SUP Race Gear

What makes riders, pro athletes and coaches stand out on today’s SUP scene? Infinite enthusiasm for the sport of stand-up paddleboarding backed by knowledge (that they’re willing to share with their communities), technical skills and an uncompromising approach to quality. Christian Taucher’s (aka Chris Diver) social media presence bursts with SUP stoke, dedication to the growth […]

Ce n’est un secret pour personne, il suffit de regarder l’âge moyen dans les clubs, les licenciés et les compétitions : le SUP Race est une population vieillissante, et la relève se compte sur les doigts de la main. Pourtant, des jeunes motivés par la pagaie sont bien là ! Alors, que leur manque-t-il pour […]

Boards are flying high and paddlers are brought to their knees at the Carolina Cup, one of the most spectacular endurance events in the SUP calendar, offering a perfect combo of flat water and ocean racing. Held on Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, this competition throws everything it got at its participants, who not only have […]

When it comes to the sport of stand-up paddleboarding there have been many discussions and content about life jackets, buoyancy and flotation aids. Yet, paddlers don’t have to be seasoned riders nor competitive SUP athletes to understand the importance and benefits of a sport specific design – all one needs is an attempt to get […]

1000 miles of paddling through “untouched wilderness”, 10 days to complete, 0 support, “unless your life is in imminent danger”. If these numbers don’t cut it and fully illustrate the extreme uniqueness of the Yukon 1000 challenge, this quote does: “More people have been up Everest than have been beyond Dawson City”* The Yukon 1000 […]

Chaussons, chaussettes, chaussures ou pieds nus, quand il s’agit de ramer, on ne sait pas toujours que porter à nos pieds. Et pourtant, en fonction des lieux de pratique, de la saison et de votre sensibilité, il est très important de choisir la bonne chaussure à son pied : celle qui permettra de vous protéger […]

SUP pioneer and promoter, pro athlete, World Champion, Coach, entrepreneur and now a mom… This list is by no means exhaustive and only illustrates some of the activity and projects Susanne Lier, a remarkable SUNOVA Team rider, is involved in. Nearly two hours spent talking with Susanne were a perceptive, razor-sharp insight into the SUP […]

What does it take to build a successful SUP racing scene? “It’s about growing the community around it and being able to involve companies to sponsor events and athletes,” says Tommy Dee Packendorff, Director of the Skrea Strand Paddlerace who has teamed up with Baltic Lifejacket Sweden, Swedish watersport brand specialising in designing and manufacturing […]

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, 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

When a team of talented young SUP athletes paddles this hard (“to the last breath”) and with this much heart, the world takes notice as it did at the 2021 ICF World Championships in Balatonfured, Hungary, when the Spanish Junior Team swept the world titles in the long distance and technical races. The newly crowned […]