SUP Race

. This week sees the first edition of the European Championships happening in Lacanau. Starting with the Opening Ceremony yesterday, today was dedicated to the Men’s and Women’s Technical Race. The race took place on Lacanau Central Beach in tough racing conditions with a “moderate-to-strong” onshore wind and some small waves breaking on a shorebreak. . Hosting […]

Le Waxx Summer Sup Challenge revient cet été à Bandol en France, le weekend du 2 et 3 Juillet ! L’un des points fort du Waxx Summer Sup Challenge sera l’organisation d’une course de 12’6 qualificative pour les championnats de France.  Pour anticiper l’arrivée de cet événement majeur, Matthieu Garnier nous donne une présentation complète […]

Written by Martin Letourneur: . . The EURO TOUR, the circuit that unifies the big european races for 14 weeks of competition on 14′ SUP race boards stopped in Porec, Croatia this week-end for its 7th stop on the beautiful Adriatic Sea. . Saturday was the big day of competition with the 14′ Elite Distance […]

Last weekend the Gopro Mountain Games took place in Vail, Colorado. The event hosted 25 competitions, 3 of which were Stand Up Paddle river races. Here is our recap of 2 days of whitewater races. More than a hundred Stand Up Paddlers were competing this weekend at the Gopro Mountain Games. They faced off in […]

Danny Ching & Shae Foudy take Overall wins at the Tommy Bahama Pier Paddle in Santa Monica this past Saturday In his first race back since the birth of his daughter and the Carolina Cup, Danny Ching took first overall in the 6-mile distance race, followed by a second place in the PaddleCross (surf race), […]

Belle nouveauté dans le paysage paddle avec le Morgat Waterman Challenge: 1KM de nage/5km de Prone Paddle/5km de SUP Race/6Km de Trail. Depuis 2 ans ce format de course connait un grand succès à Tahiti et va sûrement se développer à l’international. C’est Amaury DORMET du club Presqu’île Sports Côtier et responsable de Océan Pirogue […]

The fin is one of the most important elements of a SUP board, affecting directly its speed and its trajectory. These days we see a lot of different types of fins with different shapes, materials, size and weight… We thought it was high time to address this crucial question we are so frequently asked for : […]

For it’s 6th consecutive week of racing, the EURO TOUR made a stop in the beautiful city of San Sebastian, Spain for another exciting week-end of racing. By Martin Letourneur, in partnership with VMG Blades, Hobie Cat Europe, Howzit, CT+ and Swell Addiction. Following the EURO TOUR’s biggest stop in Bilbao the week before, lots […]

Don’t miss the action today from the EURO TOUR’s biggest race in Bilbao, Spain. For this year’s edition, the Bwaters crew put on an amazing work, gathering once again the best paddlers in the world to compete on the famous river that go through the city. This is the 5th stop of the EURO TOUR, […]

The Outdoormix has become the starting point for all outdoor sports lovers in the French department of Hautes-Alpes. For this 4th edition, which took place from May 13th to 16th, it reunited 400 riders, 10.000 festival-goers and about 50.000 visitors who enjoyed the shows and animations on the event village. An international event The Outdoormix’s […]

Realizou-se no dia 22 de maio, a primeira etapa do Circuito Nacional de SUP Race Técnico na Praia Internacional do Porto e na Praia de Matosinhos, inserida no Log Surf Fest, um evento da Porto & Matosinhos Wave Series 2016. Porto & Matosinhos Wave Series 2016 – LOG Surf Fest (Resumo 1) from Licence to […]

The Lost Mills Race (the biggest SUP Race event in Europe every year) happened last week-end and for its 4th edition, it has been once again a big fight between a large part of the world’s best paddlers that saw the victories of German native Sonni Honscheid and the Australian Michael Booth. By Martin Letourneur, […]

The Tommy Bahama Paddleboard Race & Ocean Festival takes place on June 11th, 2016, on the south side of the Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles, California. Hey Brennan! Can you please introduce yourself and give a brief description of your SUP experience to the TotalSUP readers? Hey everyone my name is Brennan Rose. I’m […]

Chaque année en Allemagne a lieu l’épreuve du “Fastest Paddler on Earth” sur le Lac de Brombachsee à l’occasion de la Lost Mills SUP Race. Il s’agit d’un sprint chronometré sur 200m où chaque paddler passera seul, pour tenter de faire le meilleur temps possible. L’épreuve avait lieu le week-end dernier et a réservé son […]