SUP for FUN

With SUP touring in the brand’s DNA, Yster SUP, the premium Swedish SUP brand based in Malmö, is taking another step to democratize stand-up paddleboarding expeditions by teaming up and providing its winning gear to power SUPdriven Expeditions, a new outdoor company offering guided SUP tours through wilderness areas in Sweden. Following our interview with […]

As an industrial engineer with a passionate love for the ocean, Mark Travers the current owner of Honu paddle boards believes that the lifestyle of stand up paddling creates something magical that everyone should be able to experience. Every product is designed from the ground up, carefully considering every detail, component and construction method. Each […]

From the very beginning Ethan Huff was hooked on the sport of SUP and dove head first into trying to learn everything he could right away. From becoming an ASI (Academy of Surf Instructors) certified SUP instructor and developing his own skills, Ethan has carved out his own path in the world of SUP instruction […]

La Belgique, terre de paddle ? Alors que Vincent Claeskens nous a présenté la semaine dernière le programme du Belgian SUP Tour 2024, avec des compétitions de formats très variés, nous avons voulu en savoir plus sur le SUP en Belgique, et en particulier sur la pratique loisir et touring. Car oui, en Belgique, il y […]

The best things come to those who wait and that is certainly the case with SUNOVA’s new Surf SUP, The Ghost. Development of this new, performance surf shape was started well over 12 months ago led by Rick Weeks, a veteran surfer we first featured on TotalSUP in February 2023. Now, The Ghost is ready […]

In the heart of Cornwall, Clair Connibeer has been a passionate stand-up paddler and instructor based in the United Kingdom. She is the founder of Paddle Cornwall SUP and is very excited to be heading into the 2024 season, especially with Paddle Logger at her fingertips! Hi there Clair! Welcome to TotalSUP! How are you […]

Embark on a thrilling journey to the untouched wilderness of Norway’s Lofoten islands with renowned ultra-long-distance paddleboarder and adventurer Bart de Zwart. Last year in May, Bart left his sailboat in French Polynesia and traveled all the way to the North of Europe to paddle through the dramatic landscapes of the Lofoten archipelago on his […]

Since our visit at the impressive new headquarters and showroom in Poznan, Poland, Uone, a premium Polish stand-up paddleboarding and watersport brand specialising exclusively in inflatable boards, shows no signs of slowing down! TotalSUP caught up with Hubert Tobis, Founder of Uone, to follow up on our chat and check how current industry and economic trends […]

Paddle Logger is one of the leading apps for tracking your paddle activities when you are on the water, in the summer of 2023 they teamed up with Save The Waves, an organisation working to protect surf ecosystems. This is an incredibly important mission and something that David Walker from Paddle Logger and Diego Sancho […]

Embark on an extraordinary adventure with the Tiber Tour, an exhilarating 7-day expedition down the Tiber River, culminating in the historic city of Rome and celebrating this year its 45th edition! Beyond being a mere paddling excursion, the Tiber Tour is a jubilant ode to community, culture, and the stunning Italian outdoors from April 25 […]

With a bustling market space, running a SUP school that stands out can be challenging. Being faced not only with the competition but the “supermarket SUP board” boom and DIY approach to the sport, SUP school owners have to continuously diversify their offering to attract new audiences and retain existing users. To draw from a […]

Have you ever wondered how an inflatable stand-up paddle is designed? What is the design process? What materials are they made from? To answer all these questions, we called on Noéline Bezard, engineer at Itiwit. Both designer and project manager for the Decathlon brand’s new products, Noéline’s work is at the heart of the creation […]

Le stand-up paddle, bien plus qu’un simple sport nautique ! C’est tout un monde qui s’ouvre à vous, avec sa variété de pratiques, de matos, de plans d’eaux, de riders, d’évènements… le tout dans une belle communauté SUP que l’on peut retrouver aux quatre coins du monde. Vous débutez et vous avez plein de questions […]

Vous êtes-vous déjà demandé comment est conçu un stand-up paddle gonflable ? Quel est le processus de design ? Avec quels matériaux est-il fabriqué ? Pour répondre à toutes ces questions, nous avons fait appel à Noéline Bezard, ingénieur chez Itiwit. A la fois concepteur et gestionnaire sur les projets de nouveaux produits de la […]