Steve Bird and Jesse Phillips, Team H2O Audio Paddlers and members of the Australian Senior Sprint Kayak Team.

There’s tons to report this week, so lets get to it!

The Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix was this past weekend with both H2O Audio Ambassador swimmers taking to the pool.  Michael Phelps won the mens 200IM and Natalie Coughlin grabbed 1st in the 100 free.  With multiple Olympians in the water, it was a tough meet, you can check out a full report of the final results here.

SUP phenom Slater Trout traveled from Maui to Texas last week for the Austin Paddle Jam and a quick lesson in SUP 101 at the REI store in Austin.  Read his blog post for more details and photos from his travels.

In more paddle news, Chip Bock took 2nd place at the Key West Classic 12 miler on Saturday despite 30mph hour winds and bumpy conditions.  Also, Australian Olympic Team hopefuls Steve Bird and Jesse Phillips took 1st at the National Championships, earning them a place on the Australian Senior Sprint Kayak Team.  See Jesse and Steve in their final race here.