Congratulations ASI SUP Instructor Paul Hepworth for completing the 2019 Avon Descent for a second time!

Congratulations ASI SUP Instructor Paul Hepworth for completing the 2019 Avon Descent for a second time!

AUSTRALIA. WA. PERTH. Paul Hepworth made history last year as the first competitor to complete the whole 124km course in the SUP category.

The Avon Descent is the longest running multi-sport adventure event in Western Australia which pits both paddle and power craft in a thrilling and gruelling 124 kilometre marathon race against the elements over two days from the Shire of Northam to the City of Bayswater Finish Line at Riverside Gardens.

The two-day course started with a 52 kilometre stretch beginning at the Town of Northam, 100 kilometres east of Perth. The course proceeded downriver through the town of Toodyay into the upper reaches of the Darling Range escarpment. Then an overnight stop at Boral Campsite located at Cobbler Pool 20 kilometres west of Toodyay.    Day 2 was 72 kilometres long and saw competitors tackle the valley containing the major white water obstacles and challenges of the event including Supershoot, Emu Falls, Championship Rapids and Bells Rapids, followed by a marathon 30 kilometre, flat water stretch to Bayswater.