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Show SPORTS The Park Record. Editor: Adam Spencer sports@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.104 Twitter: @ParkRecSports INTro To LACrosse Basin Recreation is partnering with Team Altitude for an introduction to lacrosse program (two sessions) on June 24-28 at Ecker Hill and Aug. 5-9 at Trailside Park. The clinic will run 9-11 a.m. each day. First through third graders will learn the fundamentals of the game and be provided with sticks and eye protection for practice. Cost is $55 per week. To register, visit www. basinrecreation.org, call (435) 6550999, or stop by the Fieldhouse. PArK CITY TeeN GoLF CAMPs Join Park City Golf Club for teen golf camps this summer. These clinics are for teens ages 13-17. Camps will cover all areas of the game including safety, grip, stance, putting, chipping, full swing, course etiquette and rules. Registration is open now. The camp runs June 10-13 from 1 to 4 p.m. each day. The cost is $150. Call 435-6155800 or go to www.parkcitygolfclub. org for more details. PArK CITY JUNIor GoLF CAMPs The Park City Golf Club will be hosting three junior golf camps in the coming weeks: June 10-13, June 17-20, and June 24-27. All camps are open to golfers ages 7-12 and will run from 9 a.m. to noon. The cost is $165. Contact Park City Golf Club at 435-6155800 or go to www.parkcitygolfclub. org for more details. PChs BoYs' BAsKeTBALL YoUTh CAMP Join the Park City High School boys' basketball team, along with head coach Caleb Fine and his staff, for a junior basketball camp June 10-12 at PCHS. The camp runs from 9 a.m. to noon each day and costs $60. it is open to boys in grades 4-8. Register beginning at 8:30 a.m. on June 10. For more information, contact Coach Fine at cfine@pcschools.us. soLDIer hoLLoW YoUTh ADVeNTUre CAMP Calling all children ages 8-10: it's time to sign up for the Soldier Hollow Youth Adventure Camp. The camp, which features biathlons, hiking, games, swimming, indoor rock climbing, a ropes course, agility events and more, will have two sessions this summer: June 10-12 and July 8-10. Both sessions run 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily. The cost is $90, with an athletic shirt included. To register, visit www.teamsoldierhollow.com. Please see Sports Briefs, B-4 TreVINo NAMeD To ALL-sTAr TeAM, B-2 CoMPeTITIVe CYCLIsT sIGNs PAGe, B-8 www.parkrecord.com B-1 WED/THURS/FRI, JUNE 5-7, 2013 At home on the water Parkite helps standup paddleboarding grow By AdAm SpenCer The Park Record Growing up in Utah, Trent Hickman's dreams of becoming a professional surfer were dashed at an early age. But watching the 36-year-old founder of Park City Standup Paddleboarding glide across the water on his 14foot racing-style paddleboard, it's clear that he's at home on the water. Now he's trying to share his love of the water with the people of Park City through PC SUP. Since starting the business four years ago, Hickman can usually be found by the ponds at lower Deer Valley, giving lessons and teaching classes. He said the sport has become more popular each of the four years he's run PC SUP. "It's growing exponentially year after year," he said. "And there's good reason for it. It's good for the body and it's really fun." Though he can usually be found on the slopes during the winter, he shifts his focus to the water as soon as it warms up. In fact, he loves surfing and water so much he used to live in Costa Rica during the summers. Hickman was bartending at the Blind Dog in Park City when a friend invited him down to his Costa Rica home on the shores of the Caribbean. "He invited me down for a surfing trip and I literally fell in love with the place," he said. "I decided I needed to be down there." Hickman jumped at the opportunity, opting to spend winters shredding in Park City and summers surfing in Costa Rica. He ended up spending five years bouncing between the two locations. "I kind of tuned in to Costa Rica, and I enjoy the culture and the people," he said. "And the waves are plentiful and frequent." Living in Park City full time the past several years, he said he sometimes misses the beach. CHRiSTOPHER REEVES/The park record Trent hickman paddles across the pond at Deer Valley. "I'm trying to work back into that Park City/Costa Rica mix somehow," he said. "Maybe winters and summers in Park City and springs and falls in Costa Rica." He took up paddleboarding as a way to stay active during the times when he was in Park City during the summer and, therefore, wasn't surfing. "As I transitioned out of (surfing), I tried standup paddleboarding," he said. "The first time I stood on the board, I knew I was going to be involved in it." From there, everything fell into place for his new career. "I've got a background in personal training and fitness," he said. "And then, as a surfer, everything just clicked. Here I am, still tied into beach culture in Park City and I'm still on the water." PC SUP is expanding its offerings in response to growing interest in the sport. SUP yoga is one of the newest trends becoming more popular. "The act of just being on a paddleboard will make your balance improve," Hickman said. "When you put yoga moves into that mix, it activates all your stabilizers. It's a really neat component to both yoga and SUP." Additionally, on Sept. 14, PC SUP will host the second-annual Paddle/ Pedal/Paddle race. "It's a really unique event we're growing in Park City," Hickman said. "It's essentially a five-mile paddle on your race board. That should take just over an hour. Then, you jump on your bike and do 10 miles on the mountain bike trail with 3,000 vertical feet of change. And then you get off your bike and, after you've cooked your legs, you've got to get back on your board and do five more miles of paddleboarding." He said the Paddle/Pedal/Paddle was inspired by the increasing interest in long-distance events like the Ironman and Tough Mudder races. "People want something that's going to really challenge them," he said. "So that's where (the Paddle/Pedal/ Paddle) came from. It took me about three hours and 20 minutes to do it last year." While this event may be too challenging for some, he said, there's a level of paddleboarding that's right for nearly everyone. "It's kind of like one person does it and they have to tell someone. Then that person tells someone," he said. "Given the right wind and water conditions, anyone can do it. It's accessible to the masses." And, at the end of the day, Hickman said, nothing beats a day spent out on the water. "You're cruising a board through water," he said. "It's just perfect." For more information on paddleboarding in Park City, visit www.pcsupcup.com or www.facebook.com/ParkCitySUP USSA honors four graduates on Saturday Inaugural TEAM Academy class receives diplomas CHRiSTOPHER REEVES/The park record Maddy olsen, of Park City, along with her fellow graduates (L-r) Kiley McKinnon, Jess Breda and Alexi Micinski, thanks those who influenced her education, during the UssA TeAM Academy graduation on saturday. By AdAm SpenCer The Park Record Pomp and Circumstance didn't even play all the way through before the four members of the USSA TEAM Academy's inaugural graduating class passed through the group assembled on the third-floor deck of Please see USSA graduation, B-2 RARE OPPORTUNITY! SUMMIT COUNTY SHABU SPRING SPECIALS Snow Creek Shopping Center $25 OFF DINNER (Park City Market & Liquor Store) WITH YOUR $75 FOOD PURCHASE HAPPY HOUR 1050 sq.ft. 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