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Garrett Fletcher has been practising SUP both recreationally and competitively for many years. He’s more recently taken to outrigger canoeing. A sport he believes has real potential if certain criteria are brought together and it’s given the right chance to flourish in a more mainstream environment. For outrigger specialist Woo, he spoke with TotalSUP about […]

French outrigger canoe manufacturer Woo has just pulled off a major coup by launching the smallest outrigger canoe model currently on sale in the world. In doing so, they are single-handedly putting a stop to one of the major sticking points that confronts potential buyers when looking to purchase an OC1, it’s awkward dimensions. The […]

Woo, le fabricant français de pirogues, vient de frapper un grand coup en commercialisant la plus petite pirogue au monde, réglant ainsi le frein numéro un à l’achat d’une OC1, son encombrement. La Feline, de 5,10m de long (la longueur d’une berline), devrait permettre de démocratiser la pratique de ce sport, cousin du SUP, et […]

One more great Stand Up Paddle weekend! Between the Bilbao World SUP Challenge, the EuroSUP, the North Shore SUP Cup, the Santa Monica Paddleboard Race & Ocean Festival, the Tarn Water Race, the Guadeloupe Championship Ocean Racing, the Orange Bowl Paddle Championship and the Vuelta Ibiza SUP Magic Xtreme, there was certainly no chance of getting bored! Bilbao World SUP Challenge (Bilbao, […]

Having participated in the Ultimate Waterman competition twice, Starboard SUP rider Zane Schweitzer has achieved the accolade of winning on both of these occasions. While he spent most of his time focusing on the Ultimate Waterman at the beginning of this year, his attention has now well and truly shifted towards his SUP Surf season. Aside […]

It was another great Stand Up Paddle weekend! We had great races all around the world, from Greece to Hawaii, from Spain to the USA. Take a look at our overview of the results. Malibu Downwinder, California, USA: Congrats to Toby Cracknell who wins the Malibu Downwinder on a 12’6 in perfect conditions. 2nd Giorgio Gomez also […]

With hundreds of competitors, thousands of spectators, two event villages and a swathe of international of racers including the world’s best paddlers, the 2017 West Marine Carolina Cup was more than just your average SUP event, it was a big SUP festival, if not THE biggest SUP festival in the world. For this year’s edition, […]

West Marine Carolina Cup, the world’s largest gathering of professional and amateur standup paddleboard athletes, has added the World Paddle Association’s World SUP Tour in 2017. The World SUP Tour is a new international series of 11-races across five nations, binding the sport’s biggest standup paddleboard races. Carolina Cup is the second race on the […]

Aujourd’hui nous nous intéressons à un sujet qui est en train de faire son chemin parmi les adeptes du Stand Up Paddle et notamment en France: s’armer d’une pirogue! Du grand Kahunas Pascal Pouget, qui a trouvé, avec une opération au genou, l’excuse parfaite pour commencer à pagayer assis, en passant par Olivia Piana qui […]

By James Casey, JP Australia SUP Racer and new contributing writer at TotalSUP.com — What an experience. I’ve never been to California for a stand up paddle event and for my first to be at PPG2016, I am totally blown away. The Battle of the Paddle and more recently Pacific Paddle Games have always been […]

Chaque année en Allemagne a lieu l’épreuve du “Fastest Paddler on Earth” sur le Lac de Brombachsee à l’occasion de la Lost Mills SUP Race. Il s’agit d’un sprint chronometré sur 200m où chaque paddler passera seul, pour tenter de faire le meilleur temps possible. L’épreuve avait lieu le week-end dernier et a réservé son […]

By Martin Letourneur, in partnership with VMG Blades, Hobie Cat Europe, Howzit, CT+ and Swell Addiction. Last Saturday, Wrightsville Beach was the theater of the first big international SUP Racing event of the year : The 2016 West Marine Carolina Cup presented by Surftech. The race didn’t disappoint with more than 600 paddlers enjoying the different […]

By Martin Letourneur, in partnership with VMG Blades, Hobie Cat Europe, Howzit, CT+ and Swell Addiction. Today is the day of the West Marine Carolina Cup presented by Surftech, the most popular race on the East Coast of the USA and the very first big event of the 2016 International SUP Racing season! Here are […]

In two days the 2016 Carolina Cup will begin. On this occasion we are releasing a short recap of the previous years’ events with results and highlight videos. The Carolina Cup is one of the most important Stand Up Paddle Races in the world for the simple that it marks every year the start of […]