Woman rides paddleboard from Cuba to Florida Keys

Updated 11:33 pm, Wednesday, June 27, 2018

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) -- A Florida woman has completed a more than 100-mile (160-kilometer) voyage from Cuba to the Florida Keys on a standup paddleboard.

Victoria Burgess arrived in Key West on Wednesday, paddling across the Florida Straits in just under 28 hours.

Burgess is believed to be the first woman to make the trip from Cuba to the Keys on a standup paddleboard. The 34-year-old said that she wanted to set a record and serve to inspire others to accomplish their goals. She says she hopes to have the feat sanctioned by Guinness World Records.

Burgess is a Pompano Beach fire inspector, previously having served as a firefighter and paramedic.

https://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Woman-rides-paddleboard-from-Cuba-to-Florida-Keys-13032740.php

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Pictures of Victoria Burgess at USA Today:
Woman attempts to cross from Cuba to Key West on stand-up paddleboard

https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/2018/06/26/woman-attempts-to-cross-from-cuba-to-key-west-on-stand-up-paddleboard/36394217/


From Xinhua, in China, written in Spanish, translated to English through google:

SPECIAL: Woman surfs to unite Cuba and the United States
Updated 2018-06-27 01:00:11 Spanish.xinhuanetcom



The American, Victoria Burgess, 33 years old, reacts on board a boat from the Hemingway International Yacht Club, west of Havana, Cuba, on June 26, 2018. Stop on a surfboard, from where she rides with strong paletadas, the American Victoria Burguess tries from Tuesday to cross the Straits of Florida to unite, at least sportingly, to Cuba and the United States. Ahead it has about 90 miles (170 kilometers) that it tries to cover in about 30 hours to inscribe its name in the Guinness Book of record. (Xinhua / Joaqun Hernndez)


HAVANA, June 26 (Xinhua) - Stopped on a surfboard, from where paddles with strong paddling, the American Victoria Burguess tries Tuesday to cross the Straits of Florida to join, at least sportingly, to Cuba and the United States .

The sun barely shone this Tuesday when the 33-year-old surfer began her journey from the Hemingway International Nautical Club, west of Havana, to Key West, in the southern state of Florida in the United States.

Ahead it has about 90 miles that it tries to cover in about 30 hours to inscribe its name in the Guinness Book of record, who to a question of Xinhua responds that "failure is not among the plans".

Burguess is a thin and fibrous woman, with blond hair bleached by the sun, a combination that reveals her love for the sea and the gym, where she goes "at least once a week".

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