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28 Feb 2018
2018 started off with a bang for waterman and NSP rider Travis Grant, with the intention of taking some snow time with his family at Val Thorens, France, he ended up racing in the Gla Gla Race, contrasting conditions for an Ozzie based in tropical Hawaï! Whilst staying in France TotalSUP caught up with the waterman […]
27 Feb 2018
Learning how to transport your SUP can open up a whole new world of possibilities! especially if you don’t have the luxury of walking to the water from your house or you prefer not to deflate and then inflate your ISUP everytime you go out. We walk through the 2 main methods of transporting your […]
22 Feb 2018
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 […]
20 Feb 2018
Spring is around the corner and now is the time to look at getting the perfect ISUP. The are so many attractions in buying an ISUP, they are cheaper, lighter and much more practical than hard SUPs, plus easy to transport and store. At first glance, all inflatable SUP boards look very similar, but there are […]
15 Feb 2018
River Surfing suprimo Brittany Parker from Rifle, Colorado, started out as a raft guide on the Colorado River, now she has grown into a full on river SUP surfing pioneer, if there is a river with a wave on it, Brittany will be near! Hello Brittany, Where did it all begin? I saw some people […]
15 Feb 2018
Le WW SUP grandit en France, avec tant de rivières à choisir. Un nombre d’événements WW SUP ont émergé. Le rameur en eau-vive Nicolas Fayol a combiné tous les événements dans une série SUP River Tour. Le SUP River Tour au cours des dernières années, de nombreux événements ont vu le jour, le cross SUP, la course Beach […]
14 Feb 2018
Cette année la Oxbow Kelt Ocean Race se tiendra les 31 mars et 1er avril. Une opportunité de ramer (et d’attaquer la saison pour certains) sur les meilleures conditions de downwind en France. Organisée par Le KELT Ocean Club (KOC), ça sa passe dans la baie de Douarnenez, Finistère, un terrain de jeu exceptionnel pour le downwind. […]
13 Feb 2018
En 2018, le SUP tahitien est toujours à l’honneur sur TotalSUP ! Les riders tahitiens sont parmi les meilleurs du monde mais souffrent d’un isolement géographique et par conséquent financier, qui les empêchent d’être plus présents sur les événements mondiaux comme ils le mériteraient. Tahiti bénéficie heureusement d’une dynamique forte avec de nombreux événements de […]
9 Feb 2018
If we are all honest we like a bit of footage of ourselves catching a killer wave or paddling in paradise! But if we haven’t got anyone to convince to sit on the beach to take photos or a good friend to fly a drone directly over us, we have to come up with other […]
7 Feb 2018
Clube Naval Funchal hosts its 2nd SUP Challenge from the 8th till the 12th March 2018. Madeira glistens like a jewel in the Atlantic Ocean, 978km south of Portugal. Madeira is an exciting and topical destination to race in and possibly the best way to start the SUP racing season. The Madeira SUP challenge is […]
5 Feb 2018
Eric Terrien, BIC SUP ambassador and one of the originals of SUP racing is rapidly become one of the originals for SUP foiling. In 2017 Eric was the 1st person to race on a SUP foil at the Presqu’île Paddle Race. Eric now based in Nantes, is carving out a solid future as phd student researching […]
3 Feb 2018
Rincon Beach Boy SUP race (Puerto Rico) organisers have issued a press release explaining that the Rincon Beach Boy SUP Race 2018 has been Postponed, due to recovery effort post-Hurricane Maria. Organisers stated “After much analysis and deliberation, team Rincón Beachboy has taken the difficult, but ultimately best in everyone’s interest, decision to postpone our […]
2 Feb 2018
La 8ème édition de ZE RACE a tenu toutes ses promesses avec des records battus dans tous les sens. TotalSUP avait fait ses pronostics la semaine dernière pour cette course de downwind hors normes qui attire de plus en plus de monde chaque année! Samedi 27 Janvier 2018, 82 compétiteurs prenaient le départ de cette course […]
2 Feb 2018
Les 24 et 25 mars 2018, les meilleurs français et européens s’aligneront au départ de la Villefranche Paddle Race, première étape du circuit Coupe de France SUP Race 2018, dans la Baie de Villefranche à Nice. Le pari étudiant de créer la première course majeure de paddle en Métropole Niçoise Martin Letourneur, Clément Laot, Tristan […]
