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The London Crossing organised by Active 360 was held in some pretty tough conditions, with torrential rain throughout the 16 KM distance race. 27 paddlers set off from Putney and paddled through the centre of London, a world city. Race organiser Paul Hyman from Active 360 commented that “although conditions were tough with driving rain […]

Everyone is anticipating this year’s swell at the Red Bull Heavy Water contest.  This year’s Red Bull Heavy Water will take place between October 15th – 30th, 2018 at legendary Ocean Beach, San Francisco. It is currently in the holding pattern this mean the event is watching the developing winter swells, as they approach the Pacific Coast […]

Starboard SUP  the brand with 25 years of innovative board building and design has just reached Sustainable Surf’s Gold Level status for their Blue Carbon technology board range.  Starboard ‘s Ollie O’Reilly takes TotalSUP through the new range made from balsa the natural sandwich material, and has a carbon footprint that is climate positive.  “Achieving this has […]

Last weekends Pacific Paddle Games (PPG) was one not to forget. It was the season finale for the Paddle League and the Pro athletes were out in force to stake a claim in the Dana Point sand. However not only were the Pro athletes out in force but the Junior Pro and Grom paddlers were well […]

Day 2 of the Pacific Paddle Games kicked off with all the technical races. Paddlers entered the water and paddled in around a series of buoys before running up the steep beach and entering the finish chicane. In windless conditions with a solid 1 m swell, the men’s open and women’s open paddlers were unleashed […]

The grande finale of the Paddle League arrived on the beaches of Dana Point. Over 300 paddlers were registered for the long distance race in categories that ranged from Pro, Open, Prone and Junior. The day kicked off with the Pro long distance race, a 9.6 KM circuit that included a water start, 3 buoy […]

The Paddle League moved to San Francisco for the regional event Battle of the Bay.The 8th annual Battle of the Bay, saw elite paddlers race 12 KM around the golden gate bridge in a race that is renown for strong currents and epic scenery. This year the iconic race had a new home after moving […]

The new Starboard Longboard SUP range have just been released. The two models the 10’0”x 29” and 9’0”x 28” which were shaped by Ollie O’Reilly were put to the test by starboard riders Zane Schweitzer, Benoit Carpentier, and Connor Baxter. Starboard man Ollie O’Reilly introduces the two boards to TotalSUP. Our vision was simple, it was to design a […]

The monster race that was the Great Glen Challenge (GGR) took place two weeks ago, and it was a race that delivered all conditions. From flat conditions on day 1 to 50 KM winds on Loch Ness on day 2.  The Great Glen Challenge is a distance of 95 KM from one end of Scotland […]

In recent years there has been an increase in the availability and models of gps watches and apps. But often very few that concentrate on stand up paddleboarding and other paddle sports. With this in mind young British paddler David Walker developed Paddle Logger an app designed specifically for SUP and other paddle activities. Paddle […]

Last week the 4th annual Mynavi SUP Japan Cup was held at Chigasaki, one hour south of Tokyo, the race was a 4-star “Regional”  The Paddle League event. There were 300+ amateur paddlers  in the water plus a dozen top international athletes creating one of Asia’s biggest-ever races. Solid typhoon swell made for challenging but entertaining racing […]

The APP tour wrapped up its stop in New York last weekend and the final SUP surf competition was full of surprises! The event was full of dramatic action, performance strategy and excellent surfing, with a few outstanding performances during the heats. Here is the full report brought to you by the APP World Tour. […]