Gábor Rakonczay gave up his attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean with SUP and returned to the mainland with the help of a rescue helicopter.

Six days after the start, the Hungarian extreme athlete decided to complete his experiment, which he had designed and built himself, with a rigid 5.5 x 1.5 meter surfboard, starting from the Canary Islands, completely alone, without a boat. shooting guard.

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It would have been the first in the world to successfully complete a test of this type with a ship without a cabin. He reportedly had to leave the business and transport it to Tenerife because it was completely frozen.

Gábor Rakonczay is fine, read on the athlete’s Facebook page.

The athlete did the same a year ago, when he abandoned the fight due to a much stronger wind than expected, and his stand up paddle (SUP) was also injured by an unknown object.



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