Mathieu Astier

A former windsurf teacher, Martin Jandke moved to Thailand from Germany when he was fresh out of university. Fast forward 21 years, he now lives in Khaolak where he has founded a beautiful family, a successful board factory, a popular surf shop, and a watersport board brand SUNOVA which has gained world status as one […]

Son of 42-time windsurfing world champion Björn Dunkerbeck, rising star Liam Dunkerbeck achieved a top speed of 31 knots according to his GPS data and set an average speed of 26.92 knots over a 500-meter distance according to the official speeds measured by the Luderitz Speed Challenge team which system is approved by the WSSRC. […]

It is fair to say that Tamás (Tommy) Buday Jr was born to be on the water. As a three-time Olympian and ICF World Championship silver medallist in Sprint Canoe, Tommy has done it all from a seated position. Standing up on a paddleboard seemed to be a natural progression. The Hungarian-born Canadian now boasts […]

Installé à Tarifa au sud de l’Espagne depuis plus de 20 ans, le waterman Fred Bonnef connait son terrain de jeux par coeur, véritable paradis du vent, des vagues et du soleil. Après avoir accueilli et coaché des dizaines de stand up paddlers qui sont venus testés les conditions de downwind andalouses ces dernières, années, […]

Italian waterwoman Caterina Stenta is a force to be reckoned with on the SUP stage. Her dominance at the Italian Championships in Rome this autumn proves it. Becoming a Starboard Dream Team rider this year feels like the tip of the iceberg for this all-round athlete, who is versed in paddling, windsurfing, skiing, surfing, and […]

The past year has caused countless disruptions and challenged every person & every business around the world, including Starboard who have had to endure many production and shipping delays as they navigated their way through the pandemic, slowly returning to a ‘new normal’. “Despite these challenges, we have worked incredibly hard to overcome them and […]

The 3rd edition of the Mediterraneo SUP Race that was held last weekend in Alicante proved to be one of the most important SUP events in Spain and is bound to grow internationally as soon as next year. As a Long Distance Spanish Cup event, the race scored points within the official circuit of the […]

John Mcfadzean had a dream, a dream to paddle in every country of the world. What started as a casual conversation with strangers turned into a quest, a quest that has taken him some of the most beautiful countries in the world, and also to some of the most dangerous, all with his trusty Red […]

Vainqueur en 2020 du parcours de 40 kilomètres entre la Pointe des Châteaux et la Marina de Bas-du-Fort à Pointe-à-Pitre qui sera le parcours unique de Ze Race édition 2022, le guadeloupéen touche-à-tout de la glisse Hugo Coud-Cher, ne sera malheureusement pas de la partie le 28 janvier prochain. Pour la première fois de sa […]

It’s the last event on the EuroTour 2021 calendar, the Marathon International des Gorges de l’Ardèche is above all one of the biggest events in the world of Canoe-Kayak with an average of 1,500 participants per edition and has been open to Stand Up Paddle participants since 2016, a fact that has gone a little […]

Team USA Dominated Day One of the Carolina Cup, as Danny Ching and April Zilg Take Victory in the Graveyard Race. Danny Ching and April Zilg swept the field in the Graveyard Race, as taking an alternative line to the rest of the pack proved triumphant for team USA. Whilst the Coast Guard called for […]

On ne la présente plus : Olivia Piana, multiple championne du monde de SUP Race au palmarès bien garni depuis des années, a pris son envol en 2021 vers des supports à foil. SUP downwind foil, wingfoil, IQfoil ou encore SUP surf foil, nous avons profité de son repos forcé pour lui poser quelques questions sur […]