Miraflores, Lima, Peru - Brad Gaul and Joel Mason let the paddleboarding community know that Team Australia is certainly the country to beat at the ISA World StandUp Paddle (SUP) and Paddleboarding Championship, earning the gold and silver medals in the Men's Paddleboard Race. Following in the footsteps of Jordan Mercer, who dominated the field in the Women's Paddleboard Race the day before, the pair distanced themselves from the pack early and never looked back. A quarter-mile from the turn to the beach, Gaul broke away and was the first to shake hands with ISA President Fernando Aguerre at the finish line. "It was very flat conditions out there, pretty hot, but it was a comfortable race once Joel and I got out; we set back into a rhythm and a pace and just did what we planned to do back home, and came back through here and completed the task," said Gaul, who finished the five-kilometer race in 38:14. "It's obviously a great honor [to win the first-ever men's gold medal at ! the ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship]," he continued. "The event is only going grow in years to come, with more and more countries coming and it will get more competitive. So, to be the first [gold medalist] on that list is awesome." Mason was a few hundred yards behind Gaul to lock down the maximum points for Australia. "In paddleboarding, you paddle for your self, it's really an individual sport, but to be here and to medal as part of Team Australia is a dream come true," Mason said. "ISA's
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