Foil

As part of the 10th anniversary of TotalSUP, we are thrilled to announce the inauguration of our inaugural Annual TotalSUP Awards! As we reflect on the entirety of 2023, it is time to honor and celebrate the contributions of individuals in the Stand Up Paddle industry, specifically those in the SUP race, SUP surf, and […]

Il y a quelques semaines, en Bretagne, avait lieu l’Open de France de SUP Downwind Foil. Ce qui devait être un Open de France s’est transformé en un énorme rassemblement des meilleurs riders mondiaux, venus des quatre coins du globe. Pendant trois jours, les rameurs volants se sont affrontés sur des runs de downwind variés, […]

From surfing to stand-up paddleboarding, wing, SUP and pump foiling, Bavaria-based waterman Manuel Stecher, has tested it all! Nowadays the options in terms of equipment seem limitless but Manuel sticks to one simple hack: “Choose gear that fits best to your local spot.” TotalSUP caught up with the seasoned surfer-turned-frequent-flyer (proving that being land-locked does […]

Based in Solothurn, Switzerland, Robert von Roll, 17-year Indiana Paddle & Surf Co. Rider, has learnt to turn every waterway into his pump foiling playground demonstrating the versatility of the sport. Building on the accounts of other Indiana pump foilers, Zeno Davatz, Sarah Spalinger and Léonard Berner to name just few, Robert’s story is another […]

Il y a bientôt un an déjà, Raphaël et César Filippi nous présentaient la gamme 2023 des planches à foil de chez Fanatic. Depuis, Fanatic, côté foil, est devenu Duotone, et tout un tas de nouvelles boards ont été lancées, pour le wingfoil, le surf foil et, bien sûr, pour le SUP foil. Si Fanatic […]

Is the “infinite flight achievable”? Jérôme Baudoux, Indiana Paddle & Surf Co. Brand Ambassador, claims that it is, “through some calculus and experience”, not to mention a lot of pumping! And to prove it, this frequent flyer has just pushed the limits of what’s possible in the sport by pumping for longer than an hour and […]

New gear, new sizes or upgrades, the 2024 Stand Up Paddle Range by Starboard is out! What’s new in the 2024 Starboard SUP lineup? – Ace Foil – a downwind foil board inspired from the famous Ace – Starboard Gen R – the flat deck race board is back! – X-15 Foilboard – a board […]

If there’s one more thing that can be said about the SIC Gorge Paddle Challenge, one of the most compelling SUP races in our sport held on the 21-23 July 2023 in Hood River, Oregon, is that it transforms SUP athletes. Sooner rather than later they will come back and compete as foilers. In the […]

Le SUP foil downwind, ça vous tente ? Vous imaginez ça comme une discipline très élitiste ? C’est vrai, ça peut impressionner. Mais, pour en savoir plus, nous avons interrogé un rider à la progression incroyable : Romain Simonnot. À 27 ans, Romain ne se destinait pourtant pas à faire du SUP foil. Originaire de […]

Gunnar Biniasch, Indiana Paddle & Surf Co. Rider, the brand’s foil board designer and the Wingfoil World Champion, has been taking podium after podium on the the international wing foil racing scene and the season has just started brewing! On top of competing and being heavily involved in Indiana’s R&D processes, he’s advocating for SUP […]

Daniel Hasulyo, Starboard Dream Team Rider, race board developer and SUP World Champ, returns to South Korea for the 2023 SUP Asian Championship hosted in Seoul by the APP‘s Korean partners, KAPP (Korean Association of Paddlesurf Professionals). On the eve of the event, TotalSUP caught up with Daniel to find out what drives him to […]

“Soon we will have more pump foilers in Switzerland then surfers in Hawaii,” claims Zeno Davatz, Indiana Paddle & Surf Co. Adrenaline Ambassador and Zürich-based foil rider and community builder. And he might be onto something when you consider the pace at which the Swiss foiling scene is growing with the wrap-around support and encouragement from […]

“We are excited to announce that Olivia Piana is joining Blackfish! Olivia is an amazing athlete who has won multiple national and world championships in stand up paddleboarding and is now a pioneer in the foiling world. Today she is one of the leading female athletes in the growing sport of downwind SUP foiling and […]

It was highly anticipated: discover the new range of foil from Fanatic, the Aero Glide! A very High Aspect Ratio frontwing (between 9.5 and 9.3) that was missing from the brand’s foil range and that we were impatiently waiting for. With the Aero Glide: speed, downwind and infinite glide are yours! From surf foil to […]