Instagram
Facebook The Joy of SUP Podcast
Website www.jomoseley.com
It would be fantastic if you could also rate and review us on Apple as it will help more people find our paddleboarding SUP sunshine!
Wishing you sunshine, thank you for listening, Jo x
Please always put safety first + get the right advice for your training + body.

Next Episode

Cath Knight - SUP The River Wye, Live Loudly Live Kindly, Friends on Adventures + Bliss Balls

I'm thrilled to welcome Cath Knight to The Joy of SUP Podcast today!
Cath is a very inspiring woman whose recent river paddleboarding and fundraising adventure on the River Wye with her friend Ginny Cooper really moved me.
Cath lives in a village called Taplow close to the River Thames and Maidenhead. She has a busy life with two sons Jack 15 and is a Forest School Leader as well as being part of and volunteering at a plastic free Refill Shop.

In May 2021 Cath and a childhood friend, Ginny embarked upon a 100 miles, 5 day adventure on the River Wye to raise money for a charity - The Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group in memory of Ruby Fuller and her fund. They were supported by Ginny's partner Fillip.
If you wish to make a donation to help them reach their £10,000.00 goal you can find their fundraising page here. How wonderful it would be if we could help them as a community!
Here are some links to places and people we talk about in the podcast:
A link to Ruby's Fund.
Ruby's message to the world that Cath talks about is Live Kindly, Live Loudly.
Cath's local friends at Paddleboarding Maidenhead
Cath is part of Maidenhead Sailing Club
Beautiful Taplow Lakeside
Cath talks about Jamie at YOFI Paddlesports who generously guided Ginny and Cath through Symonds Yat when the river was so high.
You can find Wye SUP - the page she shares with Ginny here. It is @wyesup.

I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I do. I found Cath
If you have any questions, please get in touch on [email protected].
Instagram is @thejoyofsuppodcast_
Follow #thejoyofsuppodcast on Twitter and Instagram
Facebook The Joy of SUP Podcast
Website www.jomoseley.com
It would be fantastic if you could also rate and review us on Apple as it will help more people find our paddleboarding SUP sunshine!
Wishing you sunshine, thank you for listening, Jo x
Please always put safety first + get the right advice for your training + body.