Former Miami Dolphin Cheerleader Starts Stand-Up Paddleboarding Company

From SouthFloridaAdventures.com

Brenda Lowe, a former Miami Dolphin Cheerleader and recent Nike model, has jumped into the local stand-up paddleboard scene by starting a company that offers rentals, lessons and tours. Paddleboard Miami’s first event was on Sept. 12 off Key Biscayne. More than 30 people participated.

Lowe told SouthFloridaAdventures.com that she was introduced to stand-up paddleboarding in 2007.

“I bought my board about three months after trying it for the first time,” she said. “It took me about a month to decide which one to get and finally I chose the YOLO Board.”

Lowe has seen dolphins, manatees, sharks, sea turtles and alligators while paddleboarding off South Florida’s coast. She also tones her muscles and gets a solid cardio workout.

Being fit has been important to Lowe’s career.

“I was on the (cheerleaders) swimsuit calendar my first year as a rookie and I landed the cover my second year,” she said. “I also was featured in Maxim magazine my first and second year.”

Lowe, who studied broadcast journalism at Florida International University, has always been active. An avid tennis player since she was 10, she also earned a second-degree brown belt in Kenpo karate. Today, in addition to paddleboarding, she road bikes and mountain bikes regularly.

“While I was in the Miami Dolphins, we did a lot of dancing and kick line three times a week for three hours a practice,” she said. “It is a lot of training but they make it that way so we can withstand the heat during the football games in the stadium.”

During her cheerleading days, she also ran a lot on the beach to gain endurance and freedived to keep close to the ocean.

“You’d be surprised how hard it is to dance holding pompoms, which are not light, and while wearing boots! Not easy at all!”

After cheerleading Lowe modeled on a national Hispanic TV show called Que Dice La Gente. When it ended after two years she pursued her passion for water.

“Since I discovered many obscure paddleboarding spots I felt like these excursions could easily be enjoyed by many, many people,” she said. “I wanted to be the only paddleboarding business that offered the most creative and undiscovered spots to people.”

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