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Read and hear from experienced SUP Racers and international athletes on SUP Race training tips, watch coaching videos, and tutorials on how to improve your SUP Race paddling technique.

How Daniel Parres has managed to build the largest SUP racing club in the world

8 Dec 2022

How Daniel Parres has managed to build the largest SUP racing club in the world

Ahead of Alicante SUP Open, the 5th stop of the APP World Tour and the final battle of the 2022 SUP racing season, TotalSUP caught up with Daniel Parres, World Champion, NSP National Team Rider and the Founder of one of the biggest, most thriving SUP clubs in the world and also the organiser of the [
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SUP Race Training Tips: a Q&A session with 6 x World Champion Michael Booth

21 Nov 2022

SUP Race Training Tips: a Q&A session with 6 x World Champion Michael Booth

The below Q&A session is between Aussie SUPerstar and Starboard dream team rider Michael Booth and Chris Jones, administrator of the SUP My Race group on Facebook which was created a few years ago to challenge SUP racers to paddle a little further each month and entice them to post their paddling sessions and mileages. Michael [
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What makes a pro SUP athlete? Indiana’s own Claudio Laible challenges pro SUP racer Manuel Lauble to find out

19 Oct 2022

What makes a pro SUP athlete? Indiana’s own Claudio Laible challenges pro SUP racer Manuel Lauble to find out

‘What makes a pro SUP athlete’ is really a question about the difference between a professional and recreational paddler, and a valid one (!) in our ever-evolving sport of stand-up paddleboarding. This article stems from a really cool experiment – “SUP is not equal” – conducted by Indiana Paddle & Surf Co. -own Claudio Laible, [
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Découvrez le coaching personnalisé en Stand-Up Paddle, avec Ludo Teulade SUP Coaching

2 Sep 2022

Découvrez le coaching personnalisé en Stand-Up Paddle, avec Ludo Teulade SUP Coaching

On ne prĂ©sente plus Ludovic Teulade : champion de France de SUP, il Ă©cume les compĂ©titions de SUP Race aux quatre coins de la France et mĂȘme du monde, tout en Ă©tant rĂ©guliĂšrement en haut du podium. Depuis maintenant bientĂŽt 2 ans, Ludovic s’est lancĂ© dans le coaching et la programmation d’entraĂźnement, pour accompagner amateurs [
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Comment choisir son Gilet de Sauvetage pour la pratique du Stand Up Paddle ?

30 Aug 2022

Comment choisir son Gilet de Sauvetage pour la pratique du Stand Up Paddle ?

Qu’il s’agisse d’une aide Ă  la flottabilitĂ© ou d’un gilet de sauvetage, qu’il soit en mousse ou gonflable, le gilet est recommandĂ© pour la pratique du stand-up paddle lors de vos sorties, quand il n’est pas obligatoire, quels que soit le lieu, les conditions, le type de pratique ou les distances parcourues. Si vous ĂȘtes [
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Relier la MĂ©diterranĂ©e Ă  l’Atlantique par le Canal des Deux Mers : l’expĂ©rience de Greg Bureaud

12 Aug 2022

Relier la MĂ©diterranĂ©e Ă  l’Atlantique par le Canal des Deux Mers : l’expĂ©rience de Greg Bureaud

C’est une expĂ©rience qui donne envie Ă  de nombreuses personnes du Sud-Ouest et d’ailleurs : relier la MĂ©diterranĂ©e Ă  l’Atlantique par le Canal des Deux Mers, nom donnĂ© Ă  l’ensemble Canal du Midi associĂ© au Canal LatĂ©ral Ă  la Garonne, que ce soit en pĂ©niche, Ă  vĂ©lo, Ă  pied, ou mĂȘme en paddle ! C’est [
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Quelles sont les spĂ©cificitĂ©s du shape d’une planche de stand-up paddle race ?

4 Jul 2022

Quelles sont les spĂ©cificitĂ©s du shape d’une planche de stand-up paddle race ?

Ce n’est pas tous les jours que l’on peut poser toutes les questions shapes de SUP Race qui nous passent par la tĂȘte Ă  un shapeur reconnu et qu’on ne prĂ©sente plus comme Patrice Remoiville. Des questions les plus poussĂ©es, Ă  celles qui peuvent paraitre “bĂȘtes”, nous avons voulu tout savoir sur pourquoi une planche [
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L’alimentation et le Stand-Up Paddle en compĂ©tition : les conseils de Sandrine Berthe

6 Jun 2022

L’alimentation et le Stand-Up Paddle en compĂ©tition : les conseils de Sandrine Berthe

Bien manger c’est le dĂ©but du bonheur ! Non, nous ne sommes pas lĂ  pour faire la promotion de produits laitiers, mais bien pour parler alimentation et nutrition autour du stand-up paddle en compĂ©tition, et particuliĂšrement sur les Ultra Longues Distances. Pour nous conseiller, nous avons fait appel Ă  Sandrine Berthe, gagnante des 10h de [
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Kaelan Lockhart: Countdown to the 2022 Carolina Cup with NSP

22 Apr 2022

Kaelan Lockhart: Countdown to the 2022 Carolina Cup with NSP

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 [
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From Blackfish Downwind Camp to the launch of a new SUP coaching platform: Check out what Lincoln Dews does next!

20 Apr 2022

From Blackfish Downwind Camp to the launch of a new SUP coaching platform: Check out what Lincoln Dews does next!

With an uncompromising knack for the extreme and “coming from a family with four generations of grassroots watermen”, Lincoln Dews is the pro athlete to watch. Ahead of one of his biggest challenges to date, Yukon Double (Lincoln will take on two of the longest and most gruelling paddling races on the planet, The Yukon [
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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 [
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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 [
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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 [
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Comment s’équiper pour faire du Stand Up Paddle en hiver ?

10 Feb 2022

Comment s’équiper pour faire du Stand Up Paddle en hiver ?

Hors de question de ranger sa board sous prĂ©texte que les tempĂ©ratures ont commencĂ© Ă  baisser ! Attitude Outdoor, le magasin savoyard spĂ©cialisĂ© en SUP et sports d’eau vive nous guide pour nous Ă©quiper et continuer nos sorties stand up paddle dans le froid de l’hiver. Vincent Foucault, le patron, nous livre sa sĂ©lection d’indispensables pour [
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