What a great weekend it was in Santa Pola, Alicante at the 1st edition of the World SUP Festival Costa Blanca, an international SUP racing event organized by SUP Club Parres Watersports founded by Daniel Parres, and part of the Eurotour 2018. With more than 300 participants it was a real success with a great mix of international elite paddlers and open racers from all over Spain. The TotalSUP gang was there and brought back a few highlight videos with them!
World SUP Festival Costa Blanca – Day 3 – Technical Races
World SUP Festival Costa Blanca – Day 2 – Long Distance
World SUP Festival Costa Blanca – Day 1 –Â Sprints
World SUP Festival Costa Blanca – Men’s Elite Sprint Final – Full race
Living up to its tagline, both athletes from across the globe and organisers WENT LONG IN BORNEO. From 27 – 29 March 2026, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah made history, hosting Malaysia’s first-ever long-distance SUP race – Borneo International Stand-Up Paddle Marathon (BISM) – on the waters of the South China Sea. With paddlers flying in from […]
Like every year, Spain will become the center of the international SUP race scene this April, as the World SUP Festival Costa Blanca returns from April 24 to 26, 2026, in Santa Pola, Alicante. Now in its sixth edition, the festival has established itself as one of the world’s largest SUP events, bringing together extensive […]
We caught a glimpse on social media inside the shaping process of a new custom board – where shaper JÄ™drzej Klafkowski spends most of his time when he’s not on the water, refining designs and pushing performance forward. This time, he had a sidekick: 16-year-old talent Jakub Kubiak from RacibĂłrz, closely involved in the creation […]
Spain will host the next EUROSUP 2026, the European Stand Up Paddle Championship for national teams organized by the European Surfing Federation (ESF). The competition will bring together national teams from across Europe and will take place in two locations that will host the different disciplines of the championship. EuroSUP 2026: SUP Surf, Salinas, Asturias, […]
As international names continue to be confirmed for the Borneo International Stand-Up Paddle Marathon (BISM), we caught up with Event Director Benjamin Golimbi and Managing Partner at Borneo Escapade Tours to discuss the growing momentum behind what is shaping up to be a landmark event for the region. From 27-29 March 2026, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah […]
Before the SUP 11 City Tour became one of the most legendary Stand Up Paddle races, there was a quiet, almost forgotten chapter that few people know. In 2008, long before start lines, live tracking or international podium battles, Anne-Marie Reichmann-Totah paddled the entire 11 Cities route alone. No race. No crowd. Just a board, the […]
To capture the ongoing growth of the Polish SUP scene, Basssup – premium SUP brand launched in 2016 by founders JÄ™drzej Klafkowski and MaĹ‚gosia Majda – has played a key role in Poland’s SUP development from the very start. JÄ™drzej, who also leads the SUP committee at the Polish Surfing Association (Polski ZwiÄ…zek Surfingu), is […]
In 2024, many looked beyond the headline that read “the race won” when John Batson – the Flying Fish Board Co. rider, waterman with a background in windsurfing and kayak coaching and an accomplished endurance racer with podiums at events such as Chattajack, the Carolina Cup, and the Goat Boater Race Series – missed the […]
The ISA World SUP & Paddleboard Championship 2025 is kicking off in El Sunzal, Surf City, El Salvador, bringing together 161 athletes from 27 countries for a week of world-class SUP Surf, SUP Racing, and Paddleboard competition. Despite being announced on short notice, the event has drawn an impressive lineup of the world’s best. Among […]