SUP Surf

By Josh Riccio The 31st Annual Santa Cruz Paddlefest went down for the most part in pretty ideal conditions the last weekend of March, at the famed Steamers Lane in Santa Cruz, California. Originally this event only featured kayak surfing but in the recent years with the rise of standup paddle-boarding, SUP surfing and racing have […]

The APP World Tour has kicked off in Hawaii over the last month and the first two events have run smoothly with an overall more professional feel. The surfing competition took place from 11th to 24th of February in Oahu, and the racing one from 10th to 12th of March in Maui. James Casey was […]

On ne présente plus Greg Closier, très grand rider français d’origine bretonne. Installé depuis quelques mois de l’autre côte de l’Atlantique, à San Clemente (Californie), il raconte sa nouvelle vie d’expat en exclusivité à TotalSUP et nous en dit plus sur son bébé: La Vague Surf Experience.     Hello Greg! Depuis quand es-tu installé aux États-Unis? […]

Today, TotalSUP is catching up with Bernd Roediger, a born windsurfer and one of the most promising SUP racers and SUP surfers in the world. The Naish / Quicksilver rider, who currently ranks 16th in the world in SUP racing offers us some insight into his lifestyle, his journeys and his undying passion for SUP. Hello Bernd, can you introduce yourself to the […]

Multiple SUP Surf World Champion Sean Poynter talks to TotalSUP about a oh so very important question: the future of Stand Up Paddle Surfing. Photos: Sean Evans. So Sean… what is the future of SUP surfing? Great question. Legitimacy, expansion and accessibility. Legitimacy in the sense that surfers will continue to evolve their surfing to where any surfer […]

No matter what kind of board he’s riding or what kind of waves the ocean throws at him, Zane Schweitzer rips in all conditions and disciplines in the ocean. I was recently able to catch up with the newly-crowned 2016 ISA World Sup Surfing Champion on Maui to talk about some of the highlights from […]

They are from South Africa, have been in the surf shaping business for years and have all it takes to build a strong SUP brand. They are also a very friendly bunch and the first people we got to meet in Dana Point as part of the TotalSUP SoCal Tour earlier this month thanks to their […]

Quand un papa ex-champion du monde en équipe en windsurf fait découvrir le SUP à son fils et lui donne le goût de la compétition, ça donne tout de suite une autre graine de champion. Bienvenue dans le Var, chez la famille Langlois, au sein de laquelle la maman Nathalie n’est pas en reste derrière Lulu le […]

We thought it was time to shed some light on our friend Scott McKercher’s new venture. A former Windsurf World Champion, Scott was a Head of Windsurf and SUP Surf Design at Starboard for many years. Last year, he left a crowded Bangkok for the pristine beaches of his hometown Margaret River in Australia with a plan: […]

  The International Surfing Association announced today that ISA World Stand Up Paddle (SUP) and Paddleboard Championship will carry out in Denmark in September, 2017. Specific dates are being determined in the nearby future.     This ISA’s event will be organized by Friends of Cold Hawaii, an association that realizes annual championships of watersports, in collaboration with […]

  Cette semaine, nous avons eu la chance de pouvoir échanger avec Raphaël Filippi, star international de Windsurf mais qui pratique de nombreux autres sports de glisse, à propos de sa toute récente vidéo où l’on a pu le voir essayer le SUP Foil. Nous tenons tout d’abord à le remercier pour sa disponibilité et […]

In 3 months, the ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship will kick off in Fiji. So far, the exact locations of the different competitions were unknown but the International Surfing Association (ISA) has just made an official announcement and confirmed the venues of the Stand Up Paddle Surfing and the SUP Racing competitions. The ISA’s […]

After a 2nd Day of competition filled with plenty of action, the organizers of the European Championships decided to set today (Wednesday 22nd of June) as the Final day of the event, based on to the great condition forecast. And it was a good call because what a fantastic day it was! Here’s your recap of […]

We spent an entire day watching SUP surf video clips, searching for the best ones to make our TOP 10 SUP surfing videos. We selected for you the following 10 stand up paddle wave surfing videos on our own – and obviously very much biased – criteria. Have a seat, relax and enjoy some amazing SUP […]