SUP Race

It’s most likely the million dollar question in our sport: “How to choose my first SUP racing board”, especially when it’s a one-time investment and it has to be done right from the get-go. To tackle the subject, TotalSUP caught up with Tanja Ecker, 11x German SUP Champion, Coach and Founder, who has recently taken […]

Just hours before the start of  The Last Paddler Standing race (watch it live here) taking place at the Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida, TotalSUP caught up with Craig Sawyer, UK based Yster SUP Team Rider, endurance paddler and SUP Coach, to get into his mindset before this unique SUP endurance challenge. What’s appealing […]

“As the official board of the Last Paddler Standing, I am proud to have two of the world’s most accomplished endurance paddlers in the race. The Yster Team paddlers Göran Gustavsson and Craig Sawyer embody the spirit of resilience and determination with their impressive mental stamina—qualities crucial for success in the Last Paddler Standing race. […]

Les 6 HEURES DE L’ERDRE OCTOBRE ROSE ont offert une expérience exceptionnelle malgré les caprices de l’automne, avec deux tempêtes qui ont encadré l’événement. Le samedi 11 novembre, entre ces deux tourmentes, plus de 100 participants ont saisi l’opportunité de pagayer aux couleurs d’Octobre Rose le long des rives de l’Erdre, grâce à une accalmie […]

Blackfish Paddles has just announced the new addition of Jojo Karst to their SUP Riders Team. The sixteen year old SUP athlete from Germany has recently caught the media attention at the EUROSUP 2023 Championships in Portugal (4th in the Junior Long Distance Race) where she kept paddling in tough conditions despite losing her paddle […]

The 2023 ICF SUP World Championships (15-19 November 2023) in Pattaya, Thailand is on! Here are the podium results of the highly-stacked celebration of our sport welcoming nearly 50 nations! Watch the 2023 ICF SUP World Championships with TotalSUP here  DAY 4&5: TECHNICAL RACE RESULTS – WINNERS Men Open Technical Final 1. Connor Baxter (USA) 2. […]

Nearly 200 participants competed in the 2023 Gran Carrera del Mediterráneo SUP (The Great Mediterranean Race) event brought by the 5-time ICF World Champion Daniel Parres (also a former international windsurfer athlete) and the Club Deportivo Parres (Parres WaterSports). The 5th edition of the ocean race will be without doubt remembered by tough conditions with […]

The 2023 ICF SUP World Championships (15-19 November) in Pattaya, Thailand has officially kicked off! TotalSUP caught up with the Starboard SUP Dream Team Riders to ask about their SUP racing season to date, board set up and the ICF Worlds expectations. Fiona Wylde: SUP season to date: I’m coming from a bit of a […]

Watch the 2023 ICF SUP World Championships in Pattaya, Thailand with TotalSUP! You’ll find below every single webcast player set for the huge event for your to enjoy 5 days of SUP racing action covering 3 disciplines: 200m Sprints on Wednesday and Thursday, Long Distance on Friday and Technical Race on Saturday and Sunday! Schedules […]

What do you do when you’re a former multi-medallist and Wildwater Canoeing World Champion (C1, C2) moving onto the next chapter? You go rip the rapids on carbon SUP race boards! On the eve of the 39th edition of the legendary paddle race – Marathon international des Gorges de l’Ardèche and the last stop of […]

Riccardo Rossi has been in the Infinity Speedfreak squad since he was racing as a junior SUP racer in Italy. At the end of a busy 2023 season, on and off the water, he took some time out of his schedule to talk to Chris at TotalSUP  Hi Riccardo, welcome back to TotalSUP, it’s been a […]

There’s something gripping about those lone riders of our sport, paddling impossible distances under the media radar.  They bring back something intrinsic to our collective SUP experience –  elements of curiosity, self-challenge and deep care for ‘blue space’. Discovering what drives them to just set off one day and embark on SUP adventures that may […]

Holly Pye is one of the top female SUP racers in the UK and an ambassador for Paddle Logger, after a break from paddling due to injury she’s back on the start line. Fresh from a successful European championships she sat down with one of her old club mates to talk SUP and her road […]

The countdown to the 2023 ICF SUP World Championships held on 15-19 November 2023 in Pattaya, Thailand is on! With an impressive number of nations (44 and counting)  already signed up, the highly-stacked ICF Worlds event is certainly setting the scene for some exciting SUP action with the defending Champions and new talent all fired […]