Early risers who take a walk or jog at the Iloilo River Esplanade in the last six months are now familiar with a woman standing daily on a standup and using a paddle to move through the water. Lucy Lynette Ponce Uygongco, 51, of Bacolod City took up Standup Paddleboarding or SUPing on Nov. 13, 2021 and on May 26, 2022 became the first woman to cross Iloilo to Guimaras via Stand Up Paddle (SUP) and repeating the same feat this June 10, 2022

Villa, H. P. (2022, June 13). Woman crosses Iloilo to Guimaras twice on paddleboard. Panay News, pp. 4, 14.