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SUP, OC1, V6, Surfski ... and field hockey coaching, Helen is a busy British mother of two who lives in Bretagne, France with a passion for all things Ocean. Helen runs Barrachou SUP, a SUP tour company specialized in excursions around Bretagne and Scotland.
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9 Aug 2018
The 1st week of September 2018 will see the ESF EuroSUP land on the shores of Sardinia, Italy. From the 4th to the 9th September 2018 twenty European nations are due to land on the island which is the 2nd largest in the Mediterranean Sea. The multi event competition will be held in three different locations […]
6 Aug 2018
APP World Tour Announced Paris as the final stop on 2018 World Tour. Held over the 8th and 9th December 2018, the APP World Tour finishes its racing season with the World’s Largest Participatory Race in the heart of Paris. This third and final stop on the 2018 World Tour will be where the 2018 APP World […]
3 Aug 2018
Do you want to be part of a world record attempt? Organisers of the SUP 11-City-Tour are calling all paddlers old and new to the sport to help break the record for the most amount of paddle boards on the water! The current record is 844 paddlers set in Vladivostok Russia in September 2017. This attempt […]
2 Aug 2018
Infinity has just released their 2018 version of the whiplash SUP, with a focus on flat-water paddling. The Infinity Whiplash has been a staple in the infinity lineup and the new design is seen as a push to make the board “better and better” according to Infinity man Dave Boehne “the Whiplash is on a mission […]
1 Aug 2018
The APP World Tour has announced the event Red Bull Heavy Water will take place from the 15th October to the 2nd November held in San Francisco, California. The event is quite possibly the most intense stand up paddling event in the world, will showcase top performing athletes in the ~12km (7.5 mile) course, and has […]
30 Jul 2018
The ICF SUP world championships will be hosted in Portugal this year, with 4 days of racing that includes 4 different SUP race formats it will be an event that will suit everyone. The action will take place on the 30th August until the 2nd September in the town of Esposende situated on the Portuguese […]
27 Jul 2018
Eric Terrien, one of the living legends of the SUP World and a BIC Sport ambassador is set to tackle the Molokai 2 Oahu (M2O), an event which is considered “one of the worlds most challenging races” and is synonymous with the Hawaiian Islands. Frenchman Eric knows the event well having paddled the 52 km “channel of […]
26 Jul 2018
>>> BREAKING NEWS <<< 4 NEW 24H WORLD RECORDS!!! The 3BAY Five have just set 4 new distance records in the last 24 hours in 4 different categories! > 202,71 km – Dode Florent (SUP male) > 181,33 km – Janneke Smits (SUP female) > 190,48 km – SĂ©bastien Le Meaux + StĂ©phane Leblond (SUP Tandem) > 124,84 km – Mathieu Chevalier (Prone paddleboard) Watch the various […]
25 Jul 2018
The Guinness world record attempt at the greatest distance paddled in 24 hours is about to take place. Five 3 bay riders attempt to break the previous record or establish new records on Lake d’Aiguebelette, in the Savoie Region of France. 3 Bay is a brand created in Bretagne (Brittany) France in 2015 by Patrice […]
24 Jul 2018
The next stop of the APP World Tour is in New York and registration has now opened. Set over two locations this festival will show case all sides of what makes New York so special. Lady Liberty SUP Race On the 15th September, 2018Â East Coast USA and world travelling paddlers will have a unique opportunity […]
23 Jul 2018
Le comitĂ© directeur de la FĂ©dĂ©ration Française de Surf a validĂ© la proposition Ă©mise par la Direction Technique Nationale pour l’EuroSUP. Six athlètes composeront la dĂ©lĂ©gation française pour les championnats continentaux de Stand Up Paddle, lesquels se disputeront du 3 au 9 septembre en Sardaigne (Italie). LA SÉLECTION EUROSUP Sup Surf : 2 places Alexis […]
22 Jul 2018
Starboard has just released its new range of SUP race boards. The range which has the All Star, Sprint and Ace have all been tweaked for next season. Starboard HQ commented on the range “After an exhausting hunt for the highest-performance and more environmentally-friendly materials, the new designs were tested by our multiple World Champions; […]
