SUP News

Everyone is anticipating this year’s swell at the Red Bull Heavy Water contest.  This year’s Red Bull Heavy Water will take place between October 15th – 30th, 2018 at legendary Ocean Beach, San Francisco. It is currently in the holding pattern this mean the event is watching the developing winter swells, as they approach the Pacific Coast […]

Ils sont dans le SUP depuis des années mais au cours des 12 derniers mois ont ajouté à leur quiver, une, voire, plusieurs, pirogues. De Saint-Malo à la Vendée en passant par le Morbihan, rencontre avec Jean-Michel Clorarec, Pascal Pouget et Jean-Pierre Letourneur, quatre stand-up paddlers de la première heure, convertis aux joies de l’OC1 […]

Starboard SUP  the brand with 25 years of innovative board building and design has just reached Sustainable Surf’s Gold Level status for their Blue Carbon technology board range.  Starboard ‘s Ollie O’Reilly takes TotalSUP through the new range made from balsa the natural sandwich material, and has a carbon footprint that is climate positive.  “Achieving this has […]

Last weekends Pacific Paddle Games (PPG) was one not to forget. It was the season finale for the Paddle League and the Pro athletes were out in force to stake a claim in the Dana Point sand. However not only were the Pro athletes out in force but the Junior Pro and Grom paddlers were well […]

Day 2 of the Pacific Paddle Games kicked off with all the technical races. Paddlers entered the water and paddled in around a series of buoys before running up the steep beach and entering the finish chicane. In windless conditions with a solid 1 m swell, the men’s open and women’s open paddlers were unleashed […]

Ils s’appellent Lena Bastard, Pauline Gallouedec, François Prévost, Pierre Lavenant et David Amemoutou, ont en commun leur amour du Stand up Paddle et de la Bretagne et vont tous pour la première fois participer à la 9ème édition de Ze Race en Guadeloupe le samedi 26 janvier prochain. Plus motivés que jamais, la bande de […]

The grande finale of the Paddle League arrived on the beaches of Dana Point. Over 300 paddlers were registered for the long distance race in categories that ranged from Pro, Open, Prone and Junior. The day kicked off with the Pro long distance race, a 9.6 KM circuit that included a water start, 3 buoy […]

The Paddle League moved to San Francisco for the regional event Battle of the Bay.The 8th annual Battle of the Bay, saw elite paddlers race 12 KM around the golden gate bridge in a race that is renown for strong currents and epic scenery. This year the iconic race had a new home after moving […]

Le mois dernier lors de la 10ème édition du SUP 11 City Tour aux Pays-Bas, Frédéric Bonnef, le rider de Fanatic, est allé au bout de ses 220 kilomètres avec les tripes et le mord aux dents. Pour cet ex-pro du windsurf et l’un des premiers SUP racers français de niveau international, privé de sports nautiques […]

The new Starboard Longboard SUP range have just been released. The two models the 10’0”x 29” and 9’0”x 28” which were shaped by Ollie O’Reilly were put to the test by starboard riders Zane Schweitzer, Benoit Carpentier, and Connor Baxter. Starboard man Ollie O’Reilly introduces the two boards to TotalSUP. Our vision was simple, it was to design a […]

Congratulations Michael Booth and Seychelle for winning the Battle Of The Bay in San Francisco today. Michael Booth a.k.a. Boothy (Starboard SUP) was simply too strong in the men’s race, powering away from the field before finishing a minute clear of the highly under-rated Aussie Ty Judson. The Tahitian boys Enzo Bennett and Georges Cronsteadt (Team 425Pro) won a sprint […]

Regardez l’intégralité du 5ème et dernier épisode du Waterman Tahiti Tour 2018 qui a sacré Damien Troquenet et Vaimiti Maoni, vainqueur du circuit 2018. De superbes images de Teahupoo, une belle domination de Heilani Cronsteatd (425Pro) en prone paddleboard, et une  victoire d’Enzo Bennett devant le prodige Keone Sulpice et le Tahitian Beast Georges Cronsteadt […]

The monster race that was the Great Glen Challenge (GGR) took place two weeks ago, and it was a race that delivered all conditions. From flat conditions on day 1 to 50 KM winds on Loch Ness on day 2.  The Great Glen Challenge is a distance of 95 KM from one end of Scotland […]

In recent years there has been an increase in the availability and models of gps watches and apps. But often very few that concentrate on stand up paddleboarding and other paddle sports. With this in mind young British paddler David Walker developed Paddle Logger an app designed specifically for SUP and other paddle activities. Paddle […]