This trip saw him contend with sharks, storms and loneliness on his adventure.
He accomplished the voyage on a custom-built 20ft-long board, built for $ 120,000 (£99,000). The board was designed by a British boat designer and naval architect, Phil Morrison, and took six months to construct.
The front of the board has a cabin, in which Chris sat upright, and he kept his satellite weather forecasting equipment, GPS systems, VHF radios, an autopilot system, satellite phone, solar panels and water stores within a small sleeping space.
When he was hit by storms, Chris had somewhere to take cover and stabilise the board using anchors.
The craft, capable of righting itself if it capsized, was fitted with an emergency grab bag, flares and life-raft.
The previous attempt to cross the Atlantic on a stand-up paddle board ended a week into the trip with the captain, Frenchman Nicolas Jarossy, being pulled from the sea by a rescue crew.
Chris paddled an average of 43 miles a day, beating his plan for 30 miles daily.
He managed a gruelling 60 miles on the penultimate day to make the final push. He mostly travelled at night to avoid sun exposure and said he kept well-nourished with protein shakes, freeze-dried meals and salty jerky.
Speaking about the experience at a press conference on his arrival in Antigua, Chris described how his final night was so intense, he didn’t know if he would survive.
He said: “When I look at the conditions we had last night, it just seems mind-boggling that I’m just alive at all, to be perfectly honest.”
One of the most shocking stories was when he faced giant quids and whales in the midst of a storm in the Canary Islands. Waves reached up to 20 feet.
He said: “I was getting pulled down through waves by a creature. It was like something out of some science fiction film.”
