World times:
2021 Carolina Cup Defending champions : Danny Ching and April Zilg!
Multi-time world champs: Candice Appleby, Connor Baxter, Michael Booth, Daniel Hasulyo
Last year’s podium finishers: Tamas Buday, Kim Barnes
2-time 2021 ICF SUP Worlds, Carolina Cup 1st timer: Noic Garioud (1st race with Starboard!)
Top international SUP Racers: Abby Baker, Juliette Duhaime, Stephanie Shideler, Itzel Delgado, Kaelan Lockhart, Eri Tenorio, Bodie Von Allmen, Ty Judson, Shuri Araki.
9 May 2024
A couple of weeks ago I had the honor of joining Seychelle for her first training camp of the year with co-host Larry Cain from Paddle Monster in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Seychelle and Larry hosted 18 athletes that came from all over the United States, Canada, and even Europe! We stayed in a house […]
15 Mar 2024
The 2024 Infinity Speedfreak squad has been boosted with several new singings for 2024 including a young, ambitious racer from North America, Campbell Carter. If you do not recognise his name then Chris from TotalSUP can help you get to know this future SUP star. Hi Campbell, welcome to TotalSUP! Thanks, Chris. It’s great to […]
24 Apr 2023
Many of you will know Seychelle from the SUP race world, she is an extraordinary athlete and coach and now mom too. You may also recognise her as a familiar sight on the red and white SIC boards, paddling on the stunningly beautiful waterways near her home in Florida. As we emerge out of the […]
6 May 2022
Last weekend, Michael Booth won his 3rd Carolina Cup Graveyard Race crown while Starboard Teammates Connor Baxter won the Technical Sprints on Day 2Â and new Starboard rider Noic Garioud managed to recover from a heartbreaking 11th place due to end-of-race cramps in the long distance with a silver medal. Daniel Hasulyo was hoping for […]
22 Apr 2022
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 […]
10 Mar 2022
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 […]
2 Dec 2021
Juliette Duhaime, the first SUP World Champion from Argentina? Not yet, but with her passion and drive, this may change in the next few years! Placed in the top 10 at the APP tour race in New York, followed by a 4th place finish in a rather “technical” Carolina CUP. Infinity paddler Juliette Duhaime has been […]
18 Nov 2021
It is fair to say that Tamás (Tommy) Buday Jr was born to be on the water. As a three-time Olympian and ICF World Championship silver medallist in Sprint Canoe, Tommy has done it all from a seated position. Standing up on a paddleboard seemed to be a natural progression. The Hungarian-born Canadian now boasts […]
27 Aug 2021
The APP has just announced that the Carolina Cup, presented by Kona Brewing Co, will become the Opening stop for the 2021 APP World Tour after the cancellation of the Hawaiian Grand Slam due to Covid-19. The APP World Tour was forced to cancel its Hawaiian Grand Slam last week, due to the escalation of […]
