Focus SUP Hawaii team rider Mo Freitas from Haleiwa, Hawaii received the “Rookie of the Year” award at the SUP Awards at the awards night in San Clemente, CA leading into to this year’s “Battle of the Paddle”.

In a year where the young Mo collaborated with top shaper/designer, North Shore’s Pat Rawson to develop the high performance SUP, he’s been ripping in the waves, as well as becoming a force also in racing, finishing fifth in the recent “Battle of the Paddle” elite division.

Mo won the “Rookie” award by a crushing margin validating his amazing skills both as a SUP racer and SUP surfer in the presence of a packed house of top athletes and industry leaders.

In his acceptance speech, Mo thanked his sponsors Focus SUP Hawaii and Body Glove and of course his dad Tony Freitas who has been the driving force behind the young phenomenon.

Focus SUP Hawaii is thrilled with his victory and wanted to thank all who voted for him.

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About Focus SUP Hawaii:

Focus SUP was founded by Jacob Benzvi, Nitzan Benhaim, and Tal Meirovitz in late 2008 with the idea of designing the best Standup Paddle Boards (SUP).

Today Focus SUP Brands offers over 50 different SUP models that cover all SUP activities from flat water paddling, racing, surfing, and touring.

Designed in Hawaii, Focus SUP boards are sold worldwide. Since its humble beginnings, Focus SUP has evolved into Focus SUP Brands (FSB) Inc. with five lines including FOCUS SUP Hawaii, FOCUS/Pat Rawson "High Performance", STANDUP PADDLESPORTS, BODY GLOVE SUP, and SURF DIVA SUP.

Focus SUP Hawaii sponsors top SUP riders Hawaiian like Mo Freitas and Halie Harrison.