Why is SUP so popular? The answer is clear: it gives the average person such an “instant experience” that is so fashionable today. You just buy or rent an SUP and within 10 minutes (or, if you’re good, even immediately) you get up on it and paddle while standing on any of the beaches or water on Lake Balaton. Tips. With yourself in a backpack, you can jump down to Lake Velence or even the beach, the point is that you are there with yourself, you can inflate the board and enjoy. If you practice enough, you can become a professional, but that’s another matter. Its popularity is due to the immediate experience and the fact that you are cool, because it allows you to walk on the water. If you fall into it, there’s no problem, you’ll climb back on it like a rubber mattress and you’re already safe (of course, never forget to put on your life jacket).
In Hungary, SUP is gaining popularity at an accelerating pace, there are more and more starters in open competitions, people like and enjoy it, and there is no compulsion to perform like an Olympic sport. Maybe, if it stays that way, it will remain a popular hobby for water sports enthusiasts.
