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Alpine Lakes Tour 2022 : le programme en détail par Benoit Mouren !

18 Mar 2022

Alpine Lakes Tour 2022 : le programme en détail par Benoit Mouren !

Vous connaissez sûrement l’Alpine Lakes Tour grâce à la GlaGla Race, impressionnante course de SUP Race qui rassemble en chaque début d’année plusieurs centaines de concurrents du monde entier. Mais saviez-vous que l’Alpine Lakes Tour est aussi 7 autres étapes, en France, Suisse et en Italie ? Sous terre, en haute montagne au Paradise, sur […]

ICF World CUP #4 rescheduled and moved to Oklahoma City

17 Mar 2022

ICF World CUP #4 rescheduled and moved to Oklahoma City

The International Canoe Federation (ICF) today announced that the 2022 ICF Canoe Sprint Super Cups and ICF Stand Up Paddling World Cup (e.d. NOT the ICF SUP WORLDS in Gdynia, Poland) previously awarded to Moscow, Russia, will be relocated to Oklahoma City, OK, USA. The events will occur in August, and the final dates will […]

Loire 725 2022 : préparation en équipe pour Sébastien Saulenc et Hervé Barrière avec Itiwit

17 Mar 2022

Loire 725 2022 : préparation en équipe pour Sébastien Saulenc et Hervé Barrière avec Itiwit

“Seul on va plus vite, ensemble on va plus loin” ça pourrait être le crédo de Sébastien Saulenc et Hervé Barrière, qui se lancent sur la Loire 725 ! La Loire 725 est, comme son nom l’indique, une course d’Ultra Longue Distance de 725km sur la Loire, de Roanne à Paimboeuf. Après une édition test […]

Results of the 2022 Bat Race, the only underground paddle race in the world

16 Mar 2022

Results of the 2022 Bat Race, the only underground paddle race in the world

Following the Gla Gla Race 2022, the Alpine Lakes Tour saw the return of the BAT Race as stop #2 of the 2022 circuit. The only underground paddle race in the world! On Saturday March 12, 2022, stand-up paddle enthusiasts from Switzerland, France, Italy but also the Czech Republic and Poland had an appointment at […]

Four Brazilians qualify for the 2022 APP World Tour at the Aloha Spirit Festival in Ilhabela, Brazil

16 Mar 2022

Four Brazilians qualify for the 2022 APP World Tour at the Aloha Spirit Festival in Ilhabela, Brazil

Last weekend marked the first qualification event for the 2022 APP World Tour which awarded the top two men and women at the Aloha Spirit Festival, in Ilhabela, Brazil, a sought-after spot on the 2022 APP World Racing Tour. Who would get these four coveted spots would be decided over two races: a 10km distance […]

SNSM Morbihan Paddle Trophy 2022 : passer du SUP Loisir au SUP Race avec Joseph Gueguen

15 Mar 2022

SNSM Morbihan Paddle Trophy 2022 : passer du SUP Loisir au SUP Race avec Joseph Gueguen

Si cette année le SNSM Morbihan Paddle Trophy est une étape Coupe de France FFS sur son parcours Elite et sa Technical Race, cet évènement est aussi une grande fête qui rassemble des riders de tout niveaux. Quatre parcours de longueurs différentes dans le cadre exceptionnel du Golfe du Morbihan sont proposés, ainsi que de […]

How to power through the Red Bull Midsummer Vikings Challenge? Yster SUP riders share their hacks

14 Mar 2022

How to power through the Red Bull Midsummer Vikings Challenge? Yster SUP riders share their hacks

The Red Bull Midsummer Vikings challenge is one of the most talked about events in the SUP calendar offering a unique and inclusive SUP experience for paddlers to race as a team for 24 hours in a row – both night and day – around the Amager Island in Copenhagen. The person behind this venture […]

Décryptage des nouvelles 3 Bay Arrow Head Inezic et Allwater Irus avec Mickaël Gilles et Patrice Remoiville !

12 Mar 2022

Décryptage des nouvelles 3 Bay Arrow Head Inezic et Allwater Irus avec Mickaël Gilles et Patrice Remoiville !

De la nouveauté chez 3 Bay !  Entre la nouvelle Arrow Head dans sa version Inezic, ainsi que la Allwater Irus de 2021, le Team 3 Bay s’est offert un nouvel atout : Mickaël Gilles. A 50 ans, Mickaël a un beau palmarès de SUP Race, dont notamment les titres de Champion de Bretagne Kahunas […]

Esposende is THE place to Stand Up Paddle in Portugal … and a buzzing NSP hub too!

10 Mar 2022

Esposende is THE place to Stand Up Paddle in Portugal … and a buzzing NSP hub too!

Esposende, situated alongside Cávado River that pours right into the Atlantic Ocean, is most likely and at least up until now, the Northern Portugal’s best kept SUP secret. From sandy beaches backed by dunes to a maze of tidal marshes and with 20km of uninterrupted river paddling, the area seems like a perfect watersport and […]

New partnership announced between ICF and the Carolina Cup

10 Mar 2022

New partnership announced between ICF and the Carolina Cup

PRESS RELEASE / International Canoe Federation, Lausanne The International Canoe Federation is excited to announce it has teamed up with one of the biggest stand up paddle events on the planet as part of an incredibly busy 2022 SUP season. The Carolina Cup on USA’s East coast attracts hundreds of paddlers every year, and this […]

Smashing endurance SUP races in your late 40s? SIC Maui UK Rider Mark Salter makes the case

9 Mar 2022

Smashing endurance SUP races in your late 40s? SIC Maui UK Rider Mark Salter makes the case

Endurance SUP races take a special kind of grit. With the unprecedented growth of the sport accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic and an increased participation in SUP events both locally and across the world, the UK is slowly adding new formats to its SUP racing portfolio, including the endurance distances. Although we still have to […]

How to earn crypto and benefit the planet with Starboard Blue Tiki ($BTIKI)

8 Mar 2022

How to earn crypto and benefit the planet with Starboard Blue Tiki ($BTIKI)

Social tokens are on the rise in the crypto space and brands are embracing it to create more value, engage with their communities and incentivize positive impact behaviours. And recently, the SUP industry has witnessed a “pioneering move” into metaverse from Starboard SUP! Driven by sustainable innovation and the power of a community, Starboard has […]

UK Riders test the new Yster SUP 14’x 24″ Naked Carbon Race

1 Mar 2022

UK Riders test the new Yster SUP 14’x 24″ Naked Carbon Race

At the Swedish SUP Championship in 2019, Yster SUP Team Rider Maya Persson took no less than three gold medals on her Yster SUP 14’x24″ Naked Carbon. Since then,  Yster SUP, a Swedish premium SUP brand – has further fine-tuned the shape and design of the board to improve its glide and directional stability. TotalSUP […]

SUP Tandem : Quand le Stand Up Paddle devient un Sport d’Équipe !

1 Mar 2022

SUP Tandem : Quand le Stand Up Paddle devient un Sport d’Équipe !

Le SUP Race à deux, c’est mieux ! C’est en tous cas la conviction d’une poignée d’athlètes en France qui pratiquent le stand up paddle en binôme et qui rêvent de voir se développer cette discipline à plus grande échelle. En 2017, c’était le rider mal-voyant Sébastien Le Meaux qui jouait les précurseurs, aidé par […]