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“This year has been awesome and I am so grateful for all the support I have received! That’s why I’ve decided to do this giveaway and give back to my fantastic community of paddlers!” said Michael Booth, 6 x SUP World Champion, Starboard Dream Team Rider, Founder and Coach of BOOTH Training. TotalSUP caught up […]

“To be on the water – that’s what we live for and that’s what we work for” statement is at the core of Indiana Paddle & Surf’s philosophy. To celebrate its ever-growing SUP, surf and foil community, the premium Swiss watersport brand is treating all adrenaline and fun seeking riders to a rad giveaway – […]

In the run up to the 2022 ICF SUP World Championships in Gdynia, Poland on the 7-11 September, the Polish Canoe Federation and the Polish SUP Sports Association (Związek Sportowy SUP) announced a dedicated event for groms – The International SUP Kids Race – where young SUP athletes can compete on inflatable paddleboards in two […]

Le marseillais Olivier Drut, que j’ai plaisir à surnommer le “Géo Trouvetou du stand up paddle”, décrit pour TotalSUP le travail de réflexion, d’ingénierie et de shape autour de la planche de SUP Race qu’il a mise au point en vue de l’épreuve de la Loire 725 qu’il a brillamment remporté en relais avec son […]

When EUROSUP DENMARK, the 2022 European stand-up paddle championships, takes place in Hvide Sande from 27 August to 3 September 2022, the event will have its very own anthem. “Wade in the water” was recorded by the gospel group CONF3SSIONS known for representing Denmark in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest 2022, where they participated with […]

“H2O has always been a molecule I’ve been feeling good with” says Indiana Paddle & SurfTeam Rider, Léonard Berner, and when he’s not travelling the world in search of the next best spot for surfing, kitesurfing and snowboarding, he’s pump foiling his local lakes in Switzerland. TotalSUP caught up with this frequent flyer to chat […]

The APP World Tour team has just announced that the London  SUP Open event has been moved and will now take place on the 16-18 September 2022. Here’s the official APP World Tour statement: “Due to the intensive strike action across all rail and underground in London that has been announced for the entirety of […]

When paddleboards become canvas for artistic expression, remarkable things happen. The latest release from the Swiss watersport company, Indiana Paddle & Surf – a limited edition of iSUPs designed with a Zürich-based tattoo artist Patrick Müller – is perfectly aligned with the brand’s philosophy encapsulating themes of curiosity, courage, balance and deep connection between humans and nature. […]

“The races that really touched our hearts are the races that included a healthy share of suffering.” When a statement of this calibre comes from a duo with competitive paddle background in white water rafting, you know they mean business. With more teams arriving in Yukon to “join the elite few who have conquered the […]

‘Shrimpy would go’* and Shrimpy keeps going, stealing the limelight from SUP veterans at some of the most iconic SUP racing events both in the US and Europe. Shuri Araki aka Shrimpy from Okinawa, Japan, has just turned sixteen but his remarkable and consistent performance has already ranked him among the top pro athletes in […]

“Vaïc Garioud hails from New Caledonia and if his name sounds familiar that is because of his older brother Noïc Garioud. Vaïc is a very talented paddler, surfer, foiler and a true lover of all things water. Like Emily Evans who has just joined Blackfish Team, he has been using our paddles for a while but […]

After 54 days and 1,450 kilometres around Denmark, the Danish SUP World Champion, Casper Steinfath, finally set his feet on the beach in his hometown Klitmøller aka Cold Hawaii Wednesday night. The 28-year-old is the first ever person to circumnavigate Denmark on a SUP board. He started on April 2nd in picture-perfect conditions with sun […]

There is a memorable exchange in “Everest” (2015) film where a journalist has to ask ‘the Why question’, “Why do people climb Mount Everest?” and the crew replies, “Because it’s there”. “Why the extreme?” has been a recurring theme in TotalSUP conversations with riders embarking on and completing extraordinary watersport challenges and we had to […]

Pumped is the word after chatting with Sarah Spalinger, Adrenaline Ambassador of the Swiss watersport brand, Indiana Paddle & Surf.  When Sarah is not working long hours as a doctor of cardiology and internal medicine, she’s flying (literally!) over the Lake Zürich, Switzerland. In search of the “ultimate freedom and a unique connection with nature”, […]