Sonni Hönscheid, a stand-up paddling professional, explains why her sport conveys freedom, why she doesn’t get back pain – and how to avoid falling off the board right away.
The best sport is the one you do and like yourself – who would know that better than a professional athlete. They have turned their passion into a profession and hobby athletes can learn a lot: from the ideal arm position for freestyle swimming to accident-free braking when inline skating or the best strength training with your own body: “Explain your sport” asks the experts and helps, leisure sports even more to do better. This part is about THE leisure phenomenon of the summer: Stand Up Paddling. Sonni Hönscheid, 39, originally a professional surfer, started more than 15 years ago. From 2014 to 2016, she won the renowned endurance race in Hawaii three times: 51.49 kilometers on the open sea. She is Germany’s most successful stand-up paddler.
