Lors du Longest Day, 5è manche du Belgian SUP Tour 2023 organisée par Olivier Decroly et son équipe du club Sud Ouest dans la région des Lacs de l’eau d’Heures, au sud de la Belgique, le comité d’organisation a pu testé une toute nouvelle formule de compétition : 20 départs sur 2 jours, 10 par jour, 1 toutes les heures, pour un tour de 6 kilomètres environ.
Une formule qui a plu à tout le monde : élites, amateurs et équipes.
Suite à un passage orageux au matin de la seconde journée, l’organisation a dû se résigner à stopper la course au bout de 16 tours.
Au classement final, c’est Bart Jansegers, l’incontestable leader du circuit belge qui s’octroie la première place avec un temps total de 7:55:22 (une vitesse moyenne de plus de 9km/h). Chez les dames, c’est Liene Karale d’Estonie qui s’accapare la première place en 9h02:47 et une team franco-française chez les équipes. Jim Vermeiren est premier amateur.
L’équipe travaille déjà à la seconde version qui aura lieu en juin 2024 !
Prochaine étape du Belgian SUP Tour: l’épreuve Euro Tour de Namur du 6 au 8 juillet prochains!
22 Jun 2026
The European SUP scene is all fired up! On Saturday, 27 June, the Belgian SUP Tour (BST) heads to Surfclub Windekind in Oostduinkerke for one of the most anticipated events of the season: the Belgian SUP Tour (BST)’s Championship Technical Race. As the fourth stop of the twelve-race Belgian SUP Tour calendar and a counting […]
14 Apr 2026
A new wave of athletes is beginning to shift the traditional timeline of elite sport – where experience, progression, and maturity are usually built over years. Ambitious and hungry, they’re stepping up early, already competing simultaneously in junior and open divisions and holding their own at both levels. Since its inception, the Belgian SUP Tour […]
9 Mar 2026
The Belgian SUP Tour (BST) has released its new race calendar as the circuit enters a new chapter in its evolution, alongside the development of new international partnerships. Over the past four years, the series has grown rapidly — not only in the number of events but also in the strength of its community and […]
27 Nov 2025
As the competitive year winds down and many federations ease into their winter break, the Belgian SUP Tour (BST) is preparing for one final highlight. On Sunday, 14 December, the community will gather in Ghent for SUP4Life – a now iconic end-of-season event that blends high-level competition with festive, family-friendly spirit. Far more than a […]
6 Oct 2025
Gunther De Bin, 55, from Flanders, a racer and Coach at SUP Club Supfever, is one of the Belgian SUP scene’s most respected figures. Known to many simply as GUN, he was once a regular at the front of the Belgian SUP Tour (BST) pack. While injuries led him to step back from regular racing, […]
5 Aug 2025
As the registrations are up for the second and final leg of the Double 10 Challenge, a pioneering concept in ultra-long-distance racing, pairing Les 10 Heures de Vassivière, organised by Christophe Bancelin and the Paddle Vassivière Club in France, with Belgium’s The Longest Day, spearheaded by Vincent Claeskens and the Belgian SUP Tour (BST). Together, they create the Double […]
2 Jul 2025
With the season opener Paddle of the Kempen raising the bar early on, expectations were high heading into the Belgian SUP Tour (BST) 2025 Technical Race Championships, despite the typically unpredictable coastal weather. Spearheaded by the tour’s Founder Vincent Claeskens, a dedicated community builder and elite paddler in his own right with deep knowledge of […]
28 Jun 2025
A bold new challenge is hitting the European SUP scene this Summer: The Double 10 Challenge. This pioneering concept in ultra-long-distance racing will be trialled this Summer, combining two of Europe’s most demanding SUP events into one challenge. The concept pairs Les 10 Heures de Vassivière, organised by Christophe Bancelin and the Paddle Vassivière Club […]
9 Jun 2025
When they’re on the scene for as long as we watch grom rise, you easily forget how young the junior SUP riders – and how much they’ve already achieved. One standout athlete in this category is Maximus Sijrier, based in the northern Dutch city of Workum. are and how much they have achieved. Paddling since […]
