SUP Race

Martin Vitry est en train de dompter année après année les Pacific Paddle Games. Vainqueur en junior devant les meilleurs jeunes de la planète lors de sa toute première participation l’année dernière, le rider d’Oxbow SUP revient de la plus grosse SUP race du calendrier mondial avec deux top 10 en Pro Men sur la […]

Garrett Fletcher has been practising SUP both recreationally and competitively for many years. He’s more recently taken to outrigger canoeing. A sport he believes has real potential if certain criteria are brought together and it’s given the right chance to flourish in a more mainstream environment. For outrigger specialist Woo, he spoke with TotalSUP about […]

He heads up The Paddle Academy, a veritable stand up paddle institution in Dana Point, California, and no one is more invested in his kids’ performance than he is. Mike Eisert is at the very heart of fostering and developing young and promising new SUP talent, and his Paddle Academy waits practically all year for […]

In the Rowe household, SUP runs through the veins. Like his son Aaron, who recently racked up some very respectable results at the 2017 ISA World Championship in Denmark, Tim Rowe is a loyal SUP enthusiast. Having first participated at last year’s edition, the pair decided to return to Fouras-les-Bains in France for this year’s […]

He’s one half of the notorious SUPBROz duo you’ve been hearing so much about and he recently took the men’s title at the SUP 11 City Tour in The Netherlands. But when you and your own sibling are an almost inseparable pair in a competitive sport like stand up paddle, can rivalry ever seep in […]

A quiet force in the world of SUP, Japanese rider Yuka Sato has recently come into the limelight, having performed well at a number of international events, and even taking the 4th place copper medal at the recent ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship 2017 in Denmark. Like a duck to water, having only taken […]

120 suppers se sont retrouvés à Fouras le week-end dernier avec pour même objectif : rallier le mythique Fort Boyard ! Lancée en 2006, la recette de l’événement est identique et l’objectif d’aller rallier Fort Boyard demeure un privilège accessible en toute sécurité une seule fois par an ! Autre spécificité de l’événement, la possibilité […]

Though she’s only now coming into our sight here in Europe, Lena Guimarães Ribeiro is already a highly accomplished SUP rider and a big presence on the Brazilian stand up paddle circuit. In the wake of her convincing victory in challenging conditions at the 2017 SUP 11-City Tour in The Netherlands last weekend, Guimarães Ribeiro […]

After years of tireless efforts, Mo Freitas finally achieved his goal of becoming Technical Race world champion at the 2017 ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship in Denmark. Fending off stiff competition from Casper Steinfath on home ground, as well as teammate Connor Baxter, Team Hawaii champ Freitas gave us an explosive finish in the Technical Race […]

As the second edition of the Big Ben Challenge and Big Ben Race (23 September 2017) fast approaches, event organiser and head of London-based stand up paddleboarding specialist Active360, Paul Hyman, was kind enough to tell us a little bit more about it. Paul shared with us his thoughts on where Active360 is heading, what he […]

À l’initiative du Fort-Boyard Challenge en 2006, Olivier Remaud a aidé l’événement à se développer au cours des années. Tout d’abord réservé aux Windsurfers, la compétition s’est par la suite ouverte aux SUP et aux pirogues. Pour sa 12ème édition cette année, le Fort-Boyard Challenge 2017 attend près de 500 compétiteurs.   Salut Olivier, peux-tu […]

With so many ultra long distance successes behind him, one would be forgiven for wondering what further challenges Bart de Zwart could possibly set for himself. But the indomitable Dutchman is not one to remain idle. On the eve of his tenth participation in the SUP 11-City Tour in his homeland, Bart de Zwart was […]

Chez les Cagous, le sport est dans l’ADN. Originaires d’un archipel qui a tout pour faire de lui le cadre idéal pour la pratique du SUP, Titouan Puyo, suivi désormais de près par Clément Colmas et Noic Garioud, a pu peaufiner sa technique dans l’un des beaux plus cadres du monde réputés pour cette discipline. […]

Check out the video recap of the Sprint Race Finals at this year’s ISA World Championship too, where Manca Notar fended off stiff competition from Amandine Chazot and Jade Howson in the women’s, the three placing first, second and third respectively. In the men’s, it was Casper Steinfath who claimed victory on home turf in […]