Anna Nadolna

Has the appetite for performance race boards and surf SUPs in the post-lockdown United Kingdom increased? One thing is certain, there’s a growing tribe of #InfinitySpeedFreaks and SUP-savvy players are moving fast in response to these emerging watersport trends. TotalSUP caught up with Tom Beaton and Freddie Oldfield of Maxtrack Distribution, a specialist B2B distributor […]

World SUP Champion and the 2022 Yukon River Quest SUP Record Holder Lincoln Dews has joined Blackfish Paddles as the Sales Manager for Australia and New Zealand and the Head of Product Development, announced the Canadian brand specialising in handcrafted, high-performance paddles for SUP, surf and foiling. Lincoln has collaborated with Blackfish Paddles to develop […]

Can weather get more challenging in October? “Sure,” says Crispin Jones, endurance paddler, Bossman at Waterborn SUP and SUP The Creek Race Director, “But this helps us grow into better and more rounded paddlers.”  TotalSUP caught up with Crispin to chat about one of the UK’s raddest end of season SUP racing parties and the country’s state […]

2022 Busan SUP Open is one for the books. The 3rd stop of the APP World Tour in South Korea has been one of those events on this year’s SUP racing circuit that has showed what stand-up paddleboarding Olympics could look like with drones illuminating the sky in a spectacular opening ceremony to display the […]

The 7th edition of the Agios Nikolaos on SUP 2022 event held in Agios Nikolaos, a coastal town on the Greek island of Crete, brought the world’s top athletes and local SUP community together to celebrate the sport of stand-up paddleboarding.  This year’s event was dedicated to Thanos Karaiskos, the father of SUP in Crete, a […]

Not so long ago, we asked Tommy Dee Packendorff, Director of the Skrea Strand Paddlerace  if Sweden can become the next SUP racing powerhouse. Two themes dominated our discussion – a strong SUP community and supportive brands willing to sponsor events and athletes. The newly released video by Baltic Lifejackets Sweden, a watersport brand specialising in designing […]

What can resonate more than a compelling brand story that stems from the street culture which always evokes freedom, nonconformist mindset, youthfulness and limitless fun? The Swiss watersport brand, Indiana Paddle & Surf, first started as a skateboarding venture with Christof Peller shaping first Indiana skateboards in the laundry room of his home in Herrliberg […]

It’s been a busy month for Choi Ji Won, Starboard Rider and one of Korea’s leading SUP athletes, who’s just completed London SUP Open, the 2nd stop of the APP World Tour, and winning the women overall 4th position. TotalSUP has caught up with this up-and-coming athlete just hours before the next highly anticipated APP […]

The countdown is on to the next exciting SUP racing event, Agios Nikolaos on SUP 2022, held on the 24 and 25 September in Crete. In its 7th edition, this year’s event is dedicated to Thanos Karaiskos, the father of SUP in Crete, a pioneer, who had contributed significantly to the development of the sport in […]

From a viral hashtag a decade ago and social media phenomenon to a lifestyle movement, van life, is still strongly resonating. It’s the aesthetic, the open road, the freedom that it evokes that captures our imagination. So what is it like to travel in a van as a pro SUP athlete? Is it as slick […]

With the 2022 ICF SUP World Championships fast approaching, TotalSUP caught up with Per Vallbo, Founder and CEO of Yster SUP, a premium Swedish SUP brand based in Malmo, to chat about the Yster SUP Team and the demo board quiver available at this flagship event held on the 7-11 September. The brand’s presence in Gdynia […]