Ep. 1208: Paddleboarding From the Bahamas to Florida Revisited with Casey Kiernan
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Paddleboard racing: Casey's unexpected overall win in the 80-mile Crossing for Cystic Fibrosis from Bahamas to Florida, taking the women's division and top spot, building on her skimboarding background where she became world champion twice, and her rapid rise in paddleboarding since starting in January 2021.
Casey had high hopes when she set off from the Bahamas to race her paddleboard to Florida during the annual Crossing for Cystic Fibrosis. She knew she had trained well, prepared her best and was a strong paddler. However, she didn’t expect that she would actually win the 80-mile adventure.
When she ran through the finish line on the Florida beach, she was elated to find that she had not only won the women’s division of the race but the race overall!
Today we’re hearing Casey’s story about how her love of skimboarding and unexpectedly being crowned the world champ twice led to her also becoming a highly accomplished paddleboarder, a sport she has only started since January 2021.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Adventure Sports podcast. We talk with adventurers from around the globe |
| 0:11.8 | to bring you the inspiration and motivation you need to get started in the outdoors or to |
| 0:16.1 | keep you moving if you're already there. Hello, and welcome to the Adventure Sports podcast. |
| 0:22.5 | This is Caleb. |
| 0:24.1 | I've got a fun episode for you today as we round that corner into warmer weather. |
| 0:29.8 | In today's revisited episode, Mason interviews Casey Kiernan. |
| 0:34.9 | A Casey grew up as an avid skimboarder and surfer, and in 2021 she had the opportunity to race an |
| 0:44.3 | annual 80-mile crossing for cystic fibrosis race. |
| 0:49.1 | She knew she had trained well, she was well prepared, but she was not expecting to actually |
| 0:53.3 | win the race. |
| 1:01.0 | And that's what this episode is about, about her journey from skimboarding as a girl and surfing to winning not only the women's division of the race, but the race overall. |
| 1:06.4 | I hope you enjoyed the episode. |
| 1:08.3 | Here's Mason. |
| 1:10.9 | Casey Kearinen, welcome to the show. |
| 1:13.3 | Hey, thank you so much for having me. I'm super excited. |
| 1:16.2 | Yeah. Where are you coming from today? And is that home for you? |
| 1:20.3 | So I am in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, so southeast side of Florida. |
| 1:26.3 | So are you from that area originally? Was that, |
| 1:28.7 | was that where you're born and raised or is it kind of new to you? Yeah, I'm a South Florida native. |
| 1:34.4 | I've ever since I was born in West Palm Beach, I've kind of lived all over the county, |
| 1:39.3 | went to school in Jacksonville, Florida, lived in California for six months and decided I wanted to come back |
| 1:45.0 | home because South Florida is the best place ever. So have you always been in the water? |
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