Will Connaughton has been a surfer since he was a young boy, but he only took up stand-up paddleboarding five years ago, mainly for exercise and adventure, but also to keep connected to the water.
“When you’re surfing, the conditions and waves have to be right, but when they aren’t good that’s when I go paddling,” said Connaughton, a West Islip resident who paddleboards in Suffolk County bays. READ MORE