Body Glove Footwear and the South West Florida SUP Club
partnered together to bring the Body Glove Calu SUP Race to Fort Myers beach
and help raise funds and awareness for the Lee County special Olympics.
Stand Up Paddle Boarding will be introduced to the Special
Olympics as an official sport in their up coming games that the athletes from
around the country participate in. Damien Grafmyre and Marc Malacon are both
working towards becoming official coaches to help out the Special Olympic
athletes.
The Body Glove Calu SUP race brought in close to 50 East
Coast elite endurance racers and over 500 spectators to the event that raised
over $2500 for the Athletes
Body Glove Footwear has pledged to sponsor the event for the next 5 years in continued support of Lee County’s Special Olympic athletes along with working to grow the event to being a premier destination for races here in Southwest Florida States Eli Mcginty Vice President of Sales and Marketing Body Glove Footwear.
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