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Don’t we all cherish stand-up paddling in natural surroundings? Here are some of our best stories about paddling in the wilderness. Sometimes SUP adventures make for some great wildlife encounters (albeit some frightening ones too!), including with whales, dolphins, sharks or manatees!

Viking Crossing 2.0 is on for Casper Steinfath!

17 Mar 2018

Viking Crossing 2.0 is on for Casper Steinfath!

At 01:00 AM Sunday morning March 18th Casper Steinfath will hit the cold waters of Skagerrak with his Naish Maliko and take the first paddlestrokes on his crossing towards the town of Kristianssand in Norway. The four time ISA World Champion aims to become the first person ever to cross treacherous Skagerrak,  The paddle is expected […]

DXB Paddling Race: Making a Splash in Dubai!

14 Mar 2018

DXB Paddling Race: Making a Splash in Dubai!

On the 3rd March 2018, SUP company SeaYou Dubai partnered up with the Dubai international boat show to host the DXB Paddling, with over 75 participants it was the biggest paddle event in the Middle East. This year’s event invited all forms of paddle sports to compete from SUP,surfski and outriggers to participate.  It was a great […]

World Champion Steinfath Seeks Rematch Against Viking Gods

9 Mar 2018

World Champion Steinfath Seeks Rematch Against Viking Gods

In the next two weeks four time ISA SUP World Champion Casper Steinfath will attempt to cross the Skagerrak, that is a 120 km ocean straight that separates Denmark fom Norway. Cold Hawaii local Casper will be re-attempting the crossing that he tried to complete last year, but had to withdraw just just 12km from the end. Casper […]

Fool Moon Seeks Two New Ambassadors !

2 Mar 2018

Fool Moon Seeks Two New Ambassadors !

After another fantastic year Swiss based Stand-Up Paddle brand Fool Moon is looking for two passionate ambassadors to represent the brand, for a period of twelve months. The Fool Moon Story The brand Fool Moon, was founded in 1995 by Pierre-Yves Hocké in Maui Hawaii, but now based in Switzerland, it has a strong brand philosophy […]

The Rising Tide of Plastic Pollution

26 Feb 2018

The Rising Tide of Plastic Pollution

About 8 million tonnes of plastic enters the sea every year, and at this rate we face a future with more plastic in the Ocean than fish by 2050. Paul Hyman owner of Active 360, and organiser of London Crossing/Big Ben Challenge race speaks to TotalSUP about why we need to start protecting our water ways […]

Du Paddle Dans Les Nuages avec Fanatic

23 Feb 2018

Du Paddle Dans Les Nuages avec Fanatic

Fin octobre 2017, Les Riders Fanatic Nicolas Fayol et ses amis allemands Valentin Illichmann et Paulina Herpel onts fait une petite halte en Béarn sur la route des championnats d’Allemagne de SUP surf au Portugal. C’était l’occasion pour que Nicolas leur propose une immersion au cœur de ses montagnes avec ses boards Fanatic. Nicolas Fayol nous […]

UK SUP Enduro Series: 3 Races to put on your bucket list!

22 Feb 2018

UK SUP Enduro Series: 3 Races to put on your bucket list!

SUP racing has exploded, with new formats and races being announced each year, and out of this SUP endurance racing has emerged. UK SUP a non-profit organisation has seized this desire to race at longer distances, and has developed 3 events spread over the race season.  Race suprimo and co-founder of UK SUP National Endurance Series Joanne Hamilton-Vale (along […]

Sunrise Starboard SUP Yoga in Thailand

21 Feb 2018

Sunrise Starboard SUP Yoga in Thailand

Starboard SUP Yoga Ambassador Kelly Huck took a break from her busy schedule in Corporate America to reconnect with nature and rejuvenate her mind, body and soul. Kelly travelled to a remote village in Chumphon, Thailand and met up with the Starboard Tiki team. Kelly shares her trip experience with TotalSUP. (Photo Credit: Starboard) One day as […]

Red Bull Privateers Stand UP Paddle Race

12 Feb 2018

Red Bull Privateers Stand UP Paddle Race

This Weekend Red Bull held its first ever Red Bull Privateers Stand UP Paddle Race in the Ten Thousand Islands, MARCO ISLAND, FL. In this unique racing event, teams of four paddlers had two and a half hours to navigate through the mangrove mazes of the Ten Thousand Islands to retrieve treasure from fifteen hidden treasure […]

Ingrid Ulrich, l’aventurière qui s’attaque au Groenland.

6 Feb 2018

Ingrid Ulrich, l’aventurière qui s’attaque au Groenland.

Ingrid Ulrich est une aventurière de l’extrême, et a déjà effectué plusieurs très longs parcours en SUP. Elle a relié la Méditerranée à l’Océan Atlantique, en ramant 600km en 10 jours, un exemple de ses aventures parmi tant d’autres. Ingrid a maintenant en tête une autre aventure énorme : l’exploration de la baie de Baffin, […]

La 1ère descente en paddle du plus long canal au monde!

25 Jan 2018

La 1ère descente en paddle du plus long canal au monde!

En Avril 2018, Anaïs Valiere et Romain Deslandres vont parcourir 350 kms en paddle sur le canal des Pangalanes, sur la côte Est de Madagascar.  Le canal de Pangalanes est l’une des merveilles de Madagascar, une série de voies navigables naturelles et artificielles qui s’étend sur 645 km le long de la côte est de Tamatave à Farafangana. Ces deux […]

Dean Dunbar – Blind and Dangerous

9 Jan 2018

Dean Dunbar – Blind and Dangerous

Dean Dunbar, is a Stand Up Paddler that we all should know, paddling for only 4 years, he has completed some incredible distance paddles, including  52 km paddle from the UK Scilly Isles to Cornwall, UK. In 2017 he became the 1st person to SUP from from North Uist, in Scotland, to the remote island of […]

British Couple 1st to Complete the 404km Murray Marathon on Tandem SUP

8 Jan 2018

British Couple 1st to Complete the 404km Murray Marathon on Tandem SUP

Alison Rennie tells TotalSUP about her 404 km Massive Murray tandem paddle with partner, Allistair Swinsco, which they completed in an amazing 47:40 hours and where they encountered daily temperature between 36-39 degrees (°C). Why the Massive Murray Marathon? It was on our bucket list, and after a few hiccups last year the 404km Massive Murray Marathon jumped […]

SUP Surf : À la Découverte des Vagues Finistériennes

16 Aug 2017

SUP Surf : À la Découverte des Vagues Finistériennes

La saison estivale est arrivée mais tout ne se passe pas dans le sud-ouest, le photographe Loïc Olivier nous amène à la découverte de spots bretons qui vont nous ouvrir l’appétit. Finistère Sud, crêpe beurre sucre ou galette lardons ? Offerte aux houles de l’Atlantique, la pointe Finistérienne est particulièrement bien placée pour offrir de nombreux […]