Graphic for the Paddle Safe Photo Quest announcing the contest deadline extended to September 30. Text encourages paddlers to submit photos of safe practices to win a prize. Includes photos of paddlers in safety gear and a link to enter: z.umn.edu/mnsg_photoquest25. Credit: MNSG.

🚣Deadline extended - you now have until 9/30 to join the #PaddleSafeTwinPorts Photo Quest!

📸 Snap a pic before you launch or when you come in from the water:
- Next to a #PaddleSafe sign
- With your float plan
- Rocking reflective gear

➡️ Enter here: z.umn.edu/mnsg_pstp-ph...

Minnesota Sea Grant Great Lakes Transportation Extension Educator Kelsey Prihoda and MNSG Communications Associate Amanda Shie install a Paddle Safe Twin Ports sign at the Chambers Grove launch site on the St. Louis River Estuary in May 2024. Image credit: Minnesota Sea Grant

#LakeSuperior: gorgeous ✅
Paddleboard vs. freighter: NOT a fair fight ❌

Before you launch, check PaddleSafeTwinPorts.org for weather, launch info, & how to not end up in the ship lane.

Be safe. Be smart. Be dry.
🔗 z.umn.edu/mnsg_25pstp

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