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While Lisa Curtis was getting her food startup off the ground in 2013, she learned two important lessons: She needed to find balance and she couldn’t be scared to take risks. Stand-up paddleboarding seemed like the perfect workout to reinforce both.

“Paddling is like a metaphor for life,” says Ms. Curtis, who is 29 years old. “It teaches you to find your center even amidst the waves. And the worst that happens is you fall in the…